Episode 1

S1, E1: 10-year-old Helén Nilsson goes missing from the small Swedish town of Hörby over Easter break 1989. It is a chilly evening and she is going to meet two of her classmates, a few minutes’ walk from her home. But the young friends never find each other. Six days after her disappearance, Helén’s mangled body is found, raped and strangled. Detective Pelle Åkesson can see that the investigation is starting to drift dangerously off track under Chief Krister Berg’s leadership.