02x10 - Het dna van een moordenaar

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Research has shown
that 76% of men

and 62% of women

have committed a m*rder.

With women it's mainly
the in-laws who are in danger.

Men prefer eliminating
someone at work.

Obviously we're talking about murders
that only exist in our imaginations.

Only a few people
ever realise that fantasy.

An explanation for this fact?

Anyone?

- They're afraid to be punished.
- That's a silly answer.

m*rder rates tend to be higher,
in countries with the death penalty.

Scientists have discovered a gene

they say would make
its carrier a m*rder*r.

However controversial,
we must dare to ask ourselves:

does the DNA of a m*rder*r
really exist?

We'll discuss this in the next
two lectures, in the Davids case.

those two, aren't they?

Nice lunch box.

FOR ANNELIES

- What?
- From my daughter.

It's for you.

It's for you.

Hi, Serge.

TAKE CARE OF MY DADDY

What does it say?

That's between your daughter and me.

May I see the Commissioner.

I know the deal.

I'M GOING TO k*ll YOU

If you want to be taken seriously,
you need to see the big boss.

- When did you get this?
- This morning.

It came in an envelope
addressed to my husband.

It came in an envelope
addressed to my husband.

He thinks it’s just some bad joke,
but I'm not so sure of that.

Any idea who the sender could be?

That's exactly what I mean. Don't you
think I'd tell you if I knew?

- Mrs...?
- Davids.

- Mrs...?
- Davids.

- Mrs Davids, your husband's job?
- We have a shop. Fishing tackle.

Filip runs the shop,
I do the books. Wait.

I must have a card somewhere.

- Here, this is the address.
- Thank you.

- We'll dive into it.
- You're not just saying that?

- I know how these things go.
- We'll give it top priority.

- I hope so.
- Mrs Davids. Thank you.

“We'll give it top priority.”
Seriously?

Annelies.

But Inspector Donckers
decided not to give it priority.

She's right.
This isn't federal.

It is, or there wouldn't be
Davids case.

Yes. But besides that,

why do you always have
to investigate such threats?

- To protect victims?
- That rarely works.

Either it's a bad joke
and nothing happens,

or there is a victim
and it becomes a case.

In that case,
the police are told off

if they haven't taken
the threat seriously.

Plus, an investigation is,
of course, good fun.

So, the first step?

Having the letter
checked for prints or DNA.

That's fair, but in this. case
that didn't pan out.

They only found
Mrs Davids prints, no DNA.

Maybe that tackle shop is some
sort of front for criminal activity.

THE DNA OF A m*rder*r

Maybe they should check
with Mr Davids first.

- Have you learned anything new?
- I don't dare to.

What if he had the advance directive
registered? What should I do then?

I can't do it.

I don't think they can ask that of me.

- I'm his daughter.
- Annelies.

Those three sentences
Started with ‘I’. It's hard,

but your father
has already decided.

John van Humbeeck, Federal Police.

This is Inspector Donckers.

We're here about
the letter you received.

Your wife said you laughed it off.

- Yes, I sort of did.
- Why?

It's probably a joke
from one of the customers.

- Nice customers.
- Yes, there are a few funny ones.

I'm an angler myself and
there's a competition coming up.

We don't take death threats lightly.

I understand, but...

I bet it's nothing.
Just a stupid joke.

So you don't have a row
with anyone, some sort of conflict?

We do have a problem
with the neighbours.

- It's been going on for years.
- What problem?

We sued them.

Come on, a threatening letter
because they sued the neighbours?

You don't send death threats
if you don't get along.

How can you say that? You don't know
these people or what it's all about.

Don't judge
until you know all the facts.

That's rubbish.
The neighbours are not involved.

Well, you're wrong there.
The neighbours are very much involved.

We don't know.
Maybe they have it in for us.

- We've often wondered.
- It's always been like this.

- Not in the beginning.
- Sure it was.

