The Lorenskog Disappearance (2021) s01e05 Episode Script

1
THIS IS A DRAMA SERIES
BASED ON REAL EVENTS.
VIEWS EXPRESSED REPRESENT THE OPINIONS
OF THE INDIVIDUALS FEATURED.
SOME NAMES, INCIDENTS AND LOCATIONS,
AND DIALOGUE
HAVE BEEN FICTIONALIZED
FOR DRAMATIC PURPOSES.
[thudding]
[breathing heavily]
[lock clicks]
[phone ringing]
- Hello?
- Hi, Michael. It's Winkelmann.
- Why are you ringing?
- I have information.
- Lørenskog?
- Here. Come!
[Michael] Forget it.
[line beeps]
[phone ringing]
[investigator] It's a fox pelt.
[sighs]
[phone ringing]
[Winkelmann] Don't hang up.
You'll want to hear this.
- Everyone's got a Lørenskog story.
- Yeah, I know that.
But you'll want to hear this one.
I don't think
you'd like to be the poor sod
who'll have to explain
why he wouldn't listen,
if you get my drift.
I'll see what I can do.
Bye.
[sighs]
- [typing]
- [groans]
[typing continues]
THE FUTURUM MAN
[sighs]
- Hi.
- [nurse] Hi.
- Is he still in the bathroom?
- Yes.
I just can't get him out.
It'll be fine, okay? I'll sort it out.
[knocks]
[sighs] It's me, Pa.
[nurse] He answered earlier.
He locked himself in there
over half an hour ago.
[parent] Get her out of here.
Come on, Pa.
Open the door, so we can talk about it.
[parent] Get her the hell away from me!
- [glass shatters]
- [gasps]
Go to the lounge, okay?
She's gone, promise, Pa.
I'm just trying to help out
an inmate here.
- Fire away.
- What do I get?
- You want a trade-off?
- Yes, exactly.
Tell me about your source here.
Are you the one, or is it Mads Lirhus?
Mattis and I have different information.
The problem now is we can't work with you.
That's why I'm giving you Mattis.
[sighs]
So, Mattis wants something from us?
Well, it's just common courtesy
if you repay someone
for such valuable information.
[scoffs]
You have never ever had
a better source than me.
You won't get anywhere without me.
- [scoffs] Leave it.
- If you cut me out,
then I won't say anything
when you come back. Anything.
- I must speak with Mattis first.
- But not here.
The others will find out.
- [van door closes]
- [dog barking]
- [door opens]
- [Jorunn] Who the hell is he?
I don't know him, but I hear
he's a pretty nice kid when he's not high.
He knows Tom?
Not that I'm aware.
- I can't deal with drawing any more perps.
- Jorunn! It's the best we've got.
[sighs]
- Coffee. Black.
- [Jorunn] Thank you.
What do you want from me, Mattis?
To get out of the hole.
For every little minute thing,
they throw me
in the fucking isolation room.
I can't help you
until I know what you've got.
Okay, then we have to go back
to the winter of 2017
when Peter and I went to Warsaw.
- Who is Peter?
- Peter Vam.
We went to Warsaw to find some girls
for a racket.
Seven thousand and 50-50.
Take it or leave it.
I'll give you 7,000.
And I'll rent an apartment
for you in Oslo for free.
You'll make a lot of money.
Mattis will guide you, and he'll set up
the racket. He'll make sure you're safe.
Peter and I recruited a lot of girls
in Warsaw that winter.
But Astoria was the best one.
What was the racket?
Peter had an apartment in Munkedamsveien.
He had a bunch of punters
where he would pick out
all the men with potential.
[Jorunn] Is that men with money?
Uh, celebrities, people off the TV,
finance boys, artists, comedians.
So when the punter showed up,
so I was always in the area.
Checked the camera.
Checked that the sound was okay.
The racket was in order.
That's when Astoria started her show.
Some kind of play.
I don't know if you want to hear it.
I want to hear it all.
[sighs]
She was a horny housewife, she said,
who was gonna go out with her friends.
She wanted the client to fuck her
before she went out,
so she wouldn't get tempted
while she was out, if you get my drift.
Is that what you want?
To get in the mood,
she opened a bottle of Bollinger,
lined up some good coke
on the glass table.
