The chilling crime of a Miss Switzerland finalist: her father found her head in a bag

a brutal one crime shook Swiss in recent months. Kristina Joksimovic model and finalist of the Miss Switzerland 2007 competition, was found dead at her home in Binningen, near Basel.

The fact came to light when Kristina’s father found his daughter’s decapitated head in a trash bag that was in a laundry room. Although the discovery took place in February of this year, details about the case have recently been revealed.

The model’s husband and father of children who was only identified as Thomas by local media, pleaded guilty to murder before the Federal Court of Lausanne, although he maintained that he had done so in self-defense.

Born on April 15, 1985 in Binningen, Switzerland, Kristina Joksimovic has made a name for herself by participating in several beauty contests since her youth. In 2003 she was crowned Miss Switzerland North-West and in 2007 she was a finalist in Miss Switzerland, where she managed to reach the final.

His successful career on the catwalks allowed him to found the consulting and coaching agency in 2007. Parade Coach located in the city of Basel, with which he devotes himself to the training of international models.

Through videos and photos he shared on social media, Joksimovic showed how he taught other young models how to model with grace.

But work wasn’t the only important thing in her life, just like her family. With her husband Thomas, she had two little girls born between 2020 and 2021, a few months apart. “I’m proud of many things in life, but nothing is better than being a mother.” she confessed in an Instagram post, where she added a black and white photo with her first daughter.

On February 13, the 38-year-old Miss Switzerland finalist suddenly disappeared and her parents began to worry. From the granddaughters’ garden they received a call telling them that Kristina had not come to pick them up and that they should go.

After Kristina’s parents brought the girls home, Thomas claimed not to know where his wife was and said it was common for her to leave “without saying anything,” a close family friend told The Associated Press. Daily Mail .

That same day, the model’s parents stayed at home with Thomas for a few hours. “He pretended to be completely normal: he spoke calmly, prepared dinner for everyone and, calmly, tucked the girls into bed, as if nothing had happened,” the source added.

While Thomas was talking to his stepmother, Kristina’s father decided to search every corner of the house for signs. When he went down to the basement, where the laundry room was, he discovered that there was a garbage bag with blond strands sticking out. It is there that he realizes that his daughter has been murdered.

“When he opened it and found the severed head inside, he ran out of the garage door screaming and told a passerby to call the police, before returning to the house to confront his son-in-law, who was shocked because he probably hadn’t. I don’t think anyone would find it,” the source told British media.

The forensic report revealed that the cause of the businesswoman’s death was constriction . Additionally, injuries suggestive of blunt trauma were identified.

The autopsy also indicated that his body was dismembered in the bathroom of the home with a serrated knife and garden shears, he said. The telegraph . Their remains were then crushed with a blender and dissolved in a chemical solution.

Kristina’s husband was arrested the day after the discovery. He initially claimed that he had found his wife dead and that, in a panic, he had dismembered her, but he later changed this story, confessing that he had acted in self-defense because she had attacked him with a knife. This last claim was contradicted by the medical report.

In early September, the Federal Court in Lausanne rejected an appeal seeking Thomas’ release because an ongoing investigation revealed that there were “concrete signs” that he suffered from a mental illness due to his predisposition to resort to “sadistic violence.”

Prosecutors in charge of the case, for their part, assured that the man had shown “lack of empathy and coldness” after murdering his wife and covering up the facts.

The murder of the fashion show coach caused great shock among his entourage and in the modeling world in Switzerland, particularly because of the brutality of the events.

“For me, they were the perfect family.” one of the former Miss Switzerland finalist’s friends told local media outlet Blick.

Another friend of the model told the Daily Mail that recent times have been particularly tough, after details of the affair emerged. “Since his death, we have been functioning and we have moments where all we can do is cry.” he explained.

Lorena Santen, who was crowned Miss Switzerland 2023, said that “Kristina’s unwavering love and generosity touched everyone around her, and I will always fondly remember the impact she had on my life.”