1 00:00:03,567 --> 00:00:06,300 [sinister music] 2 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:22,233 [birds chirping] 3 00:01:34,067 --> 00:01:36,900 [trolley rattling] 4 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:42,833 [boys speak in thick South African accent] 5 00:01:56,067 --> 00:01:57,167 [vehicle horn toots] 6 00:01:57,300 --> 00:01:59,100 [paper rustles] 7 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:08,167 Boys! Come here. 8 00:02:16,067 --> 00:02:17,067 You two looking for some work? 9 00:02:23,067 --> 00:02:24,867 [Driver] You see these boxes in the back here? 10 00:02:25,067 --> 00:02:26,500 [Joey] Yeah. 11 00:02:26,633 --> 00:02:27,900 [Driver] I need help taking them to my warehouse 12 00:02:28,067 --> 00:02:29,667 and unloading them when we get there. 13 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,367 I'll pay you three rand per box. 14 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:33,067 [Joey] 12 rand, uncle? 15 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,300 [Driver] Yeah. And I'll give you a four rand bonus 16 00:02:35,433 --> 00:02:36,467 just for your trouble. 17 00:02:37,567 --> 00:02:38,200 [Joey] Come you. 18 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:45,233 [Driver] Here. Get in. 19 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:49,633 Alright, Tino. See you later then. 20 00:02:56,733 --> 00:02:59,267 [engine purrs] 21 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:23,633 [upbeat music] 22 00:03:56,500 --> 00:04:01,233 [percussive music leaking from headphones] 23 00:04:11,067 --> 00:04:14,133 [music stops] 24 00:04:14,267 --> 00:04:17,167 [cup clinks] 25 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:18,867 [Micki] Control, 26 00:04:19,067 --> 00:04:20,267 power. 27 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,433 These two go hand-in-hand. 28 00:04:22,567 --> 00:04:24,833 But power over life and death, 29 00:04:24,967 --> 00:04:26,467 now, that's the ultimate control. 30 00:04:29,067 --> 00:04:29,800 Close your eyes. 31 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:32,233 Now, 32 00:04:33,367 --> 00:04:34,200 imagine 33 00:04:35,767 --> 00:04:37,700 you are standing over another person, 34 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:40,400 your hands around their neck. 35 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,167 You have their life in your hands. 36 00:04:45,133 --> 00:04:47,133 How does that make you feel? 37 00:04:47,267 --> 00:04:48,167 Powerful? 38 00:04:49,333 --> 00:04:50,200 Omnipotent. 39 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:53,067 Now, imagine being in that position, 40 00:04:53,167 --> 00:04:55,500 but your whole life, you felt powerless, 41 00:04:55,633 --> 00:04:57,367 abused, 42 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:59,067 frightened. 43 00:04:59,133 --> 00:05:01,100 And now, you've turned the tables. 44 00:05:01,233 --> 00:05:03,300 You're the one in control now. 45 00:05:03,433 --> 00:05:06,400 You get to decide, do they live or do they die? 46 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:08,967 So you're the previously powerless killer 47 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:11,133 who wants to reverse that. 48 00:05:11,267 --> 00:05:12,700 How do you choose your victim? 49 00:05:14,233 --> 00:05:16,233 Okay, you can all open your eyes again now. 50 00:05:17,633 --> 00:05:19,133 In this type of case, 51 00:05:19,267 --> 00:05:21,767 our killer selects victims who represent himself. 52 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:23,100 And symbolically, when he kills, 53 00:05:23,233 --> 00:05:25,733 he's committing a kind of suicide. 54 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:29,067 But he's also able to split the two parts of himself. 55 00:05:29,133 --> 00:05:30,400 Aggressor, 56 00:05:30,533 --> 00:05:32,067 victim. 57 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,567 And so, feelings of guilt continue to operate. 58 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:36,333 You think he has a conscience? 59 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,800 Some do, some don't. 60 00:05:39,933 --> 00:05:40,900 It's not clear-cut. 61 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,067 "There is no such thing as a person who, at the age of 35, 62 00:05:47,167 --> 00:05:50,767 suddenly changes from perfectly normal to totally evil." 63 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:53,733 FBI criminologist, Robert Ressler. 64 00:05:53,867 --> 00:05:55,533 He's interviewed hundreds of killers in his career, 65 00:05:55,667 --> 00:05:59,133 so I trust when he says killers are created. 66 00:05:59,267 --> 00:06:01,067 This man is a murderer. 67 00:06:02,133 --> 00:06:04,267 A monster, you might say. 68 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,400 But he's also an abused child, 69 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:08,400 a bullied teenager. 70 00:06:08,533 --> 00:06:10,500 A victimised, angry adult. 71 00:06:11,867 --> 00:06:14,567 We all contain shadows of our former selves. 72 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:16,267 We carry them within us. 73 00:06:17,633 --> 00:06:18,800 You need to look at a killer 74 00:06:18,933 --> 00:06:20,600 and try and see these other selves. 75 00:06:20,733 --> 00:06:21,933 Understand them. 76 00:06:22,067 --> 00:06:24,133 You look into their soul. 77 00:06:26,533 --> 00:06:27,933 You don't catch a killer 78 00:06:28,067 --> 00:06:30,067 by simply looking at their most recent act. 79 00:06:30,133 --> 00:06:33,067 [shoes tapping] 80 00:06:33,133 --> 00:06:34,400 Do you remember what I said to you 81 00:06:34,533 --> 00:06:36,200 when you first started that training? 82 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:39,067 You said I'd get older and the students would stay young. 83 00:06:39,133 --> 00:06:42,667 Yeah. Well, that's true. That still applies. 84 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,433 What else did I say? 85 00:06:44,567 --> 00:06:46,733 "Micki, don't put a cushion on your chair." 86 00:06:46,867 --> 00:06:48,067 Exactly. 87 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,100 I have a feeling you're about to tell me 88 00:06:50,233 --> 00:06:51,900 I'm destined for greater things. 89 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,700 I've been watching you convince students like that boy 90 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:58,300 to look deeper. 91 00:06:58,433 --> 00:07:00,633 You want a chance at convincing the real world? 92 00:07:03,967 --> 00:07:04,867 Police are looking. 93 00:07:05,833 --> 00:07:07,400 They need someone like you. 94 00:07:07,533 --> 00:07:09,367 For what? 95 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:11,667 The police don't use psychologists and I'm no counsellor. 96 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:16,200 There's a task team looking into those killing fields 97 00:07:16,333 --> 00:07:17,267 in Mitchell's Plain. 98 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:20,733 21 boys gone since '86. 