The Snowman

Harry arrives home early in the morning and receives a call from the mold man. The man says that he has seen the news of Sylvia’s murder on television and knew that Harry would be awake. He discovered mold in Harry’s apartment and will be taking more walls down. Harry knows he should ask questions, but he doesn’t really care. He is dreading going to sleep and dreaming about Sylvia.

The next morning, news of Sylvia’s decapitation is in all the newspapers. Gunnar wants to assign more detectives to the case, but Harry argues that a large team will stifle the investigation and that this isn’t a standard murder case, for which the normal strategies would be effective. He sees it more as a game, set up by the killer. Gunnar admits that he wants to assign a larger team to the case because of publicity and politics. Harry agrees to compromise with him, and they set up another team that will work independently but report to Harry.

They haven’t found Sylvia’s body and wonder how not even the cadaver dog can find traces of the killer or Sylvia’s blood at the crime scene. Katrine wonders if the killer used a body bag to transport Sylvia, but Magnus reports that the neighbors didn’t see a car go by.