Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City

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15-YEAR-OLD TEENAGERS

I've seen you running.

Your name?

Ismael.

You?

Blanca.

A pleasure, Blanca.

Detective!

Is the Sleeper Killer back?

Was it a double murder?

Are you on the case, Detective Ayala?

Give me a bone, we're friends, after all.

You'll get a press release, like everyone else.

Detective! Was it a double murder?

They're glad to see you back on the job, Unai.

Welcome home.

Esti, the Sleeper Killer is back.

That's why we need your smart brain.

He hasn't struck for 20 years.

I need records, photos, reports, everything.

I emailed you everything.

Try buying a 21st-century phone.

Turn off the lights.

Where your hunt ends and mine begins.

Carlina.

What do you see?

He probably didn't know them.

Doesn't matter who they are. It's what they represent.

What do they represent?

Rich kids.

Gasoline.

Tweezers.

Shit!

He put the bees in their mouth.

He gagged them.

And doused them in gas.

The smell infuriates them.

What you see here,

are internal sting marks.

He injected their necks with...

liquid Flunitrazepam, Rohypnol.

He used the drug to capture them.

Then he waited until they were fully conscious.

To cram the bees down their throats.

It was a very painful death.

Eneko.

Eneko.

I don't care, Thursday, Friday, I need it back now!

I can't talk right now.

We won't find any prints.

He's too meticulous.

Just in case.

Get me that file!

The news exploded all over social media.

Kids still aren't back from partying last night,

and half Vitoria has reported them missing.

Find her!

I want you to meet the new Deputy Police Chief.

She's in charge of the case.

A few things changed around here while you were gone.

- Deputy. - Chief.

Alba Díaz de Salvatierra, meet Detective Unai López de Ayala.

Deputy.

Nice to meet you.

We had an innocent man in jail for 20 years?

Either that, or he's got a partner outside.

This murder is a copy of the ones before.

The victims' placement is exactly the same.

They're five years older with each new crime.

Now, after 20 years, this numerical pattern...

repeats itself.

It's there, in the reports.

Tasio Ortiz de Zarate wrote bestsellers in prison.

He also has online presence...

with over 500,000 followers.

A killer with a fan club.

Funny thing, he has no Internet access.

It's practically a cult.

Some have tattoos and sign with a carlina.

A sun symbol, it wards off evil spirits.

THE WHEEL TURNS AGAIN. STOP IT IF YOU DARE, #KRAKEN.

What about the victims?

Sure.

Enara Fernández de Betoño, daughter to a well-known optician,

and Alejandro Pérez de Arrilucea, son of an industrial family.

Both 20 years old.

Their families say they didn't know each other.

They were individually selected.

Upper class, well-known last names in Álava...

I'm afraid he's at it again.

- We should warn the city. - No.

We must absolutely avoid alarming the people. It's that clear?

So we'll wait to have two more victims?

How many killers do you know with such a long cool-off period?

It's probably a copycat.

- Great, let's get to work. Esti? - Yeah.

Detective!

Do you remember me?

Mario Santos.

The newspaper director got me an interview with Tasio.

Mario, please be discrete about us being here.

Of course. Count on me.

Good luck. He barely talked to me.

I don't want an audience, Kraken.

The detective is 100% trustworthy.

I don't like threesomes.

I won't talk until she leaves.

- What did you tell her? - That you're a fucking misogynist.

How did you know they call me Kraken?

I came to offer you a gentleman's deal.

In a few weeks, I get out on leave.

If I help you catch the killer, people will accept me again.

Don't think you're innocent.

Can't you see, it's written on my face?

Tell me about that tattoo.

You think one of my followers is continuing with the murders?

It would be pretty twisted...

I didn't say they were following your orders.

Every writer thinks they're a bit God-like.

Some psychopaths do, too.

Have you heard of the Werther Effect?

When Goethe wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther,

some of his readers decided to commit suicide the same way

as the character in the novel.

Fiction and reality are twins. They feed off each other.

There are awful murders in all of them.

Often from the killer's perspective. You know what I mean?

If I could convince people to kill for me,

I wouldn't have waited so long.

What's going to happen?

You know.

Enlighten me.

The Old Cathedral murder marked the 12th century.

At this point, the scenes were the emblems

of our history, beginning in the Middle Ages.

The Anda House,

the old Jewish quarter,

the guild streets, maybe the Cordón House.

You want a deal? Explain how you know I'm Kraken.

You think I'm a dumbass?

A bit, if you've been locked up 20 years and you're innocent,

don't you think?

So?

Too impulsive.

The station called.

The victim's boyfriend is accusing her father of murder,

and the man still hasn't reported her missing.

Let's go see.

Hello?

Why are you in my house?

Ertzaintza.

We'd like to ask a few questions about your daughter.

My collection of vertebrate eyes.

Sorry.

Could you tell us where her room was?

Was this it?

She doesn't need it now.

MURDERS IN ÁLAVA

I'm...

Moving my collection in here.

Do you have children?

No.

Don't have any.

You don't care about catching the killer?

Honestly, right now I just have a...

Room...

That I'd love to redecorate.

Sorry, I need you to come with us to the station.

José Ramón Fernández de Betoño.

Where were you yesterday, July 24th, 2019?

Is it true your daughter was moving in with your ex-wife?

It's not him.

But he got rid of all traces of his daughter hours after her death.

Who does that?

It might be denial. The first stage of grief.

I saw your psychology report.

No need to worry.

I hope not, Detective.

It's not very professional to get carried away by a hunch.

Have a nice weekend.

I brought the cakes.

But you have to show me the test results.

Oh.

I'll need to try at least a few. Won't I?

A few, yeah.

I don't know why they don't sting you.

Now you can rot.

Will it work?

Stop.

Don't touch it.

THE KILLER SPEAKS

Today, on this Telluric special,

we'll talk about the Sleeper Crimes.

The double serial crimes that have rattled Álava.

UPPER CLASS. YEW.