The Hunt for a Killer

S01E02: Episode 2

The Helen investigation is on fire and Pelle Åkesson is following the investigation's dwindling existence. Two women are found murdered and night walking groups begin patrolling the streets in Kristianstad. Pelle and his team interrogate suspects and follow up on clues, but power struggles and political games complicate the investigation. Pelle's new colleague Monica Olhed's interrogation methods are starting to be discussed at the police station and a night walker catches Pelle's attention and is taken in for questioning.

Overview

Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. A reality-based crime drama about the policeman Per-Åke Åkesson and the reconnaissance group that was tasked with investigating several murders of women in northeastern Skåne. The series starts in Hörby in 1989.

Episodes

Episode 1

S01E01 Episode 1

November 4, 2020 45 min
10-year-old Helén Nilsson disappears on Easter 1989 in the small community of Hörby. It's a chilly evening and Helén will meet two classmates at the discount store a few minutes' walk from home, but the...
Episode 2

S01E02 Episode 2

November 11, 2020 45 min
The Helen investigation is on fire and Pelle Åkesson is following the investigation's dwindling existence. Two women are found murdered and night walking groups begin patrolling the streets in Kristianstad. Pelle and his team interrogate...
Episode 3

S01E03 Episode 3

November 18, 2020 45 min
The unsolved murder of Helén Nilsson continues to torment Pelle. To move on, he begins to dig into the murder of the prostitute Jannica Ekblad. The investigation leads them to a new suspect, a man...
Episode 4

S01E04 Episode 4

November 25, 2020 44 min
Pelle is back from sick leave and given an office in the police station's basement. He secretly begins to go through the Helen case and the group that can solve the murder reappears, now the...
Episode 5

S01E05 Episode 5

December 2, 2020 44 min
Pelle secretly and against his boss's will sends DNA from Helen to a lab in Birmingham for analysis. Now Pelle is in a hurry. This is the last chance before the investigation will be closed...
Episode 6

S01E06 Episode 6

December 9, 2020 45 min
15 years have passed since Helen disappeared. Pelle decides to tear down the cottage Ulf Olsson lived in when he disappeared. It is newly renovated but when they break up the floorboards they find traces...

Cast

Lars Schilken
Tonny Andersson
Minoo Mårtensson
Helén Nilsson
Lotten Roos
Lotten Roos
Monica Olhed
Anders Beckman
Per-Åke Åkesson
Sasha Becker
Sasha Becker
Jannica Ekblad
Håkan Bengtsson
Håkan Bengtsson
Erik Johansson
Rasmus Troedsson
Rasmus Troedsson
Krister Berg
Catherine Jeppsson
Agneta Åkesson
Magnus Schmitz
Magnus Schmitz
Ulf Olsson
Liam Åkeson-Rayner
Liam Åkeson-Rayner
Göran Storm

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