‘Doppelganger killer’ beautician ‘lured & disfigured Instagram lookalike to fake her death & run away with boyfriend’
A GERMAN-Iraqi woman and her boyfriend are facing life in prison for murdering her doppelganger in a bizarre bid to start a new life.
Now, prosecutors have revealed that the killer couple had hoped to leave Germany after murdering Khadidja O.
The accused killers had especially selected blogger Khadidja O., 23, to murder because of her amazing resemblance to Shahraban K.
State Prosecutor Veronika Grieser told local media: "We have determined that the female suspect had decided to go into hiding due to family-internal arguments.
"She wanted to fake her own death and start a new life."
It's understood Shahraban wanted to escape her strict Iraqi family to live with boyfriend Shequir.
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Prosecutors also said the sick couple believed they could pass off their victim's body as Shahraban so she could leave her strict family.
The horrific tale began on August 9, 2022, when the disturbed couple sent a message to Khadidja offering her a chance to appear in a rap video.
Khadidja became suspicious, however, and messaged the rapper they were claiming to be representing - and she was told the message was fake.
Just two days later, the defendants used another Instagram account to get in touch.
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Prosecutor Grieser said: "This time, they offered a beauty treatment which would come free of charge if their victim advertised it on social media."
They agreed to meet in Eppingen, the victim's hometown, according to the prosecutor, and picked up Khadidja in a Mercedes before stabbing her 56 times in a forest.
The killers put their victim's body back into the car and abandoned the vehicle just a few blocks from where Shahraban K. lived in Ingolstadt.
Her horrified parents discovered the victim's body in the Mercedes later that day and assumed it was their daughter.
But Shahraban and Sheqir were tracked down and arrested after forensic examinations and a check of the victim's tattoos revealed the dead body was Khadidja - not Shahraban.
Prosecutors have charged the duo with murder following extensive DNA checks and the investigation of social media and mobile phone records.
Police managed to track the Shahraban down after she was spotted driving a car by someone who recognised her and she was then caught on CCTV at a pizzeria.
The pair are being held in custody and their full trial is expected to start shortly - and neither have said a word regarding the accusations.
It is a case that has completely shocked Germany - being dubbed "The Doppelganger Murder".
