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A strange case in Germany is known as the Doppelgänger Murder.  Sharaban K., a 23-year-old German-Iraqi woman, allegedly orchestrated a scheme to fake her own death by searching social media for and killing her lookalike.

According to the daily Sueddeustche Zeitung, the German-Iraqi was a beautician who entrapped the victim via Instagram by offering her cosmetics.

As the investigation continues, the Ingolstadt state prosecutor's office has charged Sharaban K. with attempted incitement to murder in addition to the original charge of first-degree murder. If convicted, she and her boyfriend Sheqir K. could face life in prison. Both suspects remain in custody as the case unfolds.

The details of this perplexing family murder plot have recently taken an even darker turn, as it was revealed that Sharaban had previously attempted to hire someone to murder a relative.

According to prosecutors, in mid-July of last year, evidence from Sharaban's cell phone indicates that she made a payment to an individual to carry out the murder of one of her family members. 

The plan ultimately failed to materialize despite repeated requests by Sharaban. The exact identity of the relative and the person who received the payment remain undisclosed.

Doppelgänger Murder details

The murder itself took place on August 16, 2022, when a female body with 50 stab wounds was discovered in the trunk of a Mercedes car in Ingolstadt, Germany.

 Initially, authorities believed the victim to be Sharaban K. However, a subsequent autopsy and DNA results revealed that the victim was actually Khadidja O., a 23-year-old Algerian beauty influencer residing in Heilbronn, Germany. 

The resemblance between Khadidja and Sharaban was described as "striking" by the police.

The motive behind the crime appears to be Sharaban's desire to go into hiding due to internal disputes within her family, as revealed by Veronika Grieser of the Ingolstadt state prosecutor's office.

The public prosecutor's office is diligently working to unravel the complexities surrounding the murder plot and the involvement of both Sharaban K. and her boyfriend.