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hadbeenreportedinthemediaasmissing.TheonlyvagueconnectionbetweenHarrietandtheToressonfamilywasthatAnders,whowasaroofer,hadseveralweeksearlierputatiledroofontheschoolwhichHarrietattended.Sotheoreticallytherewasachancethattheyhadmet,althoughitmightbeconsideredextremelyunlikely.

    Theremainingthreenumbersledtosimilardeadends.Thenumber32027for“R.L.”hadactuallybelongedtooneRosmarieLarsson.Unfortunately,shehaddiedseveralyearsearlier.

    InspectorMorellconcentratedagreatdealofhisattentionduringthewinterof1966–67ontryingtoexplainwhyHarriethadwrittendownthesenamesandnumbers.

    Onepossibilitywasthatthetelephonenumberswerewritteninsomepersonalcode—soMorelltriedtoguesshowateenagegirlwouldthink.Sincethethirty-twoseriesobviouslypointedtoHedestad,hesetaboutrearrangingtheremainingthreedigits.Neither32601or32160ledtoaMagda.AsMorellcontinuedhisnumerology,herealisedthatifheplayedaroundwithenoughofthenumbers,soonerorlaterhewouldfindsomelinktoHarriet.Forexample,ifheaddedooeachofthethreeremainingdigitsin32016,hegot32127—whichwasthenumbertoFrode’sofficeinHedestad.Butonelinklikethatmeantnothing.Besides,heneverdiscoveredacodethatmadesenseofallfiveofthenumbers.

    Morellbroadenedhisinquiry.Couldthedigitsmean,forexample,carnumberplates,whichinthesixtiescontainedthetwo-lettercountyregistrationcodeandfivedigits?Anotherdeadend.

    Theinspectorthenconcentratedonthenames.HeobtainedalistofeveryoneinHedestadnamedMari,Magda,orSaraorwhohadtheinitialsR.L.orR.J.Hehadalistof307people.Amongthese,29actuallyhadsomeconnectiontoHarriet.Forinstance,aboyfromherclasswasnamedRolandJacobsson—R.J.TheyscarcelykneweachotherandhadhadnocontactsinceHarrietstartedpreparatoryschool.Andtherewasnolinktothetelephonenumber.

    Themysteryofthenumbersinthedateremainedunsolved.

    HerfourthencounterwithAdvokatBjurmanwasnotoneoftheirscheduledmeetings.Shewasforcedtomakecontactwithhim.

    InthesecondweekofFebruarySalander’slaptopfellvictimtoanaidentthatwassouncalledforthatshefeltanurgentdesiretokil

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