News
Share
Published 09:34 12 Sept 2024 BST
Updated 10:20 12 Sept 2024 BST

A former model and finalist in the Miss Switzerland contest, Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was allegedly murdered and dismembered by her husband, according to Swiss officials.
He allegedly confessed to killing his wife, with whom he shared two children.
Thomas reportedly admitted to the crime during a reconstruction in March, claiming it was in self-defense after she allegedly attacked him with a knife.
Investigators concluded the ex-model had been strangled to death and Thomas was arrested the next day, LBC reports.
The court ruling held that Joksimovic was strangled to death, BZ Basel reports. The autopsy report, cited in the ruling, indicated that her body was then dismembered in a laundry room using a jigsaw, knife, and garden shears.
Parts of her body were then chopped up with a hand blender, "pureed," and dissolved in a chemical solution.
BZ Basel reports that Thomas was arrested a day after Joksimovic's remains were found. Initially, he told investigators that he had discovered her dead and dismembered her body in a panic.
The German-language outlet Blick reported that her remains were discovered by a "third party." Thomas, a Swiss national, remains in custody.
Joksimovic was crowned Miss Northwest Switzerland pageant, and reached the final of Miss Switzerland in 2007, local outlet 20 Minuten reports.
She went on to run her own business as a catwalk coach, and mentored model Dominique Rinderknecht for the Miss Universe pageant in 2013.
Explore more on these topics:
Joksimovic was discovered dead in her home in Binningen, near Basel, Switzerland, on February 13. Local news outlet BZ Basel reported that a 41-year-old man named Thomas, her husband since 2017, had his appeal for release from custody denied by the Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne.
Former Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis
He has been living with the condition for four years. Former Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has revealed he has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for four years. The 79-year-old hosted the programme from 1989 to 2021, making him Channel 4’s longest-serving newsreader. The retired broadcaster announced his diagnosis ahead of an upcoming Channel […]
News
14h
Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72
BREAKING British actor Anthony Head has died at the age of 72. Head was best known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin, and Little Britain. The successful actor found international fame as Rupert Giles in the teen sci-fi hit Buffy in the late 1990s. Head then went on to have […]
News
15h
News