Inspired by a true crime that gripped a whole nation for more than a decade. In the spring of 1999, the body of a 16-year-old girl was found on the outskirts of a small village in The Netherlands, next to an asylum seekers' center. ‘The Hunt’ depicts how the long and frustrating search for the perpetrator confronted the inhabitants and asylum seekers of this little Dutch town with xenophobia, racism, and bizarre and persistent conspiracy theories, fueled by social media. The crime remained unsolved for more than 12 years, until an unprecedented use of a large-scale DNA investigation finally solved the case.
Episode 1
Fenna is secretly in love with Jeroen, but he is with Anneke. But then Anneke is murdered and Fenna smells her chance, with a lie-in, to get as close to Jeroen as possible.
Episode 2
When her husband throws himself into finding their daughter's killer, Dinie desperately searches for someone who understands her grief.
Episode 3
A year after the murder, mild-mannered mayor Kees tries to make the temporary asylum centre permanent. He is convinced that the villagers will understand after an information evening.
Episode 4
There is a fact that has the internet and the police on tenterhooks: every year someone puts flowers on Anneke's grave and nobody knows who. Could it be the culprit?
Episode 5
We follow the killer for 13 years after the murder. Slowly, the crime begins to seem like a dream, a bad dream, but one that can be forgotten.
Episode 6
When her husband is arrested for the rape and murder of Anneke, Inge begins to realise that everyone thinks she is partly to blame anyway.
