A former model and finalist in the Miss Switzerland beauty pageant was murdered and ‘pureed’ in a blender by her husband, Sky News has reported.
38-year-old Kristina Joksimovic was found dead in her home in February this year.
Main suspect, Thomas, had an appeal for release from custody, which was denied by the Federal Court on Wednesday, after which he reportedly confessed to killing his wife, Kristina. 41-year-old Thomas had two children with the victim.
Sky News quotead a local news outlet that reported Thomas had admitted to the killing during a crime reconstruction in March and defended himself by claiming that it was done in self-defence after she attacked him with a knife.
The report highlighted that the ruling from the court suggested Kristina was strangled to death. The autopsy report submitted in the court said that her body was dismembered in a laundry room with a jigsaw, knife and garden shears. Her body parts were then chopped up with a hand blender, “pureed” and dissolved in a chemical solution.
Her husband was arrested the day after Kristina’s body was found. He initially told the investigating team that he had found her dead and dismembered her body in their laundry room in panic.
The remains were reportedly found by a “third party”.
Kristina was crowned Miss Northwest Switzerland and, in 2007, became a finalist for Miss Switzerland.
She later became a catwalk coach and mentored models.