When I go and get the mail and she's
out, she pretends she doesn't see me.

Turn their heads when we go out.

When she's mowing the lawn.
I don't know how she does it.

When we turn up, she changes direction
so she doesn't have to say hi.

- Every time.
- Not like the new neighbours.

They're not very talkative either.

Yes, there's something
funny there, too.

A single mother and her son.

And they've got the same last name.
Deberdt or something.

Yes, we think
she's one of those IUM's.

Yes, we think
she's one of those IUM's.

An Intentionally Unmarried Mother.

That's what Danny thinks,
but it could be anything these days.

But the other neighbours
sued you, didn't they?

- There's that, too.
- I'll be... did they complain again?

What's it about?

The dividing wall is on their land.

- So they claim.
- We suggested putting it up together.

- And sharing the costs.
- Right, but we didn't see a cent.

- I built that wall.
- And paid for it.

- Right.
- And the worst thing is,

they waited until it was built,
then they sued us.

- Really, who does that.
- And then he came by to explain it.

- Her husband's a dope.
- What a twerp.

- He has no authority at all.
- So you're pretty mad at the Davids?

- He has no authority at all.
- So you're pretty mad at the Davids?

Enough to send this?

What? Did they claim
we sent this?

As if we don't have
anything better to do.

- Always the same.
- Such idiots.

See? They're not involved.

Investigation lesson one:
appearances are deceiving.

The neighbours could be important.

Don't focus on how
these people seem to appear.

Ask yourself
who or what they really are.

Take Mrs Davids,
the wife of the intended victim.

Describe her.

In doing so, remember the different
typologies we've studied.

she looks like
a querulous person to me.

Correct.
What are the characteristics?

They see others as the enemy and
so justify their antisocial behaviour.

- They don't feel remorse or guilt.
- Correct. What's their motive?

Dominantly paranoia.
They think everyone is against them.

- But not all querulous persons k*ll.
- Who says Mr Davids was m*rder*d?

- Why else are we here?
- Don't we need to Know, Professor?

Filia Davids was k*lled
by a single b*llet to the head.

53% of all b*llet wounds
to the head are not fatal.

Unfortunately,
Mr Davids fell into the other 47%.

The time of death was 10:54pm.

Exactly 12 hours and 26 minutes after
the police learned of the death threat.

Davids’ lifeless body was found
in his car on a deserted forest road,

behind the wheel.

No trace of the m*rder*r
or the m*rder weapon.

Right, that's it for today.

We'll see each other tomorrow.

- I'm worried.
- About what?

- I thought you were doing fine.
- I'm doing reasonably well.

But we both know where that leads.

I have to help heal you
and when that works out, you worry.

Good summary.

I have a feeling
the problem's more concrete.

I lack the talent to care
about others’ fate.

Pity is a masochistic waste of time.

Yes, I could have said that.

Is it about someone from your private
or your professional life?

- That's a difficult question.
- ls it Christina?

- Yes.
- Why?

- Why what?
- Why are you worried?

Her new boyfriend.

I've tried to tell you a few times,
but this is Serge.

Serge is Chief Inspector
of the Narcotics Division.

Untrustworthy.

- Why is that?
- Just a feeling.

Your feeling comes
at an interesting moment.

Maybe you never got over the rift.

Did her divorce give you hope?

And did this new relationship
mess all of that up?

I appreciate your attempts
to analyse me,

but this is more than ridiculous.

On a par with the idea
that human nature is good.

A bit of advice, Jasper?

If you don't want
to push her further away,

never tell Christina
what you just said.

Women don't like to hear
they've made the wrong choice.

OK.

I found nothing online
about this case.

- He probably changed the name.
- Right.

Although they took
the threat seriously,

the police were beaten to the punch.

Their important discovery
only came the day after.

12 years ago, Filip Davids
was a witness in a m*rder case.

Robert Kasalkis of Kasa Fabrics

was found dead
in his office on April 25th 2004.

