Shocking grisly details behind murder of stunning Miss Switzerland finalist: ‘Carefully removed’ this body part

Nypost · May 03, 2026 · 541 words · By Patrick Reilly

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Shocking grisly details behind murder of stunning Miss Switzerland finalist: ‘Carefully removed’ this body part A man fatally choked his model wife, a former Miss Switzerland finalist, after she told him she wanted a divorce — then carved out her womb and…

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Marc Rieben, 41, who is set to appear in court Monday, allegedly beat and strangled stunning mom of two Kristina Joksimov before dismembering her body in February 2022 in a horror case that sent shock waves across the country.

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Rieben is accused of killing his wife when the 38-year-old model told him she wanted to call off their relationship, according to the local Swiss paper Tages-Anzeiger.

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Claim 1: “At one point, he “’carefully removed” her womb — the sole organ ripped from her torso”

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Multiple sources confirm the specific detail that the womb was 'carefully removed' from the torso.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rieben allegedly refused to accept the divorce, wanted full-time custody of the children, and denied financial support to his wife, the paper reported. What followed was the fatal escalation, far remo…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15768957/The-husband-…

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Claim 2: “A man fatally choked his model wife, a former Miss Switzerland finalist, after she told him she wanted a divorce — then carved out her womb and “pureed” her limbs in a blender”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Marc Rieben strangled his wife Kristina Joksimovic, dismembered her, removed her womb, and pureed remains in an industrial blender.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was strangled to death, dismembered and decapitated by her husband Marc Rieben, 41, who pureed some of her remains in an industrial blender and cut out her womb.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13854427/Slaughtere…

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web search NEUTRAL — Joksimovic’s husband, Marc Rieben, was arrested for her murder but said at first he killed Jokisimovic, 38, in self-defense. At that time, Rieben admitted he dismembered his wife’s body in a panic.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/true-crime/who-is-the-41-year-o…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kristina Joksimovic and her husband Marc Rieben. Credit: Facebook. It has been reported that the man at the center of