Delayed Justice

It took the jury four hours last Friday to convict Ryan Wyngarden of the murder of his sister and her husband, Gail and Rick Brink. John Tunison of the Grand Rapids Press provides this account.

John Tunison reported this latest account int he Grand Rapids Press. This trial is nearly done. In taking the stand Ryan Wyngarden has perhaps injured his cause. There is video posted that illustrates this with Judge Jon Hulsing cautioning Wyngarden to stop arguing and answer questions, warning him that things may not go well for him if he doesn’t desist in his rants.

After this is done I’ll tell you the little more that I learned from the Wyngardens, Ryan especially, through the last several years.

Family members of victims have told me that the wait for justice seems forever long. The waiting and state of unknowing is almost more than a human can bear; their lives are on hold and will be until there are answers. For most of the the family members of Rick and Gail Brink the days of unknowing may be drawing to a close with the trial of Gail’s brother Ryan Wyngarden. There should be no rush to judgement here; the jury will weigh the evidence and decide. We pray for a true and just verdict…but that’s a little ways away yet. Here’s the most recent account from the Grand Rapids Press by John Tunison, an aces-high crime reporter.

And the murderer of 88-year-old Helen Tracy is now sentenced to spend between 20 and 60 years behind bars. Barton Dieters, another crime and court expert at the Grand Rapids Press, has this account.

Much of the case against Ryan Wyngarden hangs on the testimony of his wife, Pam, who claims that her husband–before they were married–told her he had killed his sister and brother-in-law, Gail and Rick Brink. Beyond that, Pam Wyndgarden affirms, Ryan took her to show the bodies before the crime was discovered.

Here’s the Grand Rapids Press account of yesterday’s revelations by reporter John Agar.

They jury has been selected and today began opening arguments in the murder trial of Ryan Wyngarden for the 1989 murder of his sister and brother-in-law, Gail and Rick Brink. Heidi Fenton of the Grand Rapids Press is covering the story and you can read her first day’s account here.