He was stabbed in the neck
with a letter opener.

280,000 euros gone from the safe.

3 days earlier, Kasalkis had fired
Gerard Pelgrims, one of his employees.

He had been, going around

telling people
he was going to destroy Kasalkis.

- The star witness?
- Filip Davids.

He testified that he saw Pelgrims
enter Kasalkis' office that night.

If we'd known this yesterday,
Davids would be alive.

Maybe Pelgrims took
his revenge after all those years.

That'd be difficult.
Pelgrims is serving a life sentence.

- Someone in his family?
- OK. Who?

We can't possibly know, can we?

Investigation lesson number two:

every detail, however small,
IS Important.

The neighbour's son had
the same last name as his mother.

Carry on.

Maybe his father
is Pelgrims, the perp.

Here we go again.

Dad is a m*rder*r, therefore so am I.
Is that what this is?

Johan, we're not accusing,
just checking facts.

I'll give you some facts. In the past
12 years, we've moved 11 times.

And every time,
my dad's past catches up with us.

Do you understand what that's like?
To grow up as ‘the son of"?

That's not the point.

If anything happens, however small,
you can see people thinking.

You can just see them thinking:
“He must be behind this.”

He's his father's son, after all.

Every time I went to a new school,

for a little while,
I was a nice kid.

for a little while,
I was a nice kid.

I made friends easily.

Friends came over
to my place to play.

But after 3 weeks,

they'd always find out.

You're not invited
to come over anymore.

Friends don't come round to play.

People don't like their children
playing with the son of a m*rder*r.

People don't like their children
playing with the son of a m*rder*r.

Yes, that all sounds very touching,

but we wondered why

you moved next door to the man
who put your father away.

We didn't know.

I lost count. I don't remember
how many times we've moved.

We thought
they'd leave us in peace out there.

- When did you find out?
- After a few days.

Maybe a week.

It was on a Saturday. I came back from
the market and he was washing his car.

He didn't recognise me,
but I knew right away.

Where were you
last night at 9:30pm?

At yoga.

There's plenty of witnesses.

And your son?
Where was he last night?

I was home. Alone.

I know what was on IV,

but I had nothing
to do with that m*rder.

What was on TV?

Officers just searched your house.

- They found this.
- But that's impossible.

It's not mine.
We don't have a g*n.

The lab says there's no doubt that
Filip Davids was shot with this p*stol.

But that's impossible.
I've never seen this weapon. I swear.

Professor, these lectures are Supposed
to be about the DNA of a k*ller.

So is that the conclusion? The son
is a k*ller because his dad is one?

The same DNA?

There sure is
something wrong with it.

They're all stupid. The father tells
everyone he's going to k*ll his boss.

And the son hides the m*rder weapon
in his own garden shed. Come on.

And what if they're both innocent?

The father and the son?

Right, this case can be closed.

- Send it to the prosecutor.
- l'd wait if I were you.

Jasper, he has a motive,

no alibi and the m*rder weapon
was found in his shed.

- Without fingerprints.
- So he wiped them off.

I'm not convinced.

Johan is not stupid.
Why would he hide the weapon there?

John, if they weren't stupid,
we wouldn't catch them.

Everyone's stupid sometimes.

Johan didn't k*ll Davids.
He doesn't fit the profile.

He was 8 when his father
was brought in and convicted.

That's a delicate age. Yet he shows
no sign of vengefulness or revolt.

On the contrary,
he's dealt with it.

If I were you, I'd talk to his father.

I think he can shed
new light on the matter.

Fine, go ahead.

But at 50m Deberdt will be brought
before the examining magistrate.

Annelies.

Annelies?

It's best to have it registered
when you draw up a disposition.

- Maybe I don't want to know.
- It's not about that...

but what your dad wants to tell you.

I went to City Hall.

- Was that her dad's disposition?
- Right.

Why do you include this, Professor?
It's not relevant.

It has nothing to do with the case.

