“Well, at least there’s that,” Anders said, smiling.

“But we haven’t yet gotten a clear answer to the question of whether Robin Stenberg was still using drugs,” Per said.

“No, not yet,” Henrik said. “In which case, what we do know is that Robin Stenberg had a close relationship with a sixteen-year-old girl, Ida Eklund, and that she happens to be missing since Friday evening. A lot points to her being at Robin Stenberg’s apartment on Friday evening.”

Henrik again paused.

“Might she have something to do with the murder?” Per asked, leaning forward.

“Of course,” Henrik said. “But because of how the murder was committed, I don’t think the perpetrator was so young. I believe we’re dealing with a professional murderer here. But that’s just my own conclusion.”

“Yes, and you believe instead,” Mia said, “that Ida Eklund could be the girl that the Thai woman claims to have been imprisoned with.”

“But what points to that?” Gunnar asked.

Henrik gave Mia a tired look.

“So far, nothing,” he said. “It was just something that struck me when we were talking to the Thai woman. One girl is missing, while in another place, a girl pops up...”

“So Ida Eklund could really be in a completely different place?” Gunnar asked.

“Yes, absolutely,” Henrik said. “And she could be staying away of her own accord.”

Jana looked up from her notepad.

“Still no trace of her, then,” she said.

“No,” Henrik said, shaking his head.

“Okay, but if we go back to the Thai woman, this Pim,” Anders said. “The place, or this room, what does she say about it?”

“Hardly anything,” Henrik said, walking to the large, detailed map on the wall. A red dot marked where she had been found on Highway 209.

“She was on foot, and she had likely been moving fairly slowly. It’s hard to believe that she could go faster than about two miles an hour, considering how frozen and stiff she probably was.”

With a ruler, Henrik had already measured the maximum distance in relation to that pace, marked it south of the red dot and, using a large compass, he drew a large circle.

“She mentions water,” Henrik continued, “which means that within the primary search area, we can concentrate on searching along the coast. We’ll begin on the north shore near Marviken, Viddviken and the other areas near there.”

Henrik pointed to the map again.

“We should find the place she was kept captive in this area. We have patrols searching there right now.”

“How many buildings are there in the area?” Per asked.

“We’re working on finding out,” Henrik said, sitting down. “But since we don’t know much about the place right now, what do we know about the perpetrator? That he had a car with a fake license plate, was wearing dark clothes and has dark hair.”

“Nothing more than that?” Gunnar asked.

“No,” said Henrik.