99 00:07:20,867 --> 00:07:22,067 That case? 100 00:07:23,067 --> 00:07:25,067 It ran cold in '92, didn't it? 101 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:25,967 It did. 102 00:07:26,933 --> 00:07:28,267 Another boy's gone missing? 103 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,400 They suspect the killer started up again. 104 00:07:33,067 --> 00:07:36,400 The community's volatile. They need results. 105 00:07:36,533 --> 00:07:38,233 They want to try out something new. 106 00:07:38,367 --> 00:07:39,800 They need a forensic profiler. 107 00:07:41,067 --> 00:07:43,233 We don't have profilers in this country. 108 00:07:43,367 --> 00:07:45,267 No. You'll be the first. 109 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:48,667 - I'm not a detective. - You don't have to be. 110 00:07:49,633 --> 00:07:51,733 You could teach the detectives. 111 00:07:51,867 --> 00:07:53,600 Think of them as those kids in there. 112 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,067 - I'm not qualified. - You have a gift, Micki. 113 00:07:59,167 --> 00:08:00,533 You're overqualified. 114 00:08:02,933 --> 00:08:04,567 That fear inside of you, 115 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:05,933 you need to let it go. 116 00:08:07,767 --> 00:08:09,200 Those boys in Mitchell's Plain 117 00:08:10,133 --> 00:08:11,467 need you to let it go. 118 00:08:18,767 --> 00:08:20,267 [Journalist] In Mitchell's Plain this morning, 119 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,667 thousands of police and locals resumed a dual hunt. 120 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,267 On the one hand, the gruesome search for more bodies. 121 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,867 On the other, the increasingly desperate tracking down 122 00:08:29,067 --> 00:08:30,933 of the psychotic killer responsible, 123 00:08:31,067 --> 00:08:33,167 as the man known as the Station Strangler, 124 00:08:33,300 --> 00:08:34,667 threatened to become South Africa's 125 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,400 most notorious serial killer in history. 126 00:08:37,533 --> 00:08:38,933 Local residents laid siege 127 00:08:39,067 --> 00:08:40,733 to the local police station this morning, 128 00:08:40,867 --> 00:08:42,833 venting their anger on senior officers 129 00:08:42,967 --> 00:08:45,067 who, they say, have adopted a lazy approach 130 00:08:45,133 --> 00:08:46,533 to the devastating murders. 131 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:49,067 Much of the anger is over the way 132 00:08:49,133 --> 00:08:50,833 the police have handled the investigation 133 00:08:50,967 --> 00:08:52,633 into these sadistic killings. 134 00:08:52,767 --> 00:08:54,500 One community leader said this morning 135 00:08:54,633 --> 00:08:56,800 that if the victims had been white children, 136 00:08:56,933 --> 00:08:59,233 the killer would have been arrested days ago. 137 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,133 [trolleys rattling] 138 00:09:04,267 --> 00:09:05,967 [Chris] There's just teargas going all around, hey. 139 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:08,133 Casper's coming in from the left and the right. 140 00:09:08,267 --> 00:09:11,067 I told Louis, "Man, drop to the frikken deck, man." 141 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,833 - He didn't listen to me. - [men laughing] 142 00:09:12,967 --> 00:09:14,700 Didn't pay any attention to the withdrawal, you know. 143 00:09:19,333 --> 00:09:20,600 What's so funny? 144 00:09:22,233 --> 00:09:23,867 Why are you guys drinking at 9 o'clock in the morning? 145 00:09:24,067 --> 00:09:24,767 There's our girl. 146 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:28,767 Miss Pistorius. Lieutenant Eksteen. 147 00:09:29,633 --> 00:09:31,367 Welcome to Cape Town. 148 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:32,667 [he speaks in South African language] 149 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,233 Oh. Thank you. 150 00:09:34,367 --> 00:09:35,333 This way. 151 00:09:35,467 --> 00:09:40,300 - Jannie! - [Chris whistles] 152 00:09:43,267 --> 00:09:44,833 Have you been to Cape Town before? 153 00:09:44,967 --> 00:09:47,200 Long time ago. Just for holidays. 154 00:09:48,333 --> 00:09:51,167 Hah. Pretoria girl? 155 00:09:51,300 --> 00:09:53,133 More an every-place girl. 156 00:09:53,267 --> 00:09:55,967 Pretoria, grew up in London, then Paris, 157 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:57,633 but all over really. 158 00:09:59,433 --> 00:10:01,467 [AJ] I'm sorry to ask, 159 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,900 but how exactly are you gonna help with the case? 160 00:10:04,033 --> 00:10:05,667 Well, if you'll let me, I'm gonna help you understand 161 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,600 the motivations of your killer. 162 00:10:07,733 --> 00:10:09,500 Um, their origin story. 163 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:11,267 You know, their why. 164 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,700 We need to catch him, not feel sorry for him. 165 00:10:13,833 --> 00:10:15,300 This is your first time? 166 00:10:15,433 --> 00:10:17,700 First time in the field, yeah. 167 00:10:17,833 --> 00:10:21,467 Joey Adamse went missing on Friday afternoon. 168 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,533 Still stays with his grandmother, bounces between parents. 169 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:26,033 Family's a mess. 170 00:10:26,167 --> 00:10:27,500 Why do you think Joey's disappearance 171 00:10:27,633 --> 00:10:29,433 is connected to the serial murders? 172 00:10:29,567 --> 00:10:32,333 MO's match, and we have an eyewitness this time. 173 00:10:32,467 --> 00:10:34,400 Joey's best friend, Tino. 174 00:10:34,533 --> 00:10:36,000 [Micki] He saw him take him? 175 00:10:36,133 --> 00:10:37,300 [Chris] He couldn't remember much of the day. 176 00:10:37,433 --> 00:10:38,600 He said the man promised them money. 177 00:10:38,733 --> 00:10:40,033 That's what got Joey into the car. 178 00:10:40,167 --> 00:10:42,067 Very similar to the previous cases. 179 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,700 Okay, 180 00:10:43,833 --> 00:10:46,600 so he's talking to the boys, gaining their trust. 181 00:10:46,733 --> 00:10:47,500 Could be. 182 00:10:49,033 --> 00:10:51,333 - Is there a description? - No. The boy is traumatised. 183 00:10:51,467 --> 00:10:54,100 Well, can I talk to him? 184 00:10:54,233 --> 00:10:56,800 I don't think that's a good idea. 185 00:10:56,933 --> 00:10:59,400 I need all the information you have. 186 00:10:59,533 --> 00:11:00,967 I need to know everything. 187 00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:02,933 We have transcripts from our previous interview. 188 00:11:03,067 --> 00:11:04,067 You can read those. 189 00:11:12,633 --> 00:11:14,100 Search parties. 190 00:11:14,233 --> 00:11:15,367 Out every day. 191 00:11:17,067 --> 00:11:18,733 Think the boy might still be alive? 192 00:11:20,067 --> 00:11:22,100 Were any of the previous victims held? 193 00:11:22,233 --> 00:11:23,567 We keep hoping, 194 00:11:23,700 --> 00:11:25,067 until we know better. 