Teenager is tied up by her father and her brothers and drowned over "western lifestyle"

A Muslim father and his two sons tied up his teen daughter and drowned her in a swamp because they believed her Western behavior was shaming their family, according to Dutch prosecutors.  The body of Ryan Al Najjar, 18, was found gagged, bound with tape and submerged in a marsh May 28, 2024, six days after she vanished from the familys home in Joure in the north of the Netherlands, the NL Times reported.  Her male relatives allegedly murd3red her after she adopted a Western lifestyle that included her refusing to wear a headscarf, associating with males and using social media. Mohamed Al Najjar, 23, and his brother Muhanad, 25, have now been charged with murd3ring the teen, while her father, Khaled, 53, is accused of orchestrating and participating in the k!lling before escaping to Syria. Ryan was picked up from a house in Rotterdam by her brothers on the night before her murd3r and driven to a remote location, where they met up with their father, according to prosecutors. Khaleds DNA was reportedly found under his daughters fingernails, implying he was present for the murd3r, which is believed to have taken place just after midnight May 22, 2024.  What must she have feared. In the middle of the night, in complete darkness, in a completely isolated place, the prosecutor said, according to the outlet. The father is married to a Syrian woman, making his extradition to the Netherlands more difficult, according to Dutch authorities.  [Khaled] fled to Syria immediately after the murd3r and left his sons to take the blame. Cowardly, the Public Prosecution Service wrote in a statement Friday, Nov. 28.  Khaled has completely destroyed his family, the PPS said. The father allegedly sent emails to Dutch media confessing to murd3ring his daughter while claiming his sons werent involved, the NL Times said. But intercepted chat messages point to the brothers active involvement in the k!lling, according to prosecutors. Khaled was the driving force, but without his sons, Ryan would not have been there at all, prosecutors said of the crime scene. The two brothers each face 20 years in prison, while the father could land 25 years when he is tried in absentia, prosecutors said. Defense lawyers are scheduled to speak in court Monday, Dec. 1.  A verdict is expected on Jan 5, 2026.