Former Miss Switzerland finalist brutally murdered and taken apart by her husband

TW: mentions of abuse, murder and dismemberment.

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The Swiss media are currently reporting on the gruesome murder of a 38-year-old woman. The woman, Kristina Joksimovic, who worked as a model and had already been a Miss Switzerland finalist, was found dead in her flat in February of this year. The victim's husband was immediately suspected of the crime and was arrested shortly afterwards.

However, the crime, which took place in Binningen, has now come to the forefront once again. After the victim's husband initially confessed to the crime but pleaded he had acted in self-defence, new details came to light last week.

Reports of such cases move people around the world time and again. The case of 12-year-old Luise from Freudenberg, who was killed by her friends of the same age, attracted a great deal of attention as well.

Autopsy report brings gruesome details to light

In the case from Switzerland, the husband of the murdered Miss Switzerland finalist, Kristina Joksimovic, initially stated that he had found his wife dead and then dismembered her 'out of panic'. As part of a crime reconstruction in March, he then confessed to killing his wife, with whom he shares two children. According to him, however, this was done in self-defence - after an 'initially positive conversation', he says she suddenly attacked him with a knife, whereupon he reportedly killed her.

Since then, the husband has applied for release from prison several times - but without success. On Wednesday 11 September 2024, his appeal was rejected again in the Federal Court in Lausanne.

Investigation is still ongoing, and the autopsy report has brought some gruesome details to light—details that go against his claim of a panic reaction.

Not the first act of violence

According to the report, 41-year-old Thomas allegedly cut up his wife's body after her death with garden shears, a jigsaw and a knife and then chopped her up with a hand blender, which was already in the house, before dissolving everything in a chemical. According to the findings, none of this points to a panic reaction. The procedure was by no means spontaneous, but planned and systematic.

In fact, the 41-year-old had already been violent towards his wife before. The police have an emergency report from last year and photos of strangulation marks. The accused is also said to have been violent towards his ex-partner on several occasions too. It remains to be seen how the investigation into the case will progress.

This article has been translated from Gentside DE.

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Sky News: Former model and Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic 'pureed' in blender by husband - reports

BZ Basel: Mord in Binningen: Ehemann soll die Leiche seiner Frau verstümmelt haben