195 00:11:34,567 --> 00:11:37,100 [sombre music] 196 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,067 - Joey is the 22nd. - [people shouting] 197 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:49,167 Things are volatile. 198 00:11:50,633 --> 00:11:53,967 [people banging on car] 199 00:12:04,767 --> 00:12:09,700 - [men shouting] - [fence rattling] 200 00:12:11,167 --> 00:12:14,667 Do not leave the compound without an escort. 201 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,700 Colonel Venter's your unit commander. 202 00:12:20,833 --> 00:12:22,833 You'll report to him. 203 00:12:22,967 --> 00:12:24,267 Um, where can I work? 204 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:25,967 I need to get started on the profile. 205 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:27,333 Your office is this way. 206 00:12:30,067 --> 00:12:31,767 Detectives work in this main building. 207 00:12:33,433 --> 00:12:36,567 Task team out in this cooler box. 208 00:12:38,567 --> 00:12:39,400 Welcome. 209 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,667 And here you go. 210 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,967 Your official appointment certificate. 211 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,267 Congratulations. 212 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:51,433 You're a police officer. 213 00:12:51,567 --> 00:12:53,433 That's it? No parade? 214 00:12:53,567 --> 00:12:54,833 Find the guy taking these boys 215 00:12:54,967 --> 00:12:56,633 and I'll throw you a parade myself. 216 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,167 [Micki sighs] 217 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:04,567 I know it's a lot. 218 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:05,667 I'll be up to date by this afternoon. 219 00:13:06,867 --> 00:13:08,333 That's good. 220 00:13:08,467 --> 00:13:09,767 We can visit the crime scenes together 221 00:13:09,900 --> 00:13:11,800 if that helps your process. 222 00:13:14,733 --> 00:13:17,867 And maybe wear something more comfortable, 223 00:13:18,067 --> 00:13:18,800 if you have it. 224 00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:22,533 It will be a long day. 225 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:37,167 [chair scrapes] 226 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:39,767 [Micki sighs] 227 00:13:41,933 --> 00:13:43,800 Welcome to The Force. 228 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,733 [sombre music] 229 00:15:18,433 --> 00:15:20,800 [Chris] The first three bodies were found in this area. 230 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:24,600 Not well hidden. 231 00:15:24,733 --> 00:15:26,800 Easy to find if you know what you're looking for. 232 00:15:26,933 --> 00:15:28,967 And did you know what you were looking for? 233 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:29,967 Not at first. 234 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,700 As you can see, the bodies weren't placed 235 00:15:35,833 --> 00:15:37,700 very far from each other. 236 00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:39,500 Autopsy suggests they could have been brought here weeks, 237 00:15:39,633 --> 00:15:42,700 - even months apart. - Yeah. 238 00:15:42,833 --> 00:15:43,633 I noticed that. 239 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:45,333 He kept returning. 240 00:15:46,633 --> 00:15:48,133 Risky. 241 00:15:48,267 --> 00:15:51,133 [Chris] Over here is where we found the first body. 242 00:15:51,267 --> 00:15:52,667 Nine years old. 243 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,167 [Micki] Ricardo Williams. 244 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:55,433 [Chris] That's right. 245 00:15:56,467 --> 00:15:58,367 He was strangled. 246 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:00,200 With his T-shirt. 247 00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:01,067 I remember. 248 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,867 [Chris] Hands tied behind his back, 249 00:16:05,067 --> 00:16:06,300 body positioned face down. 250 00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:07,633 We only found a skeleton. 251 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,567 Over there is where we found the second body. 252 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,067 David Smit. 253 00:16:24,433 --> 00:16:26,767 Autopsy showed that he was sodomised. 254 00:16:32,267 --> 00:16:35,333 You'll see the exact same positioning of the body. 255 00:17:23,733 --> 00:17:24,567 Shit! 256 00:17:38,967 --> 00:17:39,867 Here. 257 00:17:40,067 --> 00:17:41,300 Let me take it. 258 00:17:52,067 --> 00:17:53,533 [Boy] Yeah, kick it! 259 00:17:53,667 --> 00:17:56,867 [boys shouting excitedly] 260 00:17:57,067 --> 00:17:59,400 [boys cheer] 261 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,200 [car engine purrs] 262 00:18:06,333 --> 00:18:09,233 [handbrake creaks] 263 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,733 Give it back, then! 264 00:18:23,867 --> 00:18:25,500 [Man] You've got a strong kick on you. 265 00:18:25,633 --> 00:18:27,067 Come on, Evan! 266 00:18:27,167 --> 00:18:29,067 [Man] You know, you can be a real player. 267 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:34,067 Yes. 268 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,933 [sinister music] 269 00:18:43,367 --> 00:18:44,833 [Chris] Visiting police officers stay here. 270 00:18:44,967 --> 00:18:48,700 There is not much privacy, but it is very safe. 271 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:56,067 [car door bangs] 272 00:18:59,467 --> 00:19:01,333 [car boot bangs] 273 00:19:01,467 --> 00:19:02,867 See you tomorrow. 274 00:19:09,133 --> 00:19:11,900 [door bangs shut] 275 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,533 [gentle sombre music] 276 00:19:40,333 --> 00:19:44,500 [crowd chanting "We want justice!"] 277 00:19:44,633 --> 00:19:48,100 [siren blares in distance] 278 00:19:49,533 --> 00:19:52,367 We want justice! We want justice! 279 00:19:53,333 --> 00:19:54,633 Are you hearing me, Colonel? 280 00:19:54,767 --> 00:19:56,600 I mean, are you out there looking? 281 00:19:56,733 --> 00:19:57,900 Are you looking for my grandson? 282 00:19:58,067 --> 00:19:58,867 Miss Adamse, 283 00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:02,367 you're frustrated. 284 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:04,233 Okay, I'm frustrated. 285 00:20:04,367 --> 00:20:05,933 But I can assure you 286 00:20:06,067 --> 00:20:08,833 we are doing everything we can to find your grandson. 287 00:20:08,967 --> 00:20:10,167 Okay? 288 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:11,767 And how many children must go missing 289 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:14,433 before you can take community seriously? 290 00:20:14,567 --> 00:20:16,967 You and your government about elections, elections. 291 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:18,900 Mandela this and Mandela that! 292 00:20:19,033 --> 00:20:20,467 Look here, Venter, 293 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,100 our children are dying, okay? 294 00:20:23,233 --> 00:20:25,767 He was always home by half past four. 295 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:27,333 Always, always. 