Current:Home > NewsMiss Switzerland Finalist Kristina Joksimovic's Remains Allegedly "Pureed" in Blender by Husband -Insightful Finance Hub
Miss Switzerland Finalist Kristina Joksimovic's Remains Allegedly "Pureed" in Blender by Husband
View
Date:2025-04-18 11:03:23
Authorities are shedding light on the gruesome death of Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic.
The 38-year-old was found dead in her Swiss home this February, with her husband, 41, arrested on accusations of her murder, according to BBC.
In a recently released autopsy report, investigators said Joksimovic was strangled before her body was dismembered in the laundry room with a jigsaw power tool, knife and garden shears, per local news outlet BZ Basel.
Her remains were then "pureed" with a hand blender, the report said, before being dissolved in a chemical solution.
A federal court ruling stated that Joksimovic's husband—whose name has not been disclosed—confessed to investigators in March that he had killed the model, according to BZ Basel. The admission allegedly came after a forensic report contradicted his previous claim that he acted in self-defense and dismembered Joksimovic's body "in a panic," per the outlet.
In the ruling, prosecutors said that the suspect displayed a "noticeably high level of criminal energy, lack of empathy and cold-bloodedness" following the pageant queen's death.
The public prosecutor's office also alleged that Joksimovic's husband had a history of violence, per BZ Basel.
The federal court denied a request from Joksimovic's husband to be released from custody.
Joksimovic won the title of Miss Northwest Switzerland in 2007. She entered the nationwide competition that same year, losing the crown to Amanda Ammann.
The model tied the knot with her husband in 2017, according to Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten. They shared two daughters.
Joksimovic's death has rattled family and friends, including former Miss Switzerland Christa Rigozzi.
"I'm really shocked," she told the publication in February. "I'm thinking of her two daughters. She was such a beautiful and kind-hearted woman."
For more information on domestic abuse or to get help for yourself or someone you love, visit the website for The National Domestic Violence Hotline (http://www.thehotline.org/) or call 1-800-799-7233.veryGood! (57558)
Related
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- The winners from the WHO's short film fest were grim, inspiring and NSFW-ish
- Individual cigarettes in Canada will soon carry health warnings
- Purple is the new red: How alert maps show when we are royally ... hued
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Lake Mead reports 6 deaths, 23 rescues and rash of unsafe and unlawful incidents
- Another $1.2 Billion Substation? No Thanks, Says Utility, We’ll Find a Better Way
- This week on Sunday Morning (June 25)
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- Tori Bowie, an elite Olympic athlete, died of complications from childbirth
Ranking
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- Britney Spears Shares Update on Relationship With Mom Lynne After 3-Year Reunion
- Caught Off Guard: The Southeast Struggles with Climate Change
- Pfizer warns of a looming penicillin supply shortage
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- Taylor Swift and Ice Spice's Karma Remix Is Here and It's Sweet Like Honey
- New Study Projects Severe Water Shortages in the Colorado River Basin
- Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability
Recommendation
Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
Senate 2020: With Record Heat, Climate is a Big Deal in Arizona, but It May Not Sway Voters
Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval Doesn’t Want to Hear the Criticism—About His White Nail Polish
Senate 2020: In Kansas, a Democratic Climate Hawk Closes in on a Republican Climate Skeptic
Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
2022 was the worst year on record for attacks on health care workers
Missouri woman imprisoned for library worker's 1980 murder will get hearing that could lead to her release
Testosterone is probably safe for your heart. But it can't stop 'manopause'