The Invisible Guardian

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THE INVISIBLE GUARDIAN

Forgetting is an involuntary act.

The more you want to leave something

behind, the more it follows you.

DAY 1

Captain...

At what time?

I'm on my way.

At 11:
00 p.m. her parents

reported she hadn't come home.

That's a bit soon

to report a disappearance.

At 8:
00 she texted her brother

saying she'd missed the bus.

He didn't say anything until 11:00,

by then the mother was hysterical.

Where's the body?

Next to the river, but first...

No one's touched them.

- Have them photographed.

- I've ordered that already.

- Good morning, Fermn.

- Good morning, Inspector Salazar.

This way.

Hi.

The rope isn't even knotted,

he just tightened it

until she stopped breathing.

Always a pleasure to see you,

Inspector Salazar,

even under these circumstances.

Likewise, Dr. San Martn.

The position of the hands isn't natural,

they were placed like that deliberately.

There are incrustations on the rope,

have them isolated and analyzed.

We'll have to wait

till the autopsy,

but I'd put asphyxia

as the cause of death.

And given the deep rope marks

on the flesh,

I'd say it was very quick.

What's that on her pubis?

It looks like a cake.

It's a txantxigorri,

a cake typical of this area.

Have it analyzed.

I don't want this getting out,

it's reserved information.

Was she raped?

In theory I'd say no,

although the staging

has an obviously sexual component,

and if I'm not mistaken,

the attacker shaved her pubis

as part of his ritual.

- And he did it here.

- F***.

- Are those her hairs?

- Not all of them.

There are some that look very different

mixed in with the girl's.

We have to call her friends.

Find out where they were,

who they were with,

and when they last saw her.

I can smell cigarettes.

- Did she have a purse?

- Yes, she had a purse.

I found it a few yards further up.

Ainhoa Elizasu.

13 years old,

she's from Elizondo.

- Have her clothes appeared?

- No sign of them.

The girl's friends

are 13 years old, Salazar.

We needn't wake them up

and alarm them even more.

We could do it

in a few hours' time.

In 30 minutes.

Sir, good morning.

- How are you?

- Good morning.

She liked rough sex:

Biting, scratching, slapping...

It wasn't like really hitting,

it was just screwing but doing it rough.

Why did you

put her out of the car at night

if you knew

she'd be alone on the mountain?

She got out.

I kept asking her to come back

but she wouldn't.

Were you annoyed she got so coy

just on New Year's Eve?

No way.

When she shot up, she'd go crazy.

One minute she'd be all horny,

wanting a threesome,

then she'd get all paranoid

and go off on her own.

Did you two ever do

a threesome with a stranger?

Never.

She asked me a few times

but it was all talk.

I didn't kill her, I swear.

Carla was really awesome.

Why would I kill her?

Sh*t!

That's f***ing crazy!

I believe you didn't kill Carla.

Why now? I've been here a month

and no one's believed me?

They'll let you know.

It's a common packing rope,

sold in any hardware store,

but what makes it definitive

is that both pieces

came from the same roll.

The man who killed Carla Huarte

six weeks ago

is the same one

who killed Ainhoa Elizasu.

I think we're looking

at a serial killer.

You're from Elizondo,

aren't you, Salazar?

Yes.

Amaia, I need you to go there

and take over the investigation.

Your experience with the FBI

will be a great help.

And what, may I ask, does the FBI

have to do with a town in Baztn?

Inspector Iriarte

and Deputy Inspector Zabalza

were in charge

of Carla Huarte's case.

They'll give you

all the help you need.

Very well, captain.

Do the rest of us

have to call her chief?

For f***'s sake, Montes.

BODY OF A YOUNG GIRL

FOUND DEAD IN ELIZONDO

James!

Good evening, I'm Inspector Salazar,

regional homicide department.

Deputy Inspector Zabalza.

At your service, inspector.

- Inspector Iriarte, a pleasure.

- Likewise. Shall we go in?

Yes, this way.

Tomorrow we have to film

everyone at the burial

and check them against the people

at the first victim's funeral.

Was that filmed?

No, we thought

that was an isolated incident...

Don't worry,

that's normal with the first victim.

Try to get all the films

and photos of the first funeral:

Security cameras,

cell phones, whatever.

I'll do that, inspector.

There's something

we noticed on the new body.

If the hairs match the ones

found on Carla Huarte,

we're talking about deer,

goat, dog, boar,

bull, fox, sheep

and even bear hairs.

It's rare that all those animals

were there at the same time

and didn't disturb the body.

We think the killer

might work in a rural setting.

Forestry, hunting, livestock,

and that the hairs were on him.

Thank you, we'll bear that in mind.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Hello.

- Hello.

How are you doing?

- How are you?

- Fine. What are you doing here?

Hugging you.

- How was the road?

- Fine.

How are you?

Fine.

- And Freddy?

- At home.

Come inside.

Aunt!

- Aunt!

- At last!

Welcome, sweetheart.

- How are you?

- I'm fine. I see you're fine too.

- And how's James?

- Very busy preparing an exhibition.

- Amaia...

- What a pity...

They said on the radio

that the killer could be

the boy who killed his girlfriend

on New Year's Eve. Is that true?

No, he's innocent, but you know

I'm not allowed to talk to the media.

Sweetheart, I'll make up your bed

with the flannel sheets.

Thank you, aunt. I'll help you.

No, you rest. She'll help me, OK?

OK. Thank you, aunt.

That's enough, it's late.

Everyone to bed, come on.

DAY 2

Where's Montes?

I haven't seen him all morning.

Don't you think

he smelled of alcohol yesterday?

Behind us, run.

Black hood.

Freddy!

- Sh*t!

- Are you all right?

This is Freddy, my brother-in-law.

My sister Ros's husband.

Deputy Inspector Etxaide.

A pleasure.

Where were you racing off to?

- I got nervous when I saw you.

- Why?

I guess Rosaura has told you.

No, what's going on?

The other day we had an argument.

She hasn't been home for a few days.

- Are you all right?

- Well...

Doing a lot of thinking.

Amaia?

Vctor.

Hey!

I'm off.

Take care.

Flora was going to come

but she said she was too busy

to leave the bakery.

You're speaking again?

In a way.

We have a drink occasionally,

bit by bit, you know.

How's James?

He's fine,

busy with the exhibition.

- Say hello to him for me.

- Of course.

Well, I'll leave you to it.

Now you know my brothers-in-law.

They're kind of different.

Long time, no see.

How are you, Flora?

Busy. You want a coffee?

Yes. Thanks.

Didn't you say

you wanted to be a mother?

- I'm here on police business, Flora.

- You?

If you're the best they could send,

we're in trouble.

I'm here to see you as an expert,

not as a sister,

so what you're going to see is secret

and you mustn't tell anyone about it.

Not even the family.

It's police evidence.

A txantxigorri?

This was at the crime scene?

How do you know it?

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