296 00:20:27,467 --> 00:20:28,933 We have that information. 297 00:20:29,067 --> 00:20:32,000 He was, he was wearing his blue T-shirt with, 298 00:20:32,133 --> 00:20:34,433 with, and his burgundy tracksuit pants. 299 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:37,033 We have that information already. 300 00:20:37,967 --> 00:20:39,433 Look, 301 00:20:39,567 --> 00:20:41,733 my officers are on duty 24/7. 302 00:20:43,367 --> 00:20:45,633 Some of them haven't seen their own families in days. 303 00:20:45,767 --> 00:20:47,000 That's all I can give you. 304 00:20:48,233 --> 00:20:50,033 I'm, I'm sorry. I... 305 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,233 - It's okay. - I should get back. 306 00:20:53,367 --> 00:20:54,333 [Charlene sobs] 307 00:20:54,467 --> 00:20:55,967 [Pastor] It's okay. It's okay. 308 00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:57,967 Hush. It's okay. 309 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:01,100 - We should go. - [Charlene sobbing] 310 00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:14,467 [Chris] Micki. 311 00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:17,167 Louis Rossouw. 312 00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:18,667 Rossouw! 313 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:19,700 He's from Peninsula Murder and Robbery, 314 00:21:19,833 --> 00:21:20,867 working along with Jannie. 315 00:21:22,633 --> 00:21:23,900 Loots and Adams, 316 00:21:24,067 --> 00:21:25,667 both on assignment from head office, 317 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,967 are detectives answering to our lead detective, 318 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:30,600 AJ Oliver, who you know. 319 00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:32,700 What's this now, Eksteen, a bloody guided tour? 320 00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:34,567 Colonel, please meet the newest member of Head Office- 321 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:36,067 Yeah, I know who she is. 322 00:21:36,133 --> 00:21:37,767 Adams, 323 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:40,167 we can't have families pitching up here every fucking day. 324 00:21:40,300 --> 00:21:42,067 Tell charge office to keep them out front. 325 00:21:42,133 --> 00:21:43,600 Colonel. 326 00:21:43,733 --> 00:21:45,600 [Cornelius] AJ and Adams are gonna bring Leroy in. 327 00:21:47,733 --> 00:21:49,133 I want her to interrogate him. 328 00:21:51,667 --> 00:21:52,400 Um... 329 00:21:52,533 --> 00:21:53,400 Who's Leroy? 330 00:21:53,533 --> 00:21:54,900 - One! - Yeah! 331 00:21:55,067 --> 00:21:55,733 Two! 332 00:21:55,867 --> 00:21:56,900 [Children] Yeah! 333 00:21:57,067 --> 00:21:57,867 Three! 334 00:21:58,067 --> 00:21:58,800 [Chris] Leroy Paulse. 335 00:22:00,067 --> 00:22:01,167 Thirty-five years of age. 336 00:22:02,333 --> 00:22:03,767 Local resident of Mitchells Plain. 337 00:22:05,267 --> 00:22:07,167 We had him down as a suspect in '93, 338 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:09,533 but couldn't really pin anything on him. 339 00:22:09,667 --> 00:22:10,367 Six! 340 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:11,267 [Children] Yeah! 341 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:14,967 [Chris] There's something about the guy 342 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:16,200 that's always been really off. 343 00:22:16,333 --> 00:22:17,067 Eight! 344 00:22:17,167 --> 00:22:18,500 [Children] Yeah! 345 00:22:18,633 --> 00:22:19,400 [Chris] He's got a wicked temper, Micki. 346 00:22:19,533 --> 00:22:24,500 [Children] Yeah! 347 00:22:26,767 --> 00:22:29,233 [door clicks] 348 00:22:32,467 --> 00:22:34,467 [Micki] Could you take this table away, please? 349 00:22:40,767 --> 00:22:42,300 Mr Paulse, 350 00:22:42,433 --> 00:22:43,833 my name is Micki Pistorius. 351 00:22:43,967 --> 00:22:46,067 I'm part of the Station Strangler task team. 352 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:48,533 No, you're not. 353 00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:50,067 So where's the other guy? 354 00:22:50,133 --> 00:22:51,900 [Micki] It's just me today. 355 00:22:52,067 --> 00:22:53,867 - Rossouw? - Captain Rossouw is busy, 356 00:22:54,067 --> 00:22:55,233 so we're stuck together. 357 00:22:56,133 --> 00:22:57,267 It's me or no-one. 358 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,133 Well, I'm not gonna talk to no fucking rookie. 359 00:23:01,267 --> 00:23:02,200 Huh, 360 00:23:02,333 --> 00:23:03,167 well, 361 00:23:04,433 --> 00:23:05,767 I am very sorry to hear that. 362 00:23:09,267 --> 00:23:10,700 What's your name again? 363 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:14,733 Captain Micki Pistorius. 364 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,067 Now, sit. Come sit here. Why you want to run away? 365 00:23:19,167 --> 00:23:21,100 Come and have a seat with me. 366 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,633 [hand taps] 367 00:23:23,767 --> 00:23:26,233 [shoes click] 368 00:23:28,267 --> 00:23:30,900 [chair scrapes] 369 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,667 Shame, you really wanna catch him, don't you? 370 00:23:41,667 --> 00:23:42,500 Who? 371 00:23:43,967 --> 00:23:45,133 The Station Strangler. 372 00:23:47,167 --> 00:23:48,500 But you won't. 373 00:23:48,633 --> 00:23:49,600 Not you. 374 00:23:49,733 --> 00:23:51,200 Why not me? 375 00:23:51,333 --> 00:23:53,067 Because you don't live here, lady. 376 00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:55,667 Where are you from? 377 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,167 You don't know the Strangler. 378 00:23:57,300 --> 00:23:59,067 - Do you? - Everyone does. 379 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,133 What kind of person is he? 380 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:04,467 He's clever. 381 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,067 A nice guy. 382 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,167 He likes children. 383 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:09,967 [Micki] I've heard you work with children. 384 00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:12,533 Yeah. Because they must fight. Protect themselves. 385 00:24:12,667 --> 00:24:13,800 You teach them how to fight? 386 00:24:13,933 --> 00:24:14,733 To fight, 387 00:24:15,767 --> 00:24:17,200 to use this. 388 00:24:17,333 --> 00:24:18,633 Did you grow up here? 389 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,333 No, not here. 390 00:24:22,467 --> 00:24:23,967 All over, really. 391 00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:26,600 PE, Durban, a little bit in Jo'burg. 392 00:24:26,733 --> 00:24:28,633 I know what that feels like, 393 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:30,500 moving around from place to place. 394 00:24:34,467 --> 00:24:35,633 Do you know Joey Adamse? 