{"id":229468,"date":"2026-03-19T17:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/stefanie-pieper-was-makeup-influencer-buried-alive\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:16:19","slug":"stefanie-pieper-was-makeup-influencer-buried-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/stefanie-pieper-was-makeup-influencer-buried-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanie Pieper: Was Makeup Influencer Buried Alive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Until a few months ago, Stefanie Pieper was a consummate professional makeup artist and influencer.<\/p>\n<p>When she didn\u2019t show up for a shoot, colleagues knew that something was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>A burned-out car and an interrogation of her ex-boyfriend led police to her body.<\/p>\n<p>She was buried in a suitcase in the woods. The medical examiner isn\u2019t sure if she died before or <em>after<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_02.png\" alt=\"Stefanie Pieper looks into the camera in this video still.\" class=\"wp-image-550978 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_02.png 603w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_02-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_02.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As a makeup artist and influencer, Stefanie Pieper knew how to strike a pose in her videos.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-someone-is-dependable-them-not-showing-up-sets-off-alarms\">When someone is dependable, them not showing up sets off alarms<\/h2>\n<p>On November 23 \u2014 though some early reporting suggested that it may have been the 24th \u2014 Pieper did not show up to a scheduled photoshoot.<\/p>\n<p>Colleagues reported the 31-year-old influencer as missing, prompting the Styrian Police Department to check on her welfare.<\/p>\n<p>In her home, they found her dog \u2014 alone \u2014 and her boyfriend (or ex-boyfriend) who said that he had her key to take care of her dog.<\/p>\n<p>When police went to find him to search his car, they found that his vehicle had been burned. Additionally, it appeared that he had tried to flee from Austria to his native Slovenia.<\/p>\n<p>Slovenian authorities extradited him, and police questioned him \u2014 leading to an alleged confession.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Missing Beauty Influencer Found Strangled in Remote Forest\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/apALAA0_JNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to police, Pieper\u2019s 31-year-old ex-boyfriend told police where they could find her.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators searched a wooded area, where they found a suitcase buried in the forest.<\/p>\n<p>Within the suitcase was Pieper\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the ex-boyfriend\u2019s relatives were apparently arrested in connection to Pieper\u2019s disappearance, but released following his confession.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if the confession merely shed light upon their involvement or lack thereof, or if their arrests were leverage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_03.png\" alt=\"Graz info about Stefanie Pieper.\" class=\"wp-image-550985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_03.png 763w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_03-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_03.png\" alt=\"Graz info about Stefanie Pieper.\" class=\"wp-image-550985 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_03.png 763w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_03-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_03.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This press release shares some early details in the horrific death of influencer Stefanie Pieper.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Graz Press Release)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-appears-that-she-was-strangled\">It appears that she was strangled<\/h2>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Graz Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office spoke to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prosecutors-say-influencer-stefanie-pieper-may-have-been-buried-alive-11864401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a> <\/em>about Pieper\u2019s autopsy.<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner determined that she \u201chad been subjected to violence\u201d prior to her death.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, she was \u201cstrangled\u201d before her death. But some aspects of the examination were inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe autopsy could not definitively determine when the young woman died,\u201d a spokesperson has since admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is entirely possible that she was still alive when she was placed in the suitcase,\u201d the office acknowledged. \u201cHowever, it is equally possible that she was killed by strangulation beforehand.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01-571x1024.png\" alt=\"Stefanie Pieper out and about.\" class=\"wp-image-550979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01-571x1024.png 571w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01-167x300.png 167w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01-536x960.png 536w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01.png 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01-571x1024.png\" alt=\"Stefanie Pieper out and about.\" class=\"wp-image-550979 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01-571x1024.png 571w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01-167x300.png 167w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01-536x960.png 536w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01.png 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0319_stefaniepieper_01.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stefanie Pieper often invited fans to \u201caccompany\u201d her during the course of her day, recording herself as she ran errands.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That uncertainty at least seems to indicate that there were not tell-tale signs of her having been buried alive.<\/p>\n<p>Scratches on the interior of the suitcase, for example, with appropriate damage to the nails would be one indicator.<\/p>\n<p>It seems more likely that the medical examiner believes that she was unconscious \u2014 <em>if <\/em>she was alive at all \u2014 when she was buried.<\/p>\n<p>Many people naturally recoil in horror at the story of a woman potentially buried alive.<\/p>\n<p>But there is no good way to be allegedly murdered by someone you once loved. And yet, so many women\u2019s lives end in this same way.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPYljyHDeSg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-next\">What is next?<\/h2>\n<p>At present, Pieper\u2019s ex-boyfriend is in pretrial detention. Later this year, an Austrian court will try him.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, he is facing life behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>(Plea bargaining does not really exist in most countries, including Austria, so the trial seems pretty unavoidable.)<\/p>\n<p>Pieper\u2019s final update to her Instagram page came a couple of weeks before her death.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the most recent comments on her photos are expressing heartbreak at her loss \u2014 and acknowledging how <em>familiar <\/em>this tragic story is.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/stefanie-pieper-buried-alive-suitcase-boyfriend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Until a few months ago, Stefanie Pieper was a consummate professional makeup artist and influencer. 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