Overview
- The trial at the Landgericht Rostock resumed Thursday with a Bundeskriminalamt analyst testifying that the accused's messages showed egozentric, controlling and attention‑seeking patterns.
- The younger sister gave courtroom testimony describing a long‑standing family rift and critical behaviour by the accused while the accused's grandfather invoked his right not to testify.
- Prosecutors are building a circumstantial case based on fibers tied to a gray sweater, phone and CCTV data, internet searches and a contested neighbour's knife that defence and victims' lawyers want re‑examined.
- The accused has largely stayed silent in court and the defence says she will give a prepared, non‑interrogable statement on 24 August with no confession expected.
- With the hearing scheduled toward a possible verdict on 10 September, the outcome could turn on how the court weighs behavioural analysis against unresolved forensic questions such as the knife testing and other technical evidence.