Overview
- Day two featured an expert on honor-related violence who said the family’s conflict reflected an honor problem and suggested the killing could have been an impulsive despair act.
- Digital forensics were discussed in detail, with a technology specialist explaining limits of GPS and sensor data even as phones remain central evidence in the case.
- The father, represented from Syria, has said through his lawyer that he killed Ryan after losing self-control during a conversation near the Knardijk.
- The Public Prosecution highlighted chat logs, an audio message and recovered deletions that include directives like “let the fish eat her” and discussions about making Ryan disappear.
- Forensic findings presented in court include Ryan’s binding and drowning, paternal DNA on tape and under her nails, and phone activity placing the brothers near the Lelystad site, while authorities say the father cannot currently be brought from Syria due to a lack of judicial cooperation.