395 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:39,767 Mr Paulse, 396 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:41,133 does the name ring a bell? 397 00:24:42,433 --> 00:24:44,433 Joey Adamse. He's a boy from this area. 398 00:24:47,433 --> 00:24:48,767 You're nervous, aren't you? 399 00:24:50,133 --> 00:24:51,367 What makes you say that? 400 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:54,733 Because your hands are sweating. 401 00:24:56,767 --> 00:24:57,933 Well, um... 402 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:01,133 We don't know each other very well. 403 00:25:01,267 --> 00:25:03,100 I get nervous around new people. 404 00:25:03,233 --> 00:25:05,667 I'm not very outgoing, I live in my head a lot. 405 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,700 So it makes sense I'm a bit nervous now, right? 406 00:25:08,833 --> 00:25:10,500 I'm sure you get like that sometimes too. 407 00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:14,233 Was. 408 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:17,400 Excuse me? 409 00:25:17,533 --> 00:25:21,667 Joey Adamse was a kid from this area. 410 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,200 Did I know him? 411 00:25:25,333 --> 00:25:27,600 - He's not alive anymore. - How do you know that? 412 00:25:30,133 --> 00:25:32,300 - When did you last see him? - I don't know. 413 00:25:32,433 --> 00:25:33,367 Days? 414 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:34,867 Weeks? What? 415 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:37,300 Did he come to any of your classes? 416 00:25:37,433 --> 00:25:39,267 Did you spend any time with him at all? 417 00:25:42,067 --> 00:25:44,133 [Leroy] It's dark where you're going, lady. 418 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:46,533 Where? 419 00:25:48,067 --> 00:25:49,633 Into the abyss. 420 00:26:03,733 --> 00:26:05,400 [door clicks] 421 00:26:05,533 --> 00:26:07,200 [Chris] Are you okay? 422 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:09,167 Oh, yeah, I'm fine. 423 00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:13,333 He's not our guy. Just your everyday psychopath. 424 00:26:13,467 --> 00:26:16,200 Yes, sir. One session to figure that out, hey. 425 00:26:17,133 --> 00:26:18,300 How do you reckon that, huh? 426 00:26:18,433 --> 00:26:20,133 Well, he likes the attention, 427 00:26:20,267 --> 00:26:21,600 he's a showman. 428 00:26:21,733 --> 00:26:23,600 He's charming, manipulative 429 00:26:23,733 --> 00:26:25,700 but not enough to lure victims that young. 430 00:26:28,167 --> 00:26:29,400 I'm saying he doesn't present the way I'd expect 431 00:26:29,533 --> 00:26:31,167 for this type of killer. 432 00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:32,667 Someone who's been operating for this long 433 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,467 without detection. 434 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,300 I'm not convinced he could reign himself in enough for that. 435 00:26:37,433 --> 00:26:38,433 So he didn't do it? 436 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,267 My gut says no, sir. 437 00:26:43,233 --> 00:26:45,200 We're trusting your gut already? 438 00:26:45,333 --> 00:26:46,900 For a first-timer, you did good. 439 00:26:48,667 --> 00:26:49,500 Eksteen... 440 00:26:50,867 --> 00:26:51,667 My office. 441 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:01,933 Is this a colouring book? 442 00:27:02,067 --> 00:27:03,400 [Chris] Colonel? 443 00:27:03,533 --> 00:27:04,733 Answer me. Is this a fucking colouring book? 444 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:06,467 No, Colonel. 445 00:27:07,433 --> 00:27:08,900 Is this a crayon? 446 00:27:09,067 --> 00:27:10,200 That's a pen, Colonel. 447 00:27:10,333 --> 00:27:12,633 So if this is not a colouring book 448 00:27:12,767 --> 00:27:15,067 and this is not a crayon, 449 00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:17,900 why the fuck am I running a daycare centre? 450 00:27:18,067 --> 00:27:19,433 If this is about Micki- 451 00:27:19,567 --> 00:27:21,300 Yeah, of course, it's about fucking Micki! 452 00:27:21,433 --> 00:27:25,200 Imagine my surprise when I get a call from Mufamadi himself 453 00:27:25,333 --> 00:27:27,767 while I'm inhaling the breakfast I never have time to eat, 454 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:30,233 to tell me, "Congratulations! 455 00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:32,333 We're sending you a psychologist." 456 00:27:32,467 --> 00:27:34,767 I'm racking my brain trying to remember 457 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:37,767 when I asked for a fucking shrink! 458 00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:39,067 I called Hattingh for his advice. 459 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:40,133 I didn't ask him to send her. 460 00:27:40,267 --> 00:27:42,133 Oh, well, here she is! 461 00:27:42,267 --> 00:27:43,800 She's cluttering up my task team. 462 00:27:45,233 --> 00:27:46,433 And now Pretoria expects 463 00:27:46,567 --> 00:27:48,900 a nice weekly report on her progress 464 00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:50,800 that you will be responsible for writing, 465 00:27:50,933 --> 00:27:53,633 since I asked for another detective. 466 00:27:53,767 --> 00:27:54,867 But never mind what we need. 467 00:27:55,067 --> 00:27:57,933 Lieutenant Eksteen has ideas. 468 00:27:58,067 --> 00:27:59,333 With all respect, sir, 469 00:28:00,633 --> 00:28:01,467 we have nothing. 470 00:28:03,067 --> 00:28:04,533 We don't need another detective. 471 00:28:04,667 --> 00:28:07,133 We need another way into the case and I... 472 00:28:07,267 --> 00:28:09,500 I think she might just give us that. 473 00:28:13,967 --> 00:28:17,067 [car engines revving] 474 00:28:18,067 --> 00:28:20,800 [Jannie] This country is fucked! 475 00:28:20,933 --> 00:28:25,433 - Hey, look! - [men cheer] 476 00:28:25,567 --> 00:28:27,133 Here we go, guys. The drinks. 477 00:28:27,267 --> 00:28:29,867 [men chuckle] 478 00:28:30,067 --> 00:28:31,667 Oh, April's coming, hey, 479 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,500 whether the Volksfront likes it or not. 480 00:28:33,633 --> 00:28:34,700 - Exactly. - Can I... 481 00:28:34,833 --> 00:28:35,867 - Can I get another one? - Yeah. 482 00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,300 [fish slaps] 483 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:54,133 [waves lapping] 484 00:28:57,867 --> 00:28:58,667 [Micki] Voila! 485 00:29:00,433 --> 00:29:01,233 Thanks. 486 00:29:05,967 --> 00:29:07,467 May I ask you a question? 487 00:29:08,733 --> 00:29:09,567 Sure. 488 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,733 That table today, 489 00:29:13,867 --> 00:29:15,233 what was that? 490 00:29:15,367 --> 00:29:16,200 Oh... 491 00:29:17,167 --> 00:29:18,767 Men who get kicks out of killing 492 00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:21,800 often get kicks out of talking about it, too. 493 00:29:21,933 --> 00:29:23,500 And I need to be able to see that. 494 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:31,933 It feels weird to be drinking out here. 495 00:29:33,567 --> 00:29:35,667 Shooting the breeze, making jokes while he's out there. 