Miss Switzerland finalist murdered by husband, body parts 'pureed ...

Kristina Joksimovic, a former Miss Switzerland finalist, was allegedly murdered by her husband, who dismembered her body. Victim's husband named Thomas, confessed to the killing, claiming self-defense.

The 38-year-old former model Kristina Joksimovic was discovered dead on February 13 in the laundry room of her residence in Binningen. (Image source: @catwalkcoach/Instagram)

"To me, they seemed like the perfect family," a friend of Kristina Joksimovic, a former Miss Switzerland finalist, said, after the catwalk coach was murdered, allegedly by her husband.

Kristina's remains were "pureed" in a blender, according to Swiss authorities, by her husband Thomas, whom she married in 2017, and and two kids with.

According to the autopsy, her body was dismembered using a jigsaw, knife, and garden shears in their laundry room. Her remains were then chopped with a hand blender, 'pureed,' and dissolved in a chemical solution, as reported by local outlet Blick.

The 38 year-old catwalk coach was found dead at her residence in February this year.

Her husband, Thomas, confessed to the killing, claiming self-defence, saying she had attacked him with a knife. However, the report "contradicts his description of self-defence", Swiss outlet FM1 Today reported.

The court ruling indicated that Joksimovic was strangled before her death.

Thomas was arrested the day after victim's body was found. Initially, he claimed to have discovered her dead and, said that he dismembered her remains "in panic", according to BZ Basel.

An investigation revealed "concrete indications of mental illness" in the case, according to UK-based media outlet LBC.

The couple lived in a "spacious semi-detached house" in an affluent area of Basel. Just four weeks before her death, Kristina had shared photos of a "couple's getaway" on her Instagram account.

Joksimovic had been a finalist in the 2007 Miss Switzerland pageant and was previously crowned Miss Northwest Switzerland. She later became a catwalk coach.