You're wrong. Cases are
investigated by police officers...

who are people
and people are subject to emotions.

And those emotions will sometimes
influence the investigation.

Like Commissioner Flamant,
who wanted to wrap up the case.

She's less focused
because she's in love.

Jasper?

The Commissioner is not in love,
she's seeking comfort.

You were right.

I shouldn't have confronted you
with Serge like that.

I wanted to tell you before,
and I tried.

Several times in fact.

But it didn't happen.

Serge and I...

Well... It has nothing to do
with my divorce.

My marriage had failed long before.

I just...

don't make a flourish
of things like that.

Jasper, it would help
if you said something.

Are you going to ask me
what I think of him?

Are you going to ask me
what I think of him?

Would you answer that?

- Dr Gijselbrecht advised against it.
- So you have a problem with it?

If he makes you happy, who am I
to have a problem with that?

That's an answer
I didn't expect of you.

It's the most logical response.

It's no use warning people
for mistakes they'll make anyway.

It's no use warning people
for mistakes they'll make anyway.

It's no use warning people
for mistakes they'll make anyway.

Thanks.

- Right here.
- Thanks.

Mr Pelgrims,
I'm Inspector Annelies Donckers.

This is my colleague,
John van Humbeeck.

We're here to ask you
some questions.

How are things at home?
With Sylvie and our Johan?

Are the press hounding them?

No, not for now.

They have nothing to do
with that m*rder. Nothing at all.

They've suffered enough already.

You never confessed
to murdering Kasalkis.

Listen...

I've been saying this
for 12 years now.

I'm going to say it one more time.

I did not k*ll Kasalkis.

- Then what do you think happened?
- I don't know.

Kasalkis had fired me. Unjustly.
They said I'd fought with the foreman.

But I didn't start it.
I simply defended myself.

If they hit me, I hit them back.
I'm not saying I'm Jesus.

I defended myself.
That's still allowed, isn't it?

Later I went to his office
to have a word. I wanted my job back.

- So I'm unemployed.
- Yes, and you knew it.

He wouldn't listen.

Your foreman started the fight.

Kasalkis ignored my arguments
and stuck to his decision. And then...

- In 10 years I've never fought here.
- Keep calm and go...

Hands off.

- So he was still alive when you left?
- Yes, of course. Come on...

And the money and the m*rder weapon
were never found either.

Filip Davids testified
to seeing you in Kasalkis' office.

Yeah, so what?

- What was he doing there?
- Picking up his wife's phone.

That's in the file, right?

- Davids’ wife worked at Kasalkis?
- Sure, she was in bookkeeping.

- I was on it. It's a 5000 page file.
- I never said anything.

Professor, let's list all the points.

Professor, let's list all the points.

Andrea Davids...

worked as a bookkeeper
at Kasa Fabrics.

Her husband Filip
knew Kasalkis through his wife.

He knew of the money in the safe.

She keeps the books
and knows where the dirty money is.

So let's say
Filip Davids k*lled Kavalkis.

Then Johan has a reason
to take revenge.

And his innocent father
has been locked up for 12 years.

What do you think? Is this
a good picture for an obituary card?

Mrs Davids, we'd like to know what
happened the night Filip was shot.

I've already told you everything.

We'd like to hear it one more time.

Every detail can be important.

Filip came home
from the tackle shop around 7:30pm.

And...

- Something was the matter.
- What?

He didn't say a word during dinner.
And after that he had to go somewhere.

As I already said. Around 8:30pm
he took his car and left.

You stated earlier
you didn't know where he was going.

That's right. I asked him
but he refused to tell me.

That's just the problem.
You see, Mrs Davids...

I don't think it was an option
for your husband not to answer you.

When I tell you he didn't want
to answer, that's how it is.

Maybe Inspector Donckers
should repeat the question.

Who did your husband
have an appointment with?

12 years ago Filip told the truth
and it has cost him his life.

That is a not so subtle way of saying
he was meeting the mother or the son.