Then all that was taped.
So then Peter could make a start
on his side of the racket,
which means showing them
some clips from that night
and telling them step-by-step
what will happen if they don't pay 200K.
Okay?
Well, I mean, we split it three ways,
so that was chill.
So then Peter went out of the area.
So when I got back from Sandefjord,
I was broke,
and that was the moment I knew
that they no longer included me.
And why was that?
Well, he found some young punk, right,
to do the same thing
for 10,000 a night, yeah?
So that made it a lot cheaper for Peter.
Did you confront him then?
I did, yeah, and he got really upset.
Blah, blah, blah.
Said he'd think about it.
Sent me to get powder for him
from a guy at Carl Berner's.
But it wasn't until I got up there
that night
that I realised
something was wrong with the guy.
[sniffs]
[shouts]
The sabre dude broke his neck.
Then I was arrested the day after,
and I got four weeks
with no outside contact.
Soon as I got out, I went to see Astoria
to find out what she knew about it.
And I understood
that I wasn't part of this game anymore.
But that night up at her place
was the first time
I heard about the guy from Lørenskog.
Tom.
What did she talk about?
She said that he was a guy
with problems in his marriage,
but not like every other punter.
He was worth several billion, she said.
But then I didn't know anything else
till I started snooping around myself.
And why would you do that?
Yeah, because it occurred to me
that Peter,
he'd set me up with the sabre dude.
And now he was going to stab me
in the back.
And I realised that he just wants me away
from Astoria
so he can tap that honey trap
for himself, the slick bastard.
So that's when I started doing
a little digging of my own
when I was granted some leave from prison.
So if I've understood correctly,
you're saying Peter made a honey trap
for Tom Hagen?
It could have been a honey trap, uh
It could have been that
Peter was contacted by Astoria,
and they agreed
on this whole plan together.
I've no idea,
but I know who was in Lørenskog
that morning when they took that woman.
Who?
Yeah, but what do I get out of it?
So you want out, you mean?
I want a transfer at least.
But I'm looking for something
a bit more substantial than this, though.
I have what you want.
And I am the only one
who can give you what you want.
Well, I remember that he was really in
with the guy you've likely heard of.
Naser.
- Give me the name in full.
- You have to get me out the hole first!
I can't do anything without
a guarantee from you. I'm not dumb, yeah?
How credible is he really?
All the gangsters in Norway
know that we're desperate.
The people around Naser are
the most capable in the Nordics.
We can't risk not following up on him.
Okay, we'll send him up and down
in that transporter van
and let him stew in there a bit.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mmm.
[children squealing]
- Are you moving out?
- I'm moving in for a while.
Ah, yes, with me.
- You're moving in.
- Yeah.
[chuckles]
[door opens]
Exclusive Escorts?
We know that you put up an ad
for a girl who's called Astoria.
I mean, my job is to receive adverts
that come in by email,
and then I'll publish them on the website.
- [Anders chuckles]
- Show me the advert.
EXCLUSIVE ESCORTS
[typing]
FIND YOUR ESCORT TODAY!
[Anders] She published until 2018
and then nothing after that.
[Michael]
Who ordered and paid for the advert?
I I can't be
Can't or won't?
[Anders]
Peter Vam. 3 Møllers Gate, Sandefjord.
Vam and Winkelmann were convicted
in the same corruption case.
In 2014, their friendship ended
because Vam ran away with all the money,
according to Winkelmann.
Vam moved about two years ago to Marbella,
and we've put him on the radar
of the Spanish police.
Okay.
[Erlend] Winkelmann,
why are you telling me all this?
I can help you. You can help me.
If you get any of the information
I tell you published,
then the police will realise
they've made a big mistake.
They should never have ignored me.
But how do I know
that you're telling the truth?
You'll get an address in Gothenburg.
I know what he likes to get up to
at the weekends in his free time.
Bäckeforsgatan 86.
He trains a young MMA athlete
at that club.
[pen scrapes]
Okay, thank you.
Check it out, then call me.
[line beeps]
[typing]
GOTHENBURG MARTIAL ARTS CLUB
THE NEW MMA STAR
READ MORE
ZAHARA OLSSON READY FOR MATCH
AGAINST NORMA RAE
MMA INSTRUCTOR
[door opens, closes]
Macchiato.