496 00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:38,833 I know. 497 00:29:41,433 --> 00:29:42,733 To do this job for a minute, 498 00:29:44,233 --> 00:29:45,967 it's the drinks, it's the guys. 499 00:29:47,767 --> 00:29:49,433 Sometimes they're the only things 500 00:29:49,567 --> 00:29:52,667 that keep you from losing your fucking mind completely. 501 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,267 [Micki chuckles] 502 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:55,867 [Micki] Yeah, 503 00:29:56,067 --> 00:29:57,467 I guess you become like family. 504 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:01,467 [Chris] Spend more time with them than their own. 505 00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:05,867 They say you're not really South African Police 506 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,333 if you don't have at least one failed marriage 507 00:30:08,467 --> 00:30:10,033 under your belt. 508 00:30:10,167 --> 00:30:12,000 [Micki] Well, in that case, I'm ahead of the game. 509 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,333 - How many under your belt? - Two. 510 00:30:15,467 --> 00:30:17,167 - And you? - Just the one. 511 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:22,100 And I am in no hurry to repeat the experience. 512 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:30,067 [Chris exhales] 513 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:34,033 [Chris prays under his breath] 514 00:30:40,433 --> 00:30:43,567 [light switch clicks] 515 00:30:44,833 --> 00:30:47,800 [suspenseful music] 516 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,267 [phone rings] 517 00:31:09,333 --> 00:31:10,700 Hello, Eksteen. 518 00:31:12,533 --> 00:31:13,367 Shit. 519 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:16,567 I'm on my way. 520 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,967 [crowd clamouring] 521 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:32,200 [car door bangs] 522 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,733 - Who's the boy? - Evan Prinsloo. 523 00:31:51,867 --> 00:31:54,200 Five years old, single mother, Celia. 524 00:31:54,333 --> 00:31:56,067 He's been missing since yesterday. 525 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,133 Cousin found his soccer ball in Edgar Crescent 526 00:31:58,267 --> 00:31:59,467 - near the fields. - Fuck. 527 00:32:00,900 --> 00:32:02,067 And them? 528 00:32:02,167 --> 00:32:03,833 [siren wails] 529 00:32:03,967 --> 00:32:05,267 She called us, but by then, they'd already heard of him. 530 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,067 [he shouts in South African language] 531 00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:08,067 Ladies and gents, please, 532 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,900 we just need you to be calm. 533 00:32:10,067 --> 00:32:13,467 [crowd clamouring increases] 534 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:14,467 [Woman] No! 535 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,067 No, man! 536 00:32:16,133 --> 00:32:17,533 Don't tell me to calm down! 537 00:32:17,667 --> 00:32:18,633 No! 538 00:32:18,767 --> 00:32:20,200 I'm not gonna do that! 539 00:32:20,333 --> 00:32:22,800 [woman continues to shout] 540 00:32:22,933 --> 00:32:25,267 Okay, he appears to be organised, 541 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,233 he leaves no clues. 542 00:32:27,367 --> 00:32:28,933 He must plan carefully. 543 00:32:30,533 --> 00:32:31,500 [Micki sighs] 544 00:32:31,633 --> 00:32:33,100 He doesn't mutilate the victims. 545 00:32:33,233 --> 00:32:35,200 He sodomises them. 546 00:32:35,333 --> 00:32:36,833 Why? 547 00:32:36,967 --> 00:32:40,067 And sex for him is aggression. 548 00:32:40,133 --> 00:32:42,767 A fixation developed in the late-latency to... 549 00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:44,233 Early genital phase. 550 00:32:45,867 --> 00:32:46,633 Manipulation. 551 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,167 But why the long gap between killings? 552 00:32:51,233 --> 00:32:52,267 Where did you go? 553 00:32:55,067 --> 00:32:57,633 Okay, so we reconstruct the crime scene. 554 00:32:59,067 --> 00:33:01,533 Think about why he felt safe enough to act then. 555 00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:02,467 Why there? 556 00:33:05,433 --> 00:33:06,833 [door opens] 557 00:33:06,967 --> 00:33:08,067 [Chris] Micki? 558 00:33:08,167 --> 00:33:09,533 What happened? 559 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:10,800 Another boy. 560 00:33:10,933 --> 00:33:12,067 You didn't know? 561 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,267 No. I've been in here since seven. 562 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,967 Sorry, writing a profile takes time. 563 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:18,967 [Chris] We don't have any time. 564 00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:20,867 Do you have anything that can help us? 565 00:33:23,567 --> 00:33:24,400 Yeah. 566 00:33:27,367 --> 00:33:29,233 FBI research tells us that serial killers 567 00:33:29,367 --> 00:33:31,700 tend to start killing in their early 20s. 568 00:33:31,833 --> 00:33:34,333 As this killer has been active for eight years, 569 00:33:34,467 --> 00:33:36,367 he'll be in his late 20s to early 30s, 570 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:37,900 a local, 571 00:33:38,067 --> 00:33:40,300 and possibly the same race as the victims. 572 00:33:40,433 --> 00:33:42,500 A person of any other race in the company of a boy 573 00:33:42,633 --> 00:33:44,133 would be noticed by that community. 574 00:33:44,267 --> 00:33:46,700 They're highly suspicious of outsiders. 575 00:33:46,833 --> 00:33:48,600 He'll have needed to be able to present himself 576 00:33:48,733 --> 00:33:51,767 as a normal member of the community, going to church, 577 00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:53,967 buying groceries, visiting restaurants. 578 00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:57,633 The killer is clearly familiar with the area, 579 00:33:57,767 --> 00:33:59,267 knows the dunes well 580 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,533 and perhaps spent time there as a child. 581 00:34:01,667 --> 00:34:03,367 How would you know that? 582 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,467 The choice of crime scenes. 583 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,100 They imply an intimate knowledge of the geography. 584 00:34:08,233 --> 00:34:09,667 Easy enough to find if you know where they are, 585 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,367 but hidden from view of the surrounding streets. 586 00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:14,333 He knew which paths were deserted, 587 00:34:14,467 --> 00:34:16,200 knew the good hiding spots. 588 00:34:16,333 --> 00:34:18,067 Those dunes are remote. 589 00:34:18,167 --> 00:34:19,967 You can't hear any voices up there. 590 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:21,467 No traffic. 