Miss Switzerland finalist ‘strangled, dismembered and pureed in blender by husband’

Tributes paid to ‘beautiful, kind-hearted’ mother after remains found at her home

Kristina Joksimovic was discovered in February (Kristina Joksimovic/Instagram)

A former Miss Switzerland finalist was allegedly strangled, dismembered and then “pureed” by a blender, according to her autopsy, as her husband faces a murder trial.

The remains of catwalk coach Kristina Joksimovic, 38, were discovered in her home near Basel, Switzerland, in February.

Local Swiss media, FM1 Today, reported that “according to the autopsy report, the body was dismembered in the laundry room with a jigsaw power tool, knife and secateurs”.

Several body parts were then “pureed” with a hand blender and dissolved in a chemical”, the outlet said.

BZ Basel reported that her husband Thomas, 41, claimed he had acted in self-defence after she attacked him with a knife and he dismembered her body in their laundry room in a state of panic.

Kristina Joksimovic, model and Miss Switzerland finalist, allegedly murdered by her husband (Kristina Joksimovic/Instagram)

He had an appeal for release from custody denied by the Federal Court after reportedly confessing to killing the 2007 winner of Miss Northwest Switzerland, with whom he had two children.

According to FM1 Today, a forensic report determined Ms Joksimovic died from strangulation.

Thomas showed “a lack of empathy and cold-bloodedness after killing his wife” and trying to cover it up, prosecutors claim.

Former Miss Switzerland Christa Rigozzi, who was friendly with Joksimovic, told 20 Minuten: “It’s terrible. I’m really shocked.

“I’m thinking of her two daughters. She was such a beautiful and kind-hearted woman.”