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That photo was taken at the rehab centre

in Valkenburg, where I did a placement.

The opening of the gym.

I saw him there, he was a patient.

Rina said at the beginning that one of

the photos seemed vaguely familiar.

Eric.

- Eric. Hold on.

- Go ahead.

- You slept with her.

- I slept in her apartment.

Yeah, yeah. I'm not an imbecile.

I'm not.

Are you stupid? Sleeping with

someone involved in the case.

Oh, now she's suddenly

involved in the case.

Indecent assault, abuse of

your position, breach of trust.

She can get them to throw the book at you.

Get you in serious trouble.

- Rina won't do that.

- No, because she's really stable, eh?

- There aren't any witnesses.

- No? What about me?

And those two saw you half-naked too.

I have to report it.

- What?

- Report it. I'm obliged to report it

- or she can report us all.

- I just said that Ri...

I'm sick to death of it. You do it by the

book. That's how you like doing it anyway.

Stay far away from her,

don't stray even a millimetre from

the tasks I or Mulder give you.

Go and write that report.

Include everything that happened yesterday

and what you know about Rina.

From now on focus on Hoybergs.

And you're staying in the office.

D'you hear me? In the office.

Yes?

Yes, that's Vronique's...

As soon as there is any more news,

we'll contact you.

- Maybe we shouldn't think the worst.

- No, of course not. Let's stay positive.

Maybe she just spent the night

with some cop. Eh?

Federal Police. Where is she?

- Who?

- Hands to the front.

- Where is who?

- Where is she?

- Who?

- Hands to the front.

- Could you be more specific?

- Where is she?

Take him in.

If she's still alive, then tell us.

I don't know what you want from me

but I don't know those people.

Don't let her die.

If you help us save her, that will be

to your advantage during your trial.

You can be here

but all you're allowed to do is breathe.

Why was your phone turned off?

So we couldn't trace you?

It's a games fair, my phone's always

turned off during demos. It's polite.

Yeah.

We checked your hotel. You didn't appear

for breakfast this morning. Not hungry?

- I rarely have breakfast.

- Yeah, of course.

The diaries you gave us

don't tally with the reality.

My diaries are never correct.

There are always last-minute changes.

I don't think Mr Hoybergs realises

how tight the noose around his neck is.

Similar gruesome events happened in

the Cologne area when you lived there.

You're in a photo with one of the victims.

I'm in thousands of photos

with thousands of people.

Rubbish. You are in very few photos.

Maybe that's why you've stayed

under the radar for so long.

Where is she? Come on, redeem yourself.

Tell us she's still alive.

Think about her parents,

what they are going through.

- You've got children too, eh?

- Yes. Stop this.

I haven't done anything.

Not here, not in Cologne, nowhere.

In Cologne I worked with my colleague

day and night, all day, every day.

- He can confirm that.

- What's this colleague's name?

- Menken. Andreas Menken.

- OK. Now be very careful what you say.

I shall send people to Germany

to check every word with Menken.

You can save yourself the expense.

Menken lives in Brussels.

He travelled back and forth for a few

weeks at a time and slept in our office.

He went back and forth? You said

he was with you all day every day.

Menken was in Germany then and

now he's here. He's not on our list.

CARETAKER:

Mr Menken? Police.

It's no use, sir.

I haven't seen him for a few days.

I think he's got a girl somewhere.

- Do you sometimes see him here with women?

- No. Why?

- Is he wanted for something with women?

- We just want to talk to him.

Not for those women with no head, eh?

I don't believe this. Really?

I've got a master key.

- No, no, no, Mr Lemmens, thank you.

- Oh, I suppose it's not legal?

I never do it, of course.

I swear on my grandmother's grave!

Search warrant?

No, Cassiers, you're right. We haven't

got enough for a search warrant.

Listen.

Let Roth stay and watch that building.

You come back

and try to get as much information

as you can from your German colleagues

about this Menken

OK. Right, I've got to go now.

What do you want me to

tell you about Menken?

He's a loner, a game designer,

a bit of a nerd.

Like most of them.

Parents are divorced.

When the company asked me to set up

a branch here, I brought him with me.

- Is he in a permanent relationship?

- Not that I know of.

I don't see much of him.

At the gun club now and then.

Pistol shooting. Army sons.

Is there anyone at work he is close to?

Menken usually works from home

because it's quiet there.

Now and then he rents something abroad

to be able to work in peace there.

Then his phone is turned off too. Artists.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

Weren't you guarding Rina?

Yeah, and then it was called off.

- When Hoybergs was picked up.

- F***.

What if it isn't Hoybergs?

Rina?

Rina?

Rina?

Rina, watch out. Who's that?

- It's Freddy. Look.

- Watch out, Rina.

- It's Freddy.

- Watch out.

It's Freddy.

- Patrick, it's me. Remember me?

- Freddy is a friend. Freddy is a friend.

- He's not a friend. His eyes...

- Don't you remember me?

- His eyes.

- Freddy.

- Freddy is a friend.

- He's not a friend.

He's stopped taking his pills

and that's your fault.

- You have to take your pills, Patrick.

- Those aren't my pills.

They're poison.

- I'll call the emergency services.

- No. No, no, no.

Patrick, Patrick, Patrick, Patrick.

- Freddy likes us.

- He likes you. He wants to take you away.

- No one's going anywhere.

- You want to take her away, eh?

No one's going anywhere.

Come on.

Give me your hand.

OK. Stroke him.

OK. OK.

OK. That's it.

Rina?

When he wakes up

he'll have forgotten everything.

You can't stay here.

They're no longer sure it's Hoybergs.

I can stay at the clinic.

There's always someone there.

- Help me. We'll put him in the car.

- You have to stop this.

- Take his feet.

- He's too dependent on you.

Him coming to your home

isn't healthy, is it?

Take his feet.

Eric, an enormous red flashing light.

A fire.

Menken's mother died in Germany in a fire.

When Menken was fifteen.

Most killers start with arson.

Arson and cruelty to animals, eh?

- Is Menken's name mentioned in the case?

- No proof it was started on purpose.

- But there was an investigation.

- Menken wasn't home that weekend.

He was supposed to be at boarding school

but wasn't.

Wait till you see his alibi.

Alice Neumann, Menken's mum's best friend.

Until mum caught her best friend

with her son.

This Alice was 36, Menken just 15.

His mother almost tore her to shreds.

But Menken and Alice carried on

seeing each other in secret

and she stated he was with her

the weekend of the fire.

- So she was his alibi.

- The best is still to come.

Alice Neumann committed suicide

a few years later.

- Laid her head on a railway track.

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