Made public this past week on the orders of District Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, the transcript of the hearing features the testimony of Det. Sgt. Roy Holliday, of the Ingham County Sheriff's Office.

According to Holliday's sworn testimony, Tim Holland told police on Jan. 27 Lisa Holland killed their 7-year-old adoptive son with a hammer.

"During this interview, Tim Holland told Det. Sgt. Mraz that Lisa killed Ricky Holland with two blows from a hammer to his head," Holliday said during his testimony.

"Tim Holland described the area of the house in which this occurred. Tim Holland also admitted to disposing the body at Lisa Holland's direction. Tim Holland admitted to staging Ricky's room to make it appear as if he had run away as in previous cases, again at Lisa Holland's direction. Holliday said Lisa Holland had told police on Jan. 26 that Tim Holland had killed Ricky.

"...during that interview, Lisa Holland claimed that Tim Holland actually killed Ricky Holland," said Holliday. "Lisa described the site that she believed that Tim Holland disposed of Ricky's body to investigators. This was consistent with where Ricky Holland's body was found.

"Lisa Holland described how Ricky's body was bagged and moved out of the house by Tim Holland, and Lisa Holland admitted to investigators to cleaning up the murder scene after the murder."

Holliday said an inmate Lisa Holland met while she was in the Ingham County Jail told investigators Lisa admitted killing Ricky.

Details on Ricky Holland's life revealed

In addition to his murder, the testimony also gave insight into Ricky's life with the Hollands. Holliday said Jackson school officials did not support the Hollands' claim that Ricky suffered from a number of mental conditions (such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), instead stating the young boy was "a bright boy with an above-average IQ."

"A background investigation which lasted approximately seven months revealed a long history of mental and physical abuse toward the Hollands' child, Ricky Holland," Holliday testified. "...School personnel suspected physical and mental abuse by the parents, Tim and Lisa Holland."

Holliday said the suspected abuse was reported to Protective Services. He then testified to evidence of abuse in the home.

"Evidence of parental interference with normal development, evidence of food deprivation, evidence of intentional and continued humiliation of Ricky Holland by his parents, Tim and Lisa Holland, became evident during the investigation," Holliday testified, "things such as diapers used in an inappropriate age of development; restraints used on the bus, which, according to bus personnel, were unnecessary; harnesses on — and actually — a leash used on Ricky when Lisa Holland would take him to school; Lisa Holland — or Ricky Holland getting carrot sandwiches daily for his lunch when it was known that he did not like carrots.

"Unexplained bruises and marks consistent with physical child abuse and constant humiliations were — of Ricky Holland were common themes during the investigation."

When investigators were initially called to the home for Ricky's disappearance, Holliday testified they found "...door locks on the outside of the doors up high where children couldn't reach them in an apparent attempt to lock children inside their rooms."

Holliday also stated Ricky's blood was found in several areas of the home, and that the carpet in his room had been changed recently.

"There was carpet replaced in Ricky's room on at least two occasions near or around the time of his — of Ricky's disappearance," Holliday testified. "There was blood found on clothes inside Ricky's room that the lab was able to tell us the blood belonged to Ricky or the DNA came back to Ricky himself."

According to Holliday, Ricky Holland's autopsy showed several fractures to his body, reported as occurring at or near the time of death. The fractures are in addition to the skull injury. Holliday said experts have not determined a cause of death, but they "agree that the manner of death in Ricky Holland's case is a homicide."