Overview
- Two and a half years after a small plane crashed off Bequia killing actor Christian Oliver, their daughters Madita and Annik and the pilot, Klepser gave her first TV interview to RTL about the loss.
- Klepser said she hopes the deaths were quick and free of struggle and that she draws strength from memories, good sleep and participation in a grief group.
- She described traveling to Bequia to see the places her family spent their last days, swimming at the wreck site and meeting the fisherman who recovered the bodies who told her the girls had been holding each other.
- Reports cited by the coverage reference a possible engine failure shortly after takeoff, but Klepser and the articles note that no definitive, publicly released investigative conclusion has been reported.
- Klepser urged restraint toward quick judgments about the crash, emphasized the private nature of mourning and said she is trying to live in a way that would make her family want her to smile again.