591 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,367 The bodies displayed no signs of struggle, 592 00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:25,333 yet those boys followed him far out, 593 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:27,467 of their own free will. 594 00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:29,767 They trusted him completely. 595 00:34:31,267 --> 00:34:33,800 I think our killer is proud of his work. 596 00:34:33,933 --> 00:34:35,267 [Cornelius] You can't know what he's thinking. 597 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,267 No, but the note in one of the victim's pockets, 598 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,167 that was him correcting us. 599 00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:42,433 He's systematic and he wants us to know it. 600 00:34:43,667 --> 00:34:44,533 Look... 601 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,200 The newspaper said Nathan Goliath was victim number 14 602 00:34:49,333 --> 00:34:52,067 and our killer saw that, went back to the scene, 603 00:34:52,133 --> 00:34:53,400 placed a note on Robert's body 604 00:34:53,533 --> 00:34:55,567 to make sure we got the order right. 605 00:34:55,700 --> 00:34:58,267 Number 14, many more in store. 606 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,067 That tells me he's precise. 607 00:35:00,167 --> 00:35:01,700 He knows exactly where his victims are left 608 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:03,667 and he returns to them. 609 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,100 There's a sense of perfectionism there. 610 00:35:06,233 --> 00:35:08,133 And he likes order. 611 00:35:08,267 --> 00:35:11,400 I think that's reflected in how he presents himself, 612 00:35:11,533 --> 00:35:12,433 how he dresses. 613 00:35:14,867 --> 00:35:15,967 That's what I have. 614 00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:19,667 [Cornelius] So now what? 615 00:35:21,167 --> 00:35:23,933 I suggest we release the profile today. 616 00:35:24,067 --> 00:35:25,400 If we're going to find Joey and Evan, 617 00:35:25,533 --> 00:35:27,400 we need the community's help. 618 00:35:27,533 --> 00:35:30,867 How, Captain Pistorius? You've just described a ghost. 619 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:35,667 With respect, sir, our other leads are blind speculation. 620 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,400 This is more concrete than anything we have. 621 00:35:37,533 --> 00:35:40,067 [Cornelius] Have you seen those people at the gates? 622 00:35:40,133 --> 00:35:41,300 We'll be starting a witch hunt. 623 00:35:41,433 --> 00:35:43,133 I agree. We need facts. 624 00:35:43,267 --> 00:35:46,300 These are educated guesses informed by material evidence. 625 00:35:46,433 --> 00:35:48,933 Educated guesses? Sounds like a hunch to me. 626 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,367 We need to release the profile. 627 00:35:57,533 --> 00:35:59,200 It'll be chaos. 628 00:35:59,333 --> 00:36:02,967 We have 21 dead bodies, two missing boys, no real leads. 629 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:04,300 It's already chaos. 630 00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:09,633 If this fucks up the investigation, 631 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:12,500 I'll make sure both of you are dropped from this task team. 632 00:36:12,633 --> 00:36:14,833 Okay, you'll be back in Pretoria and you... 633 00:36:14,967 --> 00:36:15,933 I'll have your badge. 634 00:36:17,067 --> 00:36:17,767 Clear? 635 00:36:19,300 --> 00:36:20,567 Yeah, Colonel. 636 00:36:27,667 --> 00:36:30,433 [crowd clamouring] 637 00:36:48,233 --> 00:36:53,100 - [melancholy music] - [Micki crunches] 638 00:36:57,067 --> 00:36:59,467 [Micki sighs] 639 00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:21,267 [light switch clicks] 640 00:37:25,633 --> 00:37:28,833 [Micki exhales deeply] 641 00:37:32,733 --> 00:37:34,767 "Not knowing what the future holds, 642 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:39,233 I shall say farewell and see you at the next job. 643 00:37:39,367 --> 00:37:42,100 Or should I say you will see my handy work at the next job? 644 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:46,067 You must not forget about Donna..." 645 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,533 Lauria, I think. Can't quite make out the handwriting. 646 00:37:50,867 --> 00:37:52,500 So you're a journalist at the Cape Times 647 00:37:52,633 --> 00:37:54,200 and this arrived in your newsroom? 648 00:37:54,333 --> 00:37:57,933 Yes. Addressed to me via regular unregistered mail. 649 00:37:58,067 --> 00:37:59,567 Convenient timing. 650 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:01,867 Are there any more letters? 651 00:38:02,733 --> 00:38:03,533 [Lizette] Yes. 652 00:38:04,900 --> 00:38:08,133 That one came yesterday and two more today. 653 00:38:08,267 --> 00:38:10,267 I brought them with, so you can have a look. 654 00:38:18,367 --> 00:38:19,633 [Chris] What do you make of it? 655 00:38:21,167 --> 00:38:22,867 I've heard this name before. 656 00:38:23,067 --> 00:38:25,433 - Which name? - Donna Lauria. 657 00:38:25,567 --> 00:38:28,900 And this line, "Not knowing what the future holds". 658 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:33,067 It's David Berkowitz. 659 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:34,767 Who? 660 00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:37,233 Son of Sam. He's a serial killer, late 70s New York, 661 00:38:37,367 --> 00:38:40,767 where he wrote letters like this to police to taunt them. 662 00:38:40,900 --> 00:38:43,333 The letters were later published in books. 663 00:38:43,467 --> 00:38:44,967 A copycat. 664 00:38:45,100 --> 00:38:46,400 [Micki] And a plagiarist, 665 00:38:46,533 --> 00:38:48,800 if he's modelling himself after Berkowitz. 666 00:38:50,067 --> 00:38:51,400 No, that's good. 667 00:38:51,533 --> 00:38:54,700 Yeah, it means we're a step ahead. Um... 668 00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:57,100 Can we do a sweep of the city libraries? 669 00:38:57,233 --> 00:38:59,067 Find out which branches have books about Berkowitz 670 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,600 on their shelves. 671 00:39:00,733 --> 00:39:02,500 Compile a list of people who've checked them out. 672 00:39:02,633 --> 00:39:04,400 Now you're thinking like a detective. 673 00:39:07,067 --> 00:39:09,933 [birds twittering] 674 00:39:16,533 --> 00:39:18,067 [phone ringing] 675 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:19,633 - Hello? - How's it, Micki? 676 00:39:19,767 --> 00:39:21,100 How's your Saturday? 677 00:39:21,233 --> 00:39:22,967 [Micki] Just been to get myself a birthday cake. 678 00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:24,300 What's going on? 679 00:39:24,433 --> 00:39:25,667 [Jannie] You're needed at the station. 680 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:27,500 Um, I'll send someone to come get you. 681 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:30,900 Happy birthday. 682 00:39:31,067 --> 00:39:31,833 Bring cake, hey? 683 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,667 [Eye Witness] I tell you, he's dangerous. 