The first preliminary hearing in the killing of 17-year-old Lisa from Abcoude began on Monday, with prosecutors disclosing that the man accused of murdering her still has no confirmed identity. The suspect, who identifies himself as 22-year-old Nigerian national Chris Jude, remains without documents or verified nationality.
Dutch authorities are still waiting for responses from several countries, including Nigeria.
In the early hours of August 20th, Lisa was cycling home from a night out when she was attacked near Duivendrecht. She managed to call the emergency number 112 after her bike was pushed into a ditch. Paramedics arrived nine minutes after her call, but Lisa had been stabbed 17 times and died before help could reach her.
The suspect is accused not only of murdering Lisa but also of raping another woman just a week earlier. Police further linked him to an attempted sexual assault on August 10th, initially believed to be a robbery.
It was only after the second crime that police traced a black bicycle with white handlebars to a nearby asylum center and arrested the suspect. A knife was found in his locker, and he had a fresh hand wound he could not explain.
During questioning, the suspect told police he “heard voices” and could not remember the nights of the attacks. He claims to have grown up in multiple orphanages and travelled through several European countries before arriving in the Netherlands. He is now being sent for psychiatric evaluation at the Pieter Baan Center.
Nationwide outrage continues. Milan Schenk, member of the right-wing Forum for Democracy party, wrote on X: “So an African from a safe country, who was already unmanageable in Nigerian orphanages, hears voices in his head and traveled through three other European countries, can arrive in the Netherlands to rape and murder here? Sickening. Our system is broken.”
