Miss Switzerland finalist was dismembered by husband and put in blender

Court finds Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was strangled to death and there were ‘concrete indications of mental illness’ underlying the case

A former model and Miss Switzerland finalist who was allegedly murdered by her husband was found to have been strangled, dismembered and her remains put through a handheld blender, medical reports reveal.
Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was found dead in her home in Binningen, near Basel, in February.
Her husband and father of her two children, named only as Thomas by local media, admitted to killing her in March, according to the Federal Court. However, his claim that he was acting in self-defence was contradicted by the medical forensic report.
A court ruling on Wednesday found that Ms Joksimovic had been strangled to death and reported that there were “concrete indications of mental illness” underlying the case.
A post-mortem included in the ruling said that her body had been dismembered with a jigsaw, knife, and garden shears in the laundry room of the couple’s home.
Her remains were then liquidised with a handheld blender and dissolved in a chemical solution, the report added.
Ms Joksimovic’s remains were discovered on Feb 13 by a third party.
Thomas was detained by authorities the day after but initially told investigators that he had dismembered her in a “panic” after discovering her dead.
He later claimed to have killed her in self-defence after she came at him with a knife.
According to investigators, Thomas has shown a “conspicuously high level of criminal energy” in their assessment.
They spoke of a “lack of empathy and cold-bloodedness after killing his wife” and added that Thomas had “sadistic-sociopathic traits”.
The couple, who married in 2017, were reportedly going through marital difficulties, with police called to their place of residence before the incident over reports of physical violence.
Just four weeks before she was killed, Ms Joksimovic shared photos on social media of a “couple’s getaway” at a luxurious hotel above Lake Lucerne.
The pair had two young daughters.
Ms Joksimovic was crowned Miss Northwest Switzerland and went on to be a finalist in the Miss Switzerland competition in 2007.