684 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,533 [Officer] Do you think you could be the Strangler? 685 00:39:43,567 --> 00:39:44,400 Why? 686 00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:47,067 He fucks chickens. 687 00:39:48,533 --> 00:39:53,400 - [car horn tooting] - [crowd clamouring] 688 00:40:06,667 --> 00:40:09,233 [gate rattles] 689 00:40:11,567 --> 00:40:13,367 - I'll take that. - Thank you. 690 00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:14,667 What's going on? 691 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,067 - modelling on a warpath. - With who? 692 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:18,033 You. 693 00:40:24,633 --> 00:40:27,300 Have you seen what's going on out there? 694 00:40:27,433 --> 00:40:28,767 Every madman in Mitchell's Plain 695 00:40:28,900 --> 00:40:30,467 is coming out of the woodwork. 696 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:31,800 You know, a fucker has an issue with his neighbour, 697 00:40:31,933 --> 00:40:33,933 he's calling him the Strangler. 698 00:40:34,067 --> 00:40:35,733 So three dozen leads in 24 hours. 699 00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:37,967 And one of them could be our killer. 700 00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:39,367 Look, Colonel, this was always 701 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:40,833 - going to be the risk we took- - Risk? 702 00:40:40,967 --> 00:40:42,200 Oh, no, no. 703 00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:43,633 You never said anything about risk. 704 00:40:43,767 --> 00:40:45,200 Okay? Not when you were standing here 705 00:40:45,333 --> 00:40:47,133 with your profile and your psychology cack! 706 00:40:47,267 --> 00:40:50,033 Okay, I said it would be a risk. 707 00:40:50,167 --> 00:40:51,833 I said if you fucked with my investigation- 708 00:40:51,967 --> 00:40:53,767 But who's to say none of the leads are good? 709 00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:55,500 We won't know that until we follow up. 710 00:40:55,633 --> 00:40:57,367 And who's sitting on the phone taking statements 711 00:40:57,500 --> 00:40:59,100 like a fucking clerk? Me! 712 00:41:00,867 --> 00:41:02,067 I'm trying to find two missing boys 713 00:41:02,133 --> 00:41:03,400 and my doors are trampled down. 714 00:41:03,533 --> 00:41:05,267 Colonel, isn't that what we want? 715 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,067 I mean, don't we want the community to be involved 716 00:41:07,167 --> 00:41:08,767 to help us look? 717 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:10,433 Of course, there'll be some false leads, 718 00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:12,067 but if we're doing our job properly- 719 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,833 Listen here! I've been doing my job for 25 years. 720 00:41:15,967 --> 00:41:18,067 I have arrested killers, rapists, 721 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,367 every lunatic you can think of. 722 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,967 And I did it by using experience and instinct. 723 00:41:25,467 --> 00:41:27,867 How many convictions have you had, Miss Pistorius? 724 00:41:28,067 --> 00:41:28,833 How many arrests? 725 00:41:30,933 --> 00:41:32,400 - I'm asking you. - None, Colonel. 726 00:41:34,067 --> 00:41:35,533 I'm trying to catch a killer. 727 00:41:37,067 --> 00:41:39,167 And head office thinks it can drop you in my lap. 728 00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:40,233 Make you my problem. 729 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:42,067 Let me be clear. 730 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:45,833 You are a distraction to this team! 731 00:41:47,633 --> 00:41:49,400 And to this investigation. 732 00:41:52,767 --> 00:41:54,267 What do you need, Colonel? 733 00:41:55,367 --> 00:41:56,767 What I need 734 00:41:56,900 --> 00:41:57,867 is manpower. 735 00:41:59,767 --> 00:42:01,600 That's not gonna happen because this country is fucked 736 00:42:01,733 --> 00:42:03,400 and no-one gives a shit about a nothing township 737 00:42:03,533 --> 00:42:04,400 and the Cape Flats. 738 00:42:05,567 --> 00:42:06,833 I have to make do with what I have 739 00:42:06,967 --> 00:42:08,833 before another child turns up dead. 740 00:42:10,167 --> 00:42:10,967 What I don't need 741 00:42:12,767 --> 00:42:15,267 is a degree in a skirt. Excuse me. 742 00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:29,667 Thank you. 743 00:42:31,067 --> 00:42:34,367 [siren wails in distance] 744 00:42:37,667 --> 00:42:39,067 [Louis] Mind if I join you? 745 00:42:50,900 --> 00:42:53,967 [lighter clicks] 746 00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:54,867 Smoke? 747 00:43:05,933 --> 00:43:07,667 This stuff in Rwanda's terrible, hey? 748 00:43:10,367 --> 00:43:11,933 I mean it's cack here too, but... 749 00:43:13,567 --> 00:43:14,833 There's some perspective for you. 750 00:43:14,967 --> 00:43:16,500 Just got plenty, thanks. 751 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:20,267 He's right, you know. 752 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,267 That I'm a degree in a skirt? 753 00:43:24,667 --> 00:43:26,833 Head office just dropped you on us. 754 00:43:26,967 --> 00:43:28,067 No warnings, no debate. 755 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:35,167 I took this job because I thought 756 00:43:35,300 --> 00:43:36,667 I could make the theory real, 757 00:43:38,233 --> 00:43:39,667 save real lives. 758 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:41,067 [Louis sniggers] 759 00:43:41,133 --> 00:43:41,967 Life is rigged. 760 00:43:44,367 --> 00:43:46,767 So I just sit quietly in my tin can, 761 00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:48,733 passing the time until I can clock off? 762 00:43:53,167 --> 00:43:55,867 Work your cases, clock your nine-to-fives, 763 00:43:56,067 --> 00:43:57,567 don't stick your neck in the wind. 764 00:43:58,833 --> 00:44:01,733 Do that and in a few years, 765 00:44:01,867 --> 00:44:04,100 I'll be sending you a promotion form. Yeah? 766 00:44:04,233 --> 00:44:05,300 [Jannie] Hey! 767 00:44:05,433 --> 00:44:07,600 Call just came through. 768 00:44:07,733 --> 00:44:09,967 They found a boy in Faure. Might be one of ours. 769 00:44:11,433 --> 00:44:12,200 Okay. 770 00:44:20,133 --> 00:44:23,433 [car door bangs] 771 00:44:23,567 --> 00:44:26,067 [tense music] 772 00:44:46,433 --> 00:44:48,900 [Chris] Let me take you back to the station. 773 00:44:49,067 --> 00:44:50,733 You can have a look at the photographs later. 774 00:44:50,867 --> 00:44:51,867 I need to see him. 775 00:45:08,267 --> 00:45:10,467 [Micki sobs] 776 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,567 [Micki mumbles under her breath] 777 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,433 [Charlene] Joey! 778 00:45:25,567 --> 00:45:26,400 Joey! 779 00:45:28,067 --> 00:45:31,633 [Charlene screams and sobs] 780 00:45:48,067 --> 00:45:50,067 Happy fucking birthday. 781 00:46:02,233 --> 00:46:04,833 [solemn music]