German author Alexandra Fröhlich found dead on houseboat, investigation underway: Reports
German author Alexandra Fröhlich found dead on houseboat, investigation underway: Reports
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Police continue to investigate and search for the assailant that killed 3 and wounded others at a festival in Germany.
German authorities are investigating a possible murder after best-selling German novelist Alexandra Fröhlich was found dead on a houseboat with signs of a violent attack, according to reports.
Fröhlich, 58, was found the morning of April 22 in Hamburg, CNN and the Guardian report. Relatives found a lifeless, unnamed woman, whom the outlets confirmed was Frölich, and called the fire department, according to a statement from German authorities.
"Prosecutors are now assuming it was a homicide and are asking for information from the public," said the statement, translated from German.
Revealing they believed she "died as a result of violence," authorities said they were investigating possible suspects and deployed both a 3D scanner and divers from the state police to aid in the efforts.
Fröhlich lives in Hamburg and is both a novelist and a freelance copy editor for various women's magazines, according to Penguin publishers, which distributed both of her popular books: "My Russian Mother-in-Law and Other Disasters" (2019) and "People Always Die" (2016).
Both novels spent months on the Spiegel bestseller list, a collection of popular titles in the country as determined by sales figures, similar to The New York Times bestseller list in the United States.
Both novels follow twisty and lurid family dramas and deal in themes of difficult reunions, mystery, hidden family history and death.
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