Authorities in Hamburg have actually released a murder questions after successful German author Alexandra Fröhlich was discovered dead on a houseboat following a violent attack.
Fröhlich, 58, was discovered dead last Tuesday early morning by her kid, The Guardian reported.
The cops stated she was most likely eliminated in between midnight and 5.30 am.
Authorities stated on Sunday the case had actually been designated to the murder team, forensic proof had actually been gathered from the cerise houseboat docked on the Elbe river Holzhafen bank in the eastern Moorfleet district, and the coroner had actually sent their report.
Swabs had actually been drawn from a minimum of one member of the family for possible gunpowder residue, according to Welt Scuba divers from the cops in addition to a 3D scanner had actually likewise been released, amidst speculation that the murder weapon may have been gotten rid of in the river.
German broadcaster NDR reported, pointing out cops sources, that Fröhlich had actually been shot.
” According to present info, loved ones discovered the 58-year-old female lifeless on her houseboat and notified the fire brigade, who were just able to validate the female’s death,” The Guardian estimated an authorities representative as stating.
” After assessing traces and proof, the examining authorities now think that the female passed away as an outcome of violence. Offered the continuous examination, no additional info can be supplied at this time.”
German media reported the cops had actually asked for the general public to report any info they may have about the occurrence, especially any suspicious activity in the location around the time of the author’s death.
Fröhlich started as a reporter in Ukraine, where she established a females’s publication. She later on worked as a self-employed reporter in Germany before releasing her very first book, My Russian Mother-in-Law and Other Disasters, in 2012.
The unique, based upon her own experiences, ended up being preferred, offering over 50,000 copies and landing on the Spiegel bestseller list. It was equated to and released in French in 2015.
Fröhlich likewise released Taking A Trip with Russians in 2014, a follow up to My Russian Mother-in-Law and Other Disasters.
She followed with investigator book Death is a Certainty in 2016 and Skeletons in the Closet in 2019, both of which discovered fantastic success.
She is made it through by her 3 kids.