Who Killed [Spoiler] in Secrets We Keep? Ending Explained

Netflix’s Secrets We Keep wraps up its dark and unsettling story with a haunting question: who really killed Ruby Tan? The series ends without a clear answer, but the clues scattered across the final episode leave viewers with a disturbing suspicion — one that points not to a stranger, but to someone much closer to home.

Who killed Ruby in Netflix’s Secrets We Keep’s ending?

Secrets We Keep follows Ruby Tan, a young Filipino au pair who vanishes from a pristine, upper-class neighborhood north of Copenhagen.

She had confided in Cecilie, a well-meaning neighbor, that she was scared and couldn’t stay with her host family anymore. Cecilie urged her to speak directly to her employers, unwilling to get involved. That same night, Ruby disappeared, and days later, her body was found at a marina. She had drowned.

As the investigation unfolds, it’s revealed that Ruby was pregnant. The first suspicion falls on Rasmus Hoffmann, the father of the family she worked for, but DNA tests eliminate him. The father of Ruby’s unborn child is his teenage son, Oscar Hoffmann.

In the ending of Secrets We Keep, Cecilie confronts Katarina Hoffmann, Oscar’s mother, after learning the full truth. What follows isn’t a confession, but Katarina doesn’t deny her involvement in Ruby’s death. Instead, she delivers a cryptic, almost taunting line: “What if I did?”

She frames her actions as those of a protective mother, one who teaches her son to “fight for what’s his.” In her world, that means preserving privilege and reputation, no matter the cost. Cecilie is left horrified, and the audience is left to wonder: did Katarina kill Ruby to protect Oscar?

The finale leaves justice frustratingly out of reach. Oscar faces no consequences for his actions, and the wealthy families continue their lives undisturbed. Katarina’s cold defense of her privilege suggests she may have done worse, but without definitive proof, Ruby’s death remains officially ruled a suicide.

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