This incident was one of a series of high-profile crimes by asylum seekers that led to a fraught political conversation about German migrant policy and hardened anti-immigration sentiments. The question of how Zebari had been allowed to remain in Germany after his asylum application was rejected in 2016 was raised. Politicians like Christian Lindner (FDP) raised questions as to how the suspect, along with his family, were able to leave Germany using fake identities. The Süddeutsche Zeitung noted that the murder of Feldmann was listed in social media among the cases of other German women killed by asylum seekers, and enumerated the murders of Maria Ladenburger of Freiburg (2016), Mia Valentin of Kandel (2017), and Mireille B. of Flensburg (2018); foreign media such as "The New Yorker" also grouped together the Mia Valentin and Daniel Hillig murders. Far-right parties and social media have also exploited the case for their own ends.