Thorildsplan discovery site is where the first mummified boy’s body is found in bushes twenty metres from Thorildsplan Metro Station. The discovery becomes a point of reference in the investigation: when another boy’s body appears elsewhere, the resemblance between the two helps connect the cases to Itkul and Karakul.

Discovery and Setting

The body at Thorildsplan is found in the bushes near the station, close enough that the distance can be recalled precisely: only twenty metres. The boy’s mummified remains make the discovery both a crime scene and the first fixed point in a widening investigation.

Later, as Jeanette Kihlberg drives past the station with Jens Hurtig, she thinks of the first dead boy. The discovery already feels remote to her, as if years have passed, although the investigation is still unfolding. That sense of distance measures the accumulation of events rather than any change to the site itself.

Investigative Significance

The Thorildsplan boy becomes the basis for comparison when another mummified boy, estimated to be between ten and twelve years old, is found in a black plastic bag at Norra Hammarbyhamnen. The second body bears a striking resemblance to the first, turning the earlier discovery into a clue in a possible connection between the victims.

Ivo Andrić notes that both boys have slightly crooked jaws. Although the Thorildsplan victim has no teeth, the jaw abnormality offers a basis for estimating how his teeth would have looked. Jeanette recognizes the significance before she can explain it: the boys are Itkul and Karakul, and the comparison points to them as brothers.

Recurrence and Narrative Role

Thorildsplan returns in Jeanette’s thoughts and in the forensic comparison, linking a remembered discovery to new evidence. Its importance lies in this shift: what first appeared as the isolated finding of a mummified child becomes part of a pattern, with a physical detail—the crooked jaw—helping connect the two boys. The site therefore marks both the investigation’s beginning and the moment when the victims’ relationship comes into focus.