- Well, who was it?
- OK then.

I went to see him every day,
just after lunch...

because the shop
was never busy then.

I always asked the same question.

I told him I'd keep coming
until we'd had a good talk.

- Why?
- Maybe he remembered something.

Look, I know my father is no m*rder*r.
I've been on this case for years.

I just wanted to talk.

And when he turned out to live
next door, I saw that as a sign.

That I should keep on investigating.

Maybe he had seen something else,
or forgotten to tell something.

- But he kept refusing?
- Yes.

He called me names...

and threatened to call the police.
But I kept coming back.

Every day.
suddenly he said it was OK.

That we could go
and have a drink that evening.

- And what happened?
- Nothing.

I waited there for an hour
and the fool didn't even show up.

- Does he believe that?
- He's lying.

- He keeps changing his story.
- So he's hiding something.

should he have said he had a meeting
with the man who put his dad away?

He would've been
a suspect right away.

If you're OK you tell the truth.

- He shot Davids to revenge his dad.
- No, put yourself in his position.

You go to his shop
and set up a meeting.

You know he's going to talk about it.
You wouldn't plan a m*rder that night.

The son isn't that stupid.

It is a misconception that intelligent
people don't commit stupidities.

It is a misconception that intelligent
people don't commit stupidities.

It is a misconception that intelligent
people don't commit stupidities.

Which you are proving right now.
You want to draw conclusions.

Without having the last
and decisive piece of the puzzle.

An idea? Anyone?

The neighbours?
You said they were important.

We've come to confess something.

It's more that we want
to correct something.

- Thanks.
- You're welcome.

Maybe we exaggerated a little bit
last time, about this Andrea.

- That's Mrs Davids.
- It's weird how-things go sometimes.

- And it's difficult to explain.
- Our conflict with the neighbours...

was actually more like
a misunderstanding.

- A wrong assessment.
- That's the same, Danny.

You know how it goes. You frown
and others think you're mad.

- A wrong assessment therefore.
- We talked it all out yesterday.

It's not just that, Peggy. No, Andrea
asked us to come over for a coffee.

She told us
she went to the neighbours

I can to see what
their dividing wall looked like.

- The same as ours.
- Which we knew, of course.

- And the charges?
- She dropped them.

And she promised she was going
to pay for half of the wall.

- I forgot to say that.
- Her initiative.

She brought it up herself.

Querulous persons
thrive on quarrels and conflicts.

To them they are as important
as the air they breathe.

To them they are as important
as the air they breathe.

So something must have happened for
Mrs Davids to act against her nature.

That's not so difficult. One of the
neighbours must have seen something.

Your neighbours came over
to make a statement.

Mr and Mrs Feyaerts, the ones
you were suing until recently.

I understand you dropped the charges.
How do they say it, Professor?

A good neighbour is worth more
than a distant friend.

- And what did they say?
- Well, what it boils down to is...

You're suspected
of murdering your husband.

But why?

Why would I k*ll my husband,
for Pete's sake?

Why would I k*ll my husband,
for Pete's sake?

Because your husband was confronted
daily with the son of an innocent man.

Because your husband was confronted
daily with the son of an innocent man.

Because your husband was confronted
daily with the son of an innocent man.

He felt guilty.

Are you saying
Filip k*lled my boss back then?

No, I'm just saying your husband
was having a hard time

living with a k*ller.

Did Andrea Davids k*ll Kasalkis?

Which brings us
back to the question:

Does something like
the DNA of a k*ller really exist?

The answer is yes.

Some are predestined to k*ll,
others arent.

Filip Davids didn't have
the character to k*ll...

but his wife did.

So she went back
to get her mobile phone?

And she saw Gerard Pelgrims
leave the office?

Andrea Davids
went back herself to get her phone.

She saw what Pelgrims had done...

and she knew there was a lot of money
in the safe. It was too tempting.

She only needed to finish
what Pelgrims had started.

