German shipping company heiress, her mentor’s mysterious deaths ruled suicide, family says
Police and family have denied any suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of von Rantzau and Arno Koën, 40.
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World News German shipping company heiress, her mentor’s mysterious deaths ruled suicide, family says By Nicholas McEntyre Published June 17, 2026, 2:58 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A German shipping company heiress and her mentor who were mysteriously found dead hours apart on her family’s luxury South African wildlife estate had committed suicide, the family’s lawyer announced. Caroline von Rantzau, whose father Dr. Eberhart von Rantzau is the managing director of Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL), died at the Leeuwfontein Estate on June 1, according to German newspaper Bild. Police and family have denied any suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of von Rantzau and Arno Koën, 40. “On May 31, 2026, Mr.
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