Overview
- Jurors heard half an hour of recordings from a child’s emergency button capturing hurried steps, distressed breathing and men’s voices saying the children were going “back home to mama,” prompting visible anguish from both parents.
- The court rejected a defense motion to recuse the panel and has added dates through June 2026 as the complex case continues.
- Defense lawyers asked to suspend proceedings to review more than a terabyte of phone, tablet and laptop data recently admitted after formal seizure.
- One child will not testify by invoking the right to refuse; the sibling’s appearance has been rescheduled for mid-December.
- The presiding judge warned Christina Block that contacting witnesses could trigger an arrest warrant, while prosecutors continue to seek six suspects in Israel and one Israeli co-defendant has confessed.