What I don't get is why her husband
testified he went to get her phone.

She made him do it
to make him an accomplice.

Right. For part of the money
was used to fulfill his dream.

His own business.

In the beginning
his guilt bothered him,

but over the years
it faded away.

Until the woman and her son whose
lives he destroyed moved next door.

That made it more difficult.

When you heard of his meeting
with the son, you had to step in.

So you suggest going with him,
to keep him from goofing up.

But instead you forced him
to take another route.

You knew he was going to break

and he was going to confess
you k*lled Kasalkis.

The risk was Just too big.

Don't do it. please. Please don't.

I really have no idea
what you're talking about.

I really don't.

If she doesn't confess,
they'll have to let her go.

- Why confess? They have no proof.
- But plenty of indirect evidence.

It's weird
he didn't get to the meeting.

He changed his mind.

But you can't charge someone
based on a few assumptions.

And what if the hypothesis its correct?

She'll never confess
if there's no proof.

That depends on the interrogator.

Shut off all recording equipment.

Mrs Davids, I'm going
to explain this just once.

Were you later to claim
this conversation took place,

the Professor will deny it.

the Professor will deny it.

The way I see it,
you have two options at this moment.

Option one: You keep denying and
we pass on the file to the magistrate.

But you had motive and opportunity...

and thanks to your neighbours
we can link you to the weapon.

You'd have to be very engaging
to convince a jury to acquit you.

In your case
a very tall order indeed.

A double homicide with aggravating
circumstances. What would you say?

- 30 years with a good prosecutor.
- 30 years.

Option two: You confess
to k*lling your husband...

but make a false statement
about Kasalkis' m*rder.

- You say your husband did that.
- Although we know that's not true.

You stabbed him in the neck
with a letter opener.

The advantage of option 2:
possible acquittal.

If you play it well, but I don't think
that's a problem for you.

If you play it well, but I don't think
that's a problem for you.

You couldn't live with a k*ller

and it got harder
when the Deberdts moved in.

You were even afraid
your husband would harm them.

With a good lawyer.

Irresistible urge.

Acquittal.

Start it back up.

Mrs Davids, did your husband
k*ll Robert Kasalkis?

- Mrs Davids?
- Yes.

Did your husband k*ll Robert Kasalkis?

Yes.

Did you, out of fear for your life
and that of others, k*ll your husband?

Yes.

What a cow. She committed two murders
and she helps her get away with it.

Unless she had
something up her sleeve.

- The letter?
- That's right.

If she sent it,
it was premeditated and not an urge.

Absolutely.

There was no direct proof,
but enough to put her under pressure.

Not much later Andrea Davids
confessed to murdering Kasalkis.

Only later did she find out
the neighbours hadn't seen a thing.

Her fear of being caught
betrayed her.

If she hadn't
asked them over for coffee

to explain why
she was in the garden...

we would never
have suspected her.

As I said before,

the smallest detail is important
in a m*rder investigation.

Could I ask a question?
It's not about the case.

- About Inspector Donckers' letter?
- Yes, what did it say?

We're ready.

Would you like me to come?

No.

Lesson number three.

The real lesson I wanted to teach you.

The things we achieve in life

The things we achieve in life

are second to the people
we experience them with.

are second to the people
we experience them with.

End of lecture.

Miss?

Did you ever consider
a career with the Federal Police?

I don't think that's for me,
Professor.

That's a pity.

When you told the Commissioner
that everybody goofs up sometimes...

did you mean the choice
for her new friend was wrong?

Or are you prejudiced because of
what you feel for her?

You have a sharp mind, Miss.

But don't cloud your analytical power
with your imagination.

Because if you do,
you'll become mediocre.

Your turn.

Everything OK, Jasper?

Why?

Your mind seems to be
somewhere else.

It's a pity Inspector Donckers
will be leaving us. Check.

Did she say that?

No.

She doesn't know it yet.

Checkmate.