Swiss Man Charged with Murder of Wife, Ex-Miss Switzerland Finalist

Swiss prosecutors have formally charged a 43-year-old man with the murder of his wife, former Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic, after her dismembered remains were discovered in their home near Basel last year.

The Basel-Landschaft Public Prosecutors Office announced the charges on Wednesday, concluding an investigation into the February 2024 killing in Binningen, Switzerland. The suspect, identified in media reports only as Thomas due to privacy laws, allegedly strangled the 38-year-old model and entrepreneur before dismembering her body in the couple's laundry room. A trial date has not been set.

According to court documents and an autopsy report, Joksimovic died from strangulation, with a reddish mark on her neck confirming the cause. Her body showed signs of blunt force trauma beforehand, including cuts on her cheek, eyebrow, and nose, bruises on her right lower leg, foot, shoulder blades, and the back of her head, as well as pulled-out hair. Thomas allegedly snapped her hip joints out of their sockets, removed her upper left arm, forearms, and right lower leg, and severed her spine to decapitate her. He used a jigsaw, knives, and garden shears for the...