[chuckles]
Pain au chocolat.
[both chuckle]
That's so sweet.
- Is she asleep?
- Yeah.
Okay.
I have to go to Gothenburg.
Why do you have to go there?
Well, I've got a tip from a source.
What does he want?
He wants to leave jail.
But he needs a hand from the police,
and so
So, he's using you?
Well, we're using each other. [chuckles]
The source has told me
this crazy, messed up story.
And if it's really true, well
What does Beate say?
I mean, I'm just going to Gothenburg
to do a sports write-up
about a young MMA athlete.
But she trains at a gym that's owned
by exactly the same anonymous company
that owned the car repair shop
in Sandefjord.
That leads to Lørenskog?
[sighs]
You have a screw loose.
[chuckles] Yeah, I do.
[sighs]
Imagine if I didn't, though.
Then all those guilty assholes
who think they can get away with
and are above the law,
they would go free then.
What kind of laws are you following then?
- Are you taking someone along with you?
- Yeah, yeah. Daniel is coming.
I'll be careful.
[sighs]
[Jorunn]
Do you know a girl called Astoria?
[Sandra]
She's not actually called Astoria.
Her name was Julia Litsjenka.
[Jorunn] How did you meet?
She lived here.
She was my best friend that year,
before she went to Sandefjord.
Sandefjord? Why?
She got offered some film work.
Turned out to be a porno.
She was furious,
rang me in the middle of the night.
Told me she was taking the ferry
over to Sweden, then she'd go home.
Do you recall her ever mentioning
a rich client from Lørenskog?
I don't know exactly where his home was.
I think it could have been in Lillestrøm.
One of her regulars.
Very rich.
Tor or
No.
Tom?
- Tom?
- Yeah, Tom.
Did you ever meet this Tom guy at all?
No. We don't meet each other's clients.
- Do you know where Julia is now?
- No.
You meet people, yeah?
You're with them,
you do everything with them, and so
And suddenly, they're gone like that.
Any pics of Julia?
Thank you.
[investigator] Julia was reported missing,
and we opened a full investigation.
She did get on the ferry that afternoon,
but the person she was going to meet
in Sweden said she never showed up.
Seems she didn't even get to Warsaw.
[sighs]
[Jorunn] Did you conduct a search?
[investigator] Out at sea? [chuckles] No.
She knew Peter Vam, didn't she?
Lots of people know Peter. I haven't
seen him around here for a good while.
Right.
Transfer to an open prison.
[sighs, grunts]
Okay, so I had to move away.
Then I went to Sandefjord
to find Peter Vam,
the bastard I once trusted.
Down there,
I spot this dude from Gothenburg. Edon.
Edon is often in Norway.
He's got a girlfriend in Sandefjord.
And he doesn't bring the drugs himself.
He sends people up and down
to Sandefjord by ferry.
So when Edon gets off the ship,
he meets someone he knows, Allan Kirap.
[Michael] Who's Allan Kirap?
[Mattis] The Kirap family,
they're from Sandefjord.
They run a car repair shop there.
Edon has done business with them
for a long time.
Both of them walk over towards Brygga Bar
to meet with Peter,
who back-stabbed me.
[Jorunn] Uh, hold on.
- [Mattis] And then
- Hold on a minute.
Why are you on the pier
when Edon comes off the boat then?
I was keeping an eye on Judas,
who was sitting at Brygga Bar just then.
[Jorunn] And where were you?
[Mattis]
I was parked right in front of Brygga Bar.
And out comes Edon off the boat,
right in front of me.
Did you know him from before?
[Mattis] No, but I knew who he was.
- [Jorunn] So, you recognised him?
- Course!
Do you have something proving
that you were in Sandefjord that day?
[Mattis]
I had a kebab, from Sandefjord Balkan.
Is that all you've got for me?
Okay, listen.
When I was sent to isolation
after some shit in Halden,
I ended up on the same prison wing
as Allan's cousin, Mogel.
Mogel and I are both from Sandefjord,
both done a bit of martial arts.
So it wasn't hard to find out his story
from him.
And it turns out, uh,
the family, the Kiraps,
they weren't happy being dragged
into the operation of Peter and Edon's.
Operations of what kind?
When Edon returned that autumn,
he'd ordered a Ford Transit.
