Veronika

I can see people that no longer exist.

I've had this ability since childhood.

When my father died, I knew before it happened.

I think I have premonitions.

- Veronika... - I'm not crazy.

But she's very determined, your mother.

vShe wanted me to get you pills. Sedatives.

- You made me a fucking junkie! - I gave you a life.

I'm worried about Veronika. She is unwell.

This digging into the past is not good for her.

You said you believed me. And then you went behind my back.

Hi, we're from the police. My name is Nassir Akim.

This is my colleague Veronika Gren.

- It's me. I know who T is. - Hello! I can't hear you.

These are some of Ninni's things. I'm really sorry.

But you saw her too, didn't you?

Mom, come on.

You can't talk to anyone about this. Promise me.

6 MONTHS LATER

Veronika.

Well, we are in the process of getting settled in,

so not everything is in place.

But it will be a police station, welfare office,

employment service and library.

All under the same roof.

But I think it works well.

- Well, hello there, Veronika. - Hello.

This is your spot.

You saw the break room out there,

and the photocopier, good to know, is there.

The loos are around the corner. Nice and new.

You'll have to excuse the mess here. I don't know.

- There. So, how are you doing? - Good.

Good. Lovely.

Well, this will be a bit of change, that's for certain.

And we agreed that a desk job is for the best, right?

Right.

Well, I'm going to be leaving the ship.

That is also a change, for all of us on board.

Well, don't let me keep you from getting started on work.

Lotta will help you with all the practicalities.

And, Veronika, if there is anything, anything at all,

you know to come to me.

Or to my successor, later.

Did it go well?

I think he's a bit tense about retiring. He has no hobbies except for--

- Em, he said you should... - Yes, that's right. Okay.

There's your access card. The computer is very simple.

You log in using the code on the post-it there

and then you get started with one of those.

Just overwrite the highlighted text

and you'll see the references top left

and then save it to the main file on the computer top right.

So when a colleague in Malmö or Umeå

wants to read an interrogation, or an internal investigation of anyone

you go to central A, type in the individual's social security number

or coordination number, if it is a foreign citizen.

If there is nether, we have the police's internal personal code.

And it's synchronized with all internal networks nation-wide.

Just like the FBI.

- So there you go. - Hm.

Great.

In fear, there is strength.

In obedience, order grows. In fear, there is strength.

Excuse me.

In fear, there is strength.

In obedience, order grows. In fear, there is strength.

Can I help you?

You are not allowed to go in there.

Hello. Who are you?

I have killed my wife.

Could you take your hand out of your pocket?

Show me your hands, please.

Thanks. Tell us what has happened.

We... we fought and I...

I strangled her.

Where is your wife right now?

- Where's your wife? - At home. She's home. At home.

Okay.

I strangled her.

- Was it 70 or 17? - No, 7.

Okay.

- Here. - Yes.

This is the police.

Hello! It's the police! We're coming in!

- Check upstairs. - Yeah.

POLICE

- Hello, hello. - Hi.

There must be a daughter. Find her.

See to it that we get those little medicine bottles in the bedroom.

Yes.

We're nearly done here.

Probably strangled.

I'll take a closer look,

but I'd say that she's been dead for at least 12 hours.

What is this?

Tweezers.

A piece of tape, perhaps?

You had left it open.

Well, I saw...

I figured that you were using this old-tiled stove.

That's good.

But, you know, it's probably been 20 years

since anyone checked the flues on it.

I mean, you don't want there to be an accident.

- Do you want coffee? - I wouldn't say no.

You don't seem to have settled in just yet.

- No, - I mean, you've lived here a while.

Yes, but I haven't lived here for that long.

She had a lot of things.

You won't throw anything away, I hope?

No, no. No, I'm saving things.

Fuck.

Is anyone hungry here?

- Hey, do you have any homework? - No.

What is this?

- When are we going to see Mom? - Tomorrow. We talked about this.

Where are you going?

- We're going out for coffee. - And who is "we?"

- Vidar and a few others. - Vidar?

It's pretty cold outside, so put the down jacket on.

Is that a joke?

So cause of death, strangulation.

Yes.

Her husband said at some point last night, but it's a bit unclear.

Yes, the time basically matches.

No other injuries to the body either, except for a wound.

And it came about after she died.

You can tell from the clotting of the blood.

- Do you know how long after? - Within a couple of hours.

No other skin changes either. One tattoo and no visible scars.

- Defensive wounds? - Nails scraped, waiting for analysis.

- Signs of sexual activity? - No.

- So nothing unusual. - No.

- Let me see the tattoo. - Sure.

- Do you know what it could mean? - No idea.

A kind of tribal design maybe? That was popular some years back.

So, you were home all evening? Can you tell us what you did?

Yes, we had dinner at 6:00. Then we cleaned up a bit.

We were going to watch a movie.

- You never left the house? - No, we just stayed at home.

Okay, tell me in as much detail as you can, please. What happened?

Well, we started arguing.

Mona can be a little...

- She's not feeling very well. - What were you arguing about?

Small things. I actually don't remember how it started.

But then it escalated

and she got worked up and became ever more...

hysterical.

What happened next?

I thought she would calm down, but she only got more upset.

Everything was wrong and she was completely livid.

And then...

It just went black, and then she was just lying there dead.

Are you sure you strangled her where we found her,

and not in another room?

It was in the living room that it happened.

And then you wait 10 hours to go to the police?

- What did you do with that time? - I just sat there.

And tried to understand that she was...

We found small medicine bottles in your bedroom. What are they?

- Mona's natural medicine. - Okay.

She takes it for her nerves.

She likes home remedies and things like that to feel better.

You have a daughter.

Henrietta. She wasn't at home.

- Where was she? - She was with Paola, the priest.

I called Paola and said that Mona...

wasn't feeling well and I asked if Henrietta could...

...stay there overnight.

Did she resist?

If Mona was so angry and upset,

I can imagine that she fought back.

All this happened very quickly, so I don't really remember.

But I think she... I think that she grabbed my hands.

Like this, as I...

As I...

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

...WILL GO TO HENRIETTA LARSSON ...WILL GO TO HANS LARSON

...WILL GO TO THE ARCENIS FOUNDATION

It shouldn't take more than an hour.

When was it? Thursday next week?

I think so. Maybe.

Yes, that should be doable.

As I understand it, Veronika, you underwent an investigation

- after what happened last autumn. - Yes.

And it was concluded that you have bipolar disorder type one.

Yes, that's right.

Is it also true that you are medicating?