Overview
- Prosecutors in Rostock disclosed Wednesday, May 13, that they are investigating Fabian’s father, Matthias R., for suspected false testimony, while keeping him a witness in the ongoing murder case.
- The inquiry stems from contradictions between his courtroom account and prior police statements, his retractions and memory lapses, and his claim that he has resumed a relationship with the accused and believes she is innocent.
- The court received a BKA-processed trove of chats and voice messages from 2024–2025 on a Blu-ray and played long audio sequences that showed intense pressure after the breakup, including about 90 messages sent within days of Fabian’s disappearance.
- Witnesses including the boy’s friends, his teacher, and other locals described a hard home life for Fabian and recounted seeing the accused’s orange pickup near his home before he vanished.
- The panel added ten hearing dates, pushing the expected verdict to September, and any case over the father’s alleged false testimony would run separately at a local court after the murder trial.