Overview

• Alexandra Fröhlich, a bestselling German novelist, was found dead on April 22, 2025, on her houseboat in Hamburg's Moorfleet district.
• Authorities confirmed she was shot and are treating her death as a homicide, with forensic evidence and a coroner's report supporting this conclusion.
• Police have deployed divers and a 3D scanner, with speculation that the murder weapon may have been discarded in the Elbe River.
• Investigators are appealing to the public for information about any suspicious activity near the houseboat and are exploring whether the killer was known to Fröhlich.
• Fröhlich, known for her Spiegel bestsellers such as 'My Russian Mother-in-Law and Other Catastrophes,' is survived by her three children.