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.