A MISS Switzerland finalist’s dad found her head in a bin bag after her husband allegedly chopped her up and pureed her in a blender.
Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was strangled to death, dismembered and decapitated in February.
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Her remains were discovered by her horrified father when he saw blonde hair sticking out of a black bag in the laundry room, a friend told the Daily Mail.
The family friend said: “When he opened the black bin bag, he saw her cut off head with the hair still attached.”
The grisly discovery was made by the dad after he had spent hours at the house in Binningen, near Basel, Switzerland.
Not realising anything horrific had happened, Kristina’s father ate dinner with his grandchildren and talked to his son-in-law Marc Rieben, 41.
But it seems that Marc had already killed Kristina, chopping up his wife’s body in the laundry with a jigsaw, knife, and garden shears.
Her body parts were then “pureed” in a hand blender and dissolved in acid, Blick reports.
Kristina’s parents first were alerted to something being amiss when their granddaughter’s kindergarten asked them to pick up the kids.
When they dropped their grandchildren off, Marc insisted he did not know where Kristina was and said sometimes she just left.
The pal said: “For hours, he [Marc] pretended as if nothing was wrong, chatting to her father and making dinner for everyone before tucking the children into their beds.
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“Her father went to pick up her mother and returned to the house.”
Kristina’s mother wanted to file a missing person’s report with police, but she had not been missing for long enough.
So, Kristina’s father searched through every room in the house while the mother distracted Marc.
When he reached the laundry in the basement, the dad saw blonde strands of Kristina’s hair poking out.
The friend said: “When he opened it and found her chopped off head inside, he ran out of the garage [door] screaming and told a passer-by to call the police, before returning to the house to confront his son-in-law, who was gobsmacked as he probably didn’t think someone would find her.”
Marc reportedly showed no emotion with the find, only remarking the parents had said they would only be at the house briefly.
Cops arrested Thomas the next day after the remains of her body were found and reported to authorities.
He reportedly told investigators that he killed his wife “in a panic” as she approached him with a knife – claiming it was an act of self-defence.
However, a medical forensic report “contradicts his description of self-defence”, Swiss outlet FM1 Today reports.
Cops said Thomas showed a “lack of empathy and cold-bloodedness after killing his wife” and had made efforts to cover up her death.
The ongoing investigation also concluded there were “concrete indications of mental illness” behind the killing. No charges have yet been filed.
Kristina, who had Serbian roots, was a model turned catwalk coach.
She previously won the Miss Northwest Switzerland competition – and went on to be a finalist in the 2008 national competition.
One of her close pals said her relationship had been “in crisis for months”.
Cops were previously called out over reports of domestic violence.
Just weeks before she was killed, Kristina posted pictures of a “couple’s getaway” on her Instagram account along with her husband and kids.
How you can get help
Women’s Aid has this advice for victims and their families:
- Always keep your phone nearby.
- Get in touch with charities for help, including the Women’s Aid live chat helpline and services such as SupportLine.
- If you are in danger, call 999.
- Familiarise yourself with the Silent Solution, reporting abuse without speaking down the phone, instead dialing “55”.
- Always keep some money on you, including change for a pay phone or bus fare.
- If you suspect your partner is about to attack you, try to go to a lower-risk area of the house – for example, where there is a way out and access to a telephone.
- Avoid the kitchen and garage, where there are likely to be knives or other weapons. Avoid rooms where you might become trapped, such as the bathroom, or where you might be shut into a cupboard or other small space.
If you are a victim of domestic abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s email support service is open weekdays and weekends during the crisis – messageinfo@supportline.org.uk.
Women’s Aid provides a live chat service – available weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.
You can also call the freephone 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
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