Allan and Mogel helped him pack the gear.
But none of the Kirap guys knew what
they were doing or where they were going.
They just did what they were told,
drove and got paid.
It was Edon who knew. He had a plan.
They had a safe house
somewhere outside of Oslo.
In the evening,
they drove Edon to Lørenskog.
He went for a walk
while the rest waited in the car.
The next morning, they drove back.
Edon went in there alone,
came back with the lady in a sack.
As I understood it,
she disappeared in a bog.
Have you seen him?
No, Allan? No. He's not in the shop.
Just the old man there.
So, where could he be?
We won't know that
until we get a tap on Edon there.
[sighs]
Yeah, it takes time
to go through the Swedish court.
[baby fussing, cooing]
[cell phone ringing]
- [Erlend] Hi.
- [Ida] Hey.
[gasps] What's that? Come on.
- [Daniel] Yeah, sorry about that
- Fuck.
- [Daniel] I'm really sorry about that.
- It's way too late to find anyone else.
[Daniel] Yeah, there's just no way
I can get there. I'm sorry.
Um, fuck.
Okay, I'll
I'll have to just borrow your camera then.
[Daniel]
Yeah, of course, yeah. I'll get it ready.
- I'm on my way now, okay?
- [Daniel] Yeah, sure. I'll see you then.
Bye.
- You're not going alone?
- No, I'm going to get Daniel now.
I heard what you said.
So, you're eavesdropping now?
- You're lying?
- I can't handle this now, Ida.
- [Ida] You're not going.
- Yes.
- No, you are not!
- Yes.
- No! [grunts]
- [grunts]
[Ida] Let go! [groans]
[baby crying]
Oh. [breathes deeply]
Come here, baby. Come here.
- Oh, it's all right.
- [crying continues]
[melancholy music plays]
[indicator clicking]
[clicking continues]
[clicking stops]
- [Edon] Bravo!
- [fighters grunting, panting]
- Oh, the journalist!
- Hello. Yeah.
- You're the one who called earlier, huh?
- That's right. [chuckles]
- From Oslo, aren't you?
- From Oslo, yeah.
Are you in Norway a lot?
- Yeah. My girlfriend lives in Sandefjord.
- Yeah?
- Yeah. [chuckles]
- Wow.
- Bravo, Zahara!
- What does she do there?
- She's does a lot of films or something.
- Oh, yeah?
[Edon] Oh! Bravo! Well done.
- Do you know what I like about Norway?
- No.
- Have a guess.
- Uh [chuckles]
- Women, obviously.
- [chuckles] Yeah. It's snow.
- Yeah.
- [Edon] It's fucking nice. I mean
Yeah, it's nice.
When it covers the whole city
like a blanket, right?
Yeah, yeah. That's nice.
- Are you gonna talk to Zahara or?
- Yeah. She has a fight next week, yeah?
- Yeah, in Uddevalla. Norma Rae.
- Hmm?
- Her opponent. Come on, come on, come on!
- Norma Rae, yeah.
Come on, Zahara, come on.
Is it okay if I take a few photos of her
before I speak with her?
Yeah, sure. Go ahead.
I I see I have very little battery left.
I I'll get a new one.
I'll be right back, okay?
Edon! What's he doing here?
[fighters grunting]
[suspenseful music plays]
[panting]
[grunts]
[panting continues]
- [Allan] Hey!
- [panting]
- [Allan speaks indistinctly, grunts]
- [groaning]
[pants] No, don't. No! Let me explain.
- [groans]
- [grunts]
[groaning]
- [groans]
- [grunts]
[groaning]
- Not a fucking word, hmm?
- [exhales sharply]
[screams, exclaims]
[Edon speaks indistinctly]
[Anders] He's been running
a Ponzi scheme from there.
A kind of pyramid scheme
made for cryptocurrency.
Vam apparently has a huge, cold wallet.
That is some hardware for cryptocurrency.
Can Michael interrogate him?
[Jorunn] Yeah. We're in contact
with the Spanish police.
[birds chirping]
- [upbeat dance music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Does he have a business
registered in Spain?
[Gaute] Property development.
A polite word for money laundering
down here.
[cell phone ringing]
Hi. Why you calling me?
