Catch Me a Killer

We're moving you wherever you need it,

and you will be needed everywhere.

You must tell me what I can do for you

that can make this work.

A specialised unit will be good.

How about one more person to start with?

You must be Erika, yeah.

Erika, Captain Bothes, and you are Dr. Pistorius.

Who is this?

Robert Ressler.

Mr. Ressler, what an honour.

Your work's impressive, Micki.

To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Barnes is lying.

The detectives don't seem to like it.

They think I'm interfering.

Well, that's because we chase ghosts.

We're concerned with thoughts, not deeds.

Deeds are how detectives are taught

to understand their work.

Well, maybe someone should teach 'em differently.

Maybe that someone should be you.

We'll give you a pay review

every six months.

That's what my boss told me two years ago.

Let's see how we can change that.

Come on, get out.

Eh-eh, now walk, walk, walk.

Nah, over there.

Hey! Hey!

Voetsek! Voetsek!

No, what's that?

No, no, no, no, no!

- Got spare 800? - For what?

Hey, man, my cousin's selling two tickets for the semis.

Tell him he's a greedy bastard.

You can pick them up for 200.

Ask the captain.

Maybe he'll go for it.

Hey, captain, you're supporting the national team, yeah?

You think I give a shit about the rugby

with everything going on?

You see what's happening in the press?

You see what we're up against?

Sorry, Micki.

We've got 15 dead bodies, not a single suspect.

Brigadier says you have a brilliant instinct.

Okay, I'll be looking at what you've put up here later.

Might need some work.

Look, I know how much pressure you're all under.

This is the biggest murder investigation we've ever had.

Yeah, okay, well, I will start

with some general observations.

With Nyameka, the killer strangled her with a bra

and then left it on her chest,

but it's not the right size for it to belong to her,

but it is the right size for it to belong to Brenda,

who was killed prior to Nyameka,

which suggests the killer could be transferring underwear

from one victim to another.

Like the jewellery.

When she was found, Priti was wearing a necklace.

Her family say it didn't belong to her.

Yes, but it's been confirmed it did belong

to his previous victim.

He could be using the jewellery of one victim

to entice another.

He also covered this woman's face with her panties.

Why?

It's an indication of depersonalisation.

He has nothing but contempt for these women.

Okay, and we are looking for links.

All of our victims at age between 20 and 30,

and none of them are prostitutes.

He could be targeting women

who specifically don't work the streets,

and we have some similarities in the way he killed them

apart from Gloria.

But she was strangled too.

Yes, she was.

I'm referring to her son.

His body was found just 500 metres

from where she was done.

Yeah, he wasn't found until eight days later.

The lab said he could have died from exposure.

He wasn't murdered.

So he must have been with his mother

when she was taken away.

Exactly, there is something unusual

in the killer taking Gloria if she was with her child.

- Captain. - Hmm?

A body's been found in Onderstepoort.

They think it's one of ours.

Micki, Erika, you can come with me.

That's quick.

Such a weird position.

No, he's done that on purpose.

Look, so he's placed her on her front

so he could bend her legs back

to tie the rope from her ankles to her neck.

Then when she got tired and her legs went down,

the rope pulled.

She strangled herself?

Eventually, I think he watched her die a horrific death.

Can we make sure forensics check for semen around the body?

Means we have Brenda found in January, Emily, March,

Aphiwe, April.

The time of death for Emily is,

oh, it's six weeks before Brenda.

Oh, she died first.

Of course, her hands tied at the front.

Oh my God, okay.

Yeah, Erika?

Hi, sorry it's so early.

I think I have something.

We need to look at the victims in a different way,

not in the order of when they were found

but in the order of when they were killed.

The methods of bondage looked random and confusing.

That's why the team wasn't sure it was the same guy,

but look, if we put them in the order of when they died,

we can see a progression.

First, their hands are left untied.

Then he started to tie them at the front.

By the time we get to these victims,

he started tying their hands at the back.

He's getting better with how he's restraining them.

Yeah, oh, can you get someone to fax these to Mr. Ressler,

see when he wants to meet?

We've got a situation near Boksburg Prison.

We've gotta head there now.

Another body?

It's not just one.

It's a whole fucking field of them.

What?

How many?

Six so far.

No, seven now.

There's another one down there.

They're at various stages of decomposition,

like they were brought here at intervals over time.

And how long since the first one was dumped?

They're not exactly sure yet,

but some of them are badly decomposed.

Found some bones out this way.

The first two they brought in were a lot more fresh.

He's getting more confident.

Keeps coming back.

Yeah, he stepped up his mission.

So why so close to that?

Do you think it's deliberate?

Well, possibly if he spent time there,

and we need to speak to the relatives,

find out if they know who the victims were in contact

with in the days leading up to their deaths.

I'll draw up a list.

Thanks, I just, excuse me.

Yes.

Okay.

Hello, yeah.

Okay, okay.

They found semen at the scene in Onderstepoort.

Yeah, he was probably masturbating

while she was choking herself.

You alright?

How is any sane person supposed to make sense of that?

I don't know.

Did you know Mandela asked to visit Boksburg?

Yep, I gotta go.

Meeting Mr. Ressler.

I'll see you later.

Micki.

Oh, Mr. Ressler.

Robert, please.

Oh yeah, it's so great to finally meet you

in person, Robert.

The commissioner tells me you're having a tough day.

I'd say that's an understatement.

Thank you so much for coming and for agreeing to help.

Well, based on your observations,

I'm not entirely sure you need it.

That is very kind of you, but no,

it's always useful to have another point of view.

I mean, the police side, it's so forensic,

and whoever's killing these women,

it feels like there's so much more going on.

Well, let's start with the basics then.

Do you think the killer is using the same MO

for all the women?

Yes, so these women were all killed where they were found

and same for the victims at Boksburg Prison.

Looks like he's walking her up to the other corpses

while she's still alive.

Intimidating each one before he kills her.

How do you see him getting her there in the first place?

- By enticing her? - Yes.

Makes her believe he's a decent guy.

I've been thinking about the location too.

Do you think he chose his graveyard

within sight of the prison on purpose?

Possibly, sorry.