List of The Killing characters

This is a list of characters from the AMC television series The Killing, which are based on the characters from the Danish crime series Forbrydelsen.

Sarah Linden is a detective in the Seattle Police Department, preparing to relocate to Sonoma, California, with her fiance, Rick Felder, and her teenaged son, Jack. However, her plans are put on hold when Rosie Larsen, a local high school student, disappears while her family is out of town on a camping trip. Linden's boss, Lt. Michael Oakes, partners her with Detective Stephen Holder, asking that she guide him through his first homicide case. Linden reluctantly agrees.

Linden is initially dismissive of the case, and intends on handing it over to the sex crimes division. However, upon revisiting the scene where some of Rosie's belongings were found, Linden becomes drawn to a nearby lake. There, the detectives find a submerged car with Rosie's body in the trunk. Linden becomes increasingly determined to find the killer as numerous leads go nowhere, going through several suspects.

Holder produces a photograph of Richmond driving the car that late fateful night and the man's alibi fails him. Richmond is arrested and Sarah and Jack prepare to finally leave town, but, before the plane ever leaves the ground, she receives a phone call in which she learns the photo had been doctored.

Linden takes Jack to another motel and avoids contact with Holder, whom she believes cannot be trusted. After being put back on the case, she continues to pursue more leads. Eventually she confronts Holder. He explains that he believed the photo was real, and that Gil (his narcotics anonymous sponsor) gave him the photo in order to bring down the Richmond campaign. While the two of them continue to investigate the Indian casino and the shady chief, Linden believes she is being stalked by an unknown assailant who leaves drawings on her refrigerator.

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