Overview
- Police detained a 25-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man previously held in the spring, along with a newly identified 26-year-old man from Veendam.
- All three are being questioned at the police station and are under full restrictions, allowing contact only with their lawyers.
- Authorities are not disclosing the suspects’ relationship to the child and specify that neither man is the father, while reports naming the woman as the mother remain unconfirmed.
- Investigators say they currently see no concrete indications for additional arrests and ask for calm as the probe continues.
- The boy was rushed from a Veenlustplein apartment to UMCG last January after injuries that doctors flagged as possible abuse, and he died on January 15, with reports stating all three detainees were present in the apartment on January 11.