The singer Daniel Kaiser-Küblböck, 33, disappeared from the cruise ship "Aida Luna" in the early morning of 9th September. The process of its disappearance can now be reconstructed. Kaiser-Küblböck left after SPIEGEL information on September 9 against 1.15 clock a ship bar on the "Aida Luna". He went to his cabin, came to the reception about three hours later. He had smashed a bottle, cut himself, and wanted to go to the ship's hospital.
When told that it was closed, he got angry. He raised the alarm three times, climbed the outer deck 5 on a railing and jumped around five in the morning in the Labrador Sea.
According to SPIEGEL information, Kaiser-Küblböck has suffered from panic attacks and anxiety for a long time. He went to a psychologist in Berlin in March of this year and stated that he has breathing problems when he drives a train; Head piercing when lying in bed; Tachycardia when drinking alcohol. He then every time fear of death, said Kaiser-Küblböck.
On August 16, 2018, he was examined by a neurologist in Palma de Mallorca, where he lived temporarily. Kaiser-Küblböck, according to the diagnosis, "probably suffers from the acute episode of schizophrenic psychosis".
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Kaiser-Küblböck wanted to become a woman and medicated herself with the sex hormone estradiol. In his cabin one found an empty pack of the drug.
Kaiser-Küblböck wrote a Facebook message to Robert Mau, the musical director of drama school in Berlin, on August 29, the day he left on "Aida Luna". "I'm going into therapy soon because I'm not feeling well in my male body and my role as Aurora has shown me how much I would like to be a woman," wrote Kaiser-Küblböck, and continued: "It's the door to me open to my self, and I can finally dare this path, which will be very hard and painful. "