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Kristina Joksimovic, 38, a former model and Miss Switzerland finalist in 2007, was allegedly strangled by her husband, who then attempted to cover up the crime by mutilating the body using a jigsaw knife and garden shears.
As per the post-mortem report included in a court ruling on Wednesday, some of Joksimovic’s body parts were “pureed” using a handheld blender by her husband, identified as Thomas by local media outlets, and dissolved in a “chemical solution”.
The former model, who built a successful career as a catwalk coach, was found dead in her home in Basel’s Binningen in Switzerland on February 13 this year. The Basel-Landschaft police had arrested Thomas, 41. In March, he confessed to the murder.
A 2007 report in Swiss outlet 20min listed Joksimovic as one of the 16 contestants of the Miss Switzerland pageant that year. It said that the model described herself as “down-to-earth,” that she loves playing foot volleyball, reading, watching “film based on true facts” and documentaries, and that she thought her hands were the most beautiful body part.
Thomas, who accepted murdering his wife, initially claimed it was in “self-defence” because she charged at him with a knife.
A Telegraph report said that according to investigators, Thomas showed a “conspicuously high level of criminal energy”. It also said they spoke of a “lack of empathy and cold-bloodedness after killing his wife,” and that the man exhibitted “sadistic-sociopathic traits”.