- [Erlend] Edon Imani. You know him?
- Yeah. What about him?
[grunts] I have a source who we both know
who ties Edon to the Vestfold guys
and Lørenskog.
Yeah, but you can't trust Winkelmann.
[Erlend]
I saw them both in Gothenburg yesterday.
I mean, him and Allan Kirap.
- [strains]
- [Michael] Are you in Gothenburg?
I, uh
No, I'm at the border.
You do not get in touch with Edon.
- Understood?
- [Erlend] Yeah.
If you ruin this,
forget about anything else from me.
Okay?
Are you aware that the back window
of your car
[breathing deeply, clears throat]
[police officer] Are you okay?
[indistinct chatter]
[intercom rings]
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Why are you here?
- We need to have a word with Peter.
Peter.
- You have visitors.
- Okay. [clears throat]
- Gaute.
- Hi.
- And who are you?
- Michael. East Police District.
- Michael, can I get you a beer or two?
- No, thanks.
Your rental contract?
It has been used for prostitution
since 2016.
Yeah, I have no idea
about what my tenants are getting up to.
We have a witness statement
about blackmail.
So called "honey trap" activities.
What witness?
The Spanish police are waiting for you.
[scoffs] There isn't any law
against pimping in Spain, you know?
No, but you can be extradited
for corruption.
You skipped the country back in 2014
with Jakob Winkelmann.
What are you really doing here?
Your connection to Tom Hågen.
Hågen? I only know him from the media.
With your conviction
and the chance of a reduced sentence,
I might suggest that it's in your interest
to cooperate with us.
I have nothing to say.
What about Edon Imani?
You've been talking with Mattis?
Mattis is paranoid.
He's almost mentally retarded.
He's very good at telling stories,
but he'll do whatever it takes
to avoid being alone, huh?
I feel sorry for Mattis.
[Gaute]
Peter, this is your absolute last chance.
I will not be making a deal with you.
[dramatic music plays]
Was it just a honey trap,
or did Tom order the disappearance?
[sighs]
[chuckles]
Yes. Now. [indistinct]
Yeah. No, it's all right.
So they're gonna move me
into another wing.
[continues indistinctly]
[snoring]
[door opens]
I have a deal with Mattis,
and we agreed on it.
So, you'll have to take it up with him.
[Andre] But the deal wasn't even worth 50,
and you owe 100,000, Sandra.
[Sandra] I've done everything
that Mattis asked me to do.
[Andre] Mattis is in jail,
so he can't come. Don't you get it?
Who is he?
That is Andre. He does enforcement work
along with Mattis.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gaute] They released him last night.
[suspenseful music plays]
[Gaute speaking indistinctly]
Peter Vam is on a plane to Dubai.
His wife bought tickets two days ago.
[Michael] So, he knew we were coming.
- Hi.
- Hello.
[cell phone chimes]
MICHAEL: WE LOST VAM
Mattis?
[inhales deeply] Um [sighs]
are you doing okay in here?
[Mattis] It's not freedom.
I'm not free yet. I'm still here.
And what's more, there are guys here
who know that I've spoken with you.
[breathes shakily]
[sighs]
Shall we sit over there?
[Mattis sighs]
Nobody knows that I'm here.
- Oh, no?
- No.
And besides,
what have you given me exactly?
[Mattis inhales sharply]
There's no one to prove Edon was in Norway
on the days that you said he was here.
I've said that I can testify,
but you have to get me out of here.
You got what you asked for.
You were transferred out.
You can tell the fucking truth
to me now then.
- I've already told you everything.
- But have you, Mattis?
We know that Sandra owes you money.
So that means we can't use her
as a witness.
Okay, and so?
[chuckles]
We have spoken with Peter Vam.
He says you're sick and paranoid.
You always think the worst of people.
And that you're obsessed with the thought
of getting out and taking revenge.
I'm taking a risk just by talking to you.
Everyone here knows
you're on the Lørenskog case. [sniffs]
So why don't you help me to solve it?
I can't say any more.
[Jorunn] You know what, Mattis?
There's a cost
to become an honest person.
[gate opens]
[gate closes]
[Erlend]
I'm not an investigator, obviously.
But, uh, we investigate too, in a way.
And sometimes we actually solve the cases.
[exhales deeply]
But some cases may never be solved.
[chuckles]
You say that in a matter of fact way.
[sniffs]
Well, it is a fact
that not every case can be solved.
Yeah, of course.
[breathing shakily]
And your partner, Ida?
Yes?
- What about her?
- What does she think?
I think she wants me
to stop writing about Lørenskog.
Yeah. To stop writing about Tom and, uh
[inhales sharply] She says that it's taken
over and it's bad for me, so, yeah.
[therapist] Why do you think she wants you
to stop writing about Tom?
[breathes deeply]
I think that she doesn't, uh, understand.
[door closes]
[cell phone buzzing]
Hello?
[Michael]
I've got some bad news, I'm afraid.
Yeah?
[Michael]
Mattis has been found hanging in his cell.
[continues speaking, indistinct]
I'm going to the station now.
We should've gone open with it.
You were right.
We lost way too much.
We've nearly cracked it, you know?
I doubt that.
[sighs]
Come on, Jorunn.
The escort lead, crypto-criminals,
Swedish gangs. It all links up, yeah.
- But we don't have anything, Michael.
- It will come.
We'll find the people
who got money from Tom.
[stammers]
[sighs]
The police can't leave this charge
hanging over my client's head.
Also, the revealing of private details
has come from obvious leaks
inside the police.
Therefore, today,
I'm reporting the East Police District
for breaching Tom Hågen's privacy.
- [clears throat] Erlend?
- Yeah?
- Can you come with me a moment?
- What's wrong?
I just want to have a chat.
This is Inspector Heimø
from the East Police District.
- Hi.
- Hi.
You were the one who went to Gothenburg
to look at a connection?
Yeah.
You have to cancel that research
right away.
- I haven't written anything
- I've talked to the public prosecutor.
And I've spoken to your editor-in-chief,
and he informs me
that you'll apologise in full.
For all of it.
He said you realise that
you've put yourself and others in danger.
And that's good.
He also apologised for his editorial staff
obstructing an ongoing investigation.
And, of course, you won't be working
on the Lørenskog case anymore.
From
2000 to 2020, there were
158 Norwegian women murdered
where their own partners,
or their husbands,
were charged by you, the police.
That is 32% of all murders
committed in Norway.
Do you know how many of those murders
remain unsolved by the police?
How many cases there are
where there is still no conviction?
How many guilty are still free?
[breathing shakily]
If you keep cancelling these cases
and I'm not allowed to write anything
and do my job
tell me who will be the voice
for these missing women?
DAY 732
[Hågen] Emptiness is a horrible word.
You have to live through it
to understand it.
It includes everything.
And when you experience that, it's, uh
We're not young anymore.
But there is still
such a word as "love", I think.
It may be a broad term.
She's an incredibly lovely person.
Who
Who
Well
she's caring.
No, it's been She's been good for me.
- I've been really happy without
- [video stops]
WHEN HUSBANDS KILL
WHY IS AN ACCUSED WIFE-KILLER GIVEN
AIRTIME BY THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER?
- [interviewer] Did you do it?
- [Hågen] No, I didn't.
[interviewer]
What was it like being a suspect?
[Hågen] Yeah, it hurts.
And I thought, all the way up 'til April,
that I, uh, I had, uh,
good relations with the police.
That's what I thought.
Uh
And it happened in April
and it was a real shock.
- A very big shock.
- What did you say his name was again?
- Tom?
- Tom, yeah.
- I know him.
- "We have your wife"
Huh?
We were in the same class together.
[Hågen] "If you want to see her again"
- Really?
- Yeah.
- That face is one I'll never forget.
- What school was that?
[Reidar] I have the school photo.
[Hågen sobbing]
How was he back then?
Well,
I never really got to know him properly.
He was very, uh, introverted.
[interviewer] They believe she was killed
in the house at Lørenskog.
And 4 Sloraveien is Norway's
most examined crime scene.
The police have looked at hundreds
of sites, both in Norway and
[interviewer continues indistinctly]
CLASS 3A
[Reidar] There.
There's the photo of all of us.
The whole of 3A.
- Where is he?
- [Reidar] There.
There's Tom.
"Tom Einar Hågen."
[sighs] He was a good lad.
[sighs]
[Reidar] Has he done something wrong?
I have no idea.