Overview

• Alexandra Fröhlich, a 58-year-old bestselling German author, was found dead on her Moorfleet houseboat on April 22, 2025, after being violently attacked.
• Authorities believe Fröhlich was fatally shot between midnight and 5:30 a.m., with her body discovered by her son that morning.
• Police have deployed divers and a 3D scanner to search for evidence, including the potential murder weapon, in the Elbe River near her houseboat.
• Investigators have not identified any suspects but are appealing to the public for information about suspicious activity around the Holzhafen bank at the time of her death.
• Fröhlich, also a former journalist, authored multiple Spiegel bestsellers, including 'My Russian Mother-in-Law and Other Catastrophes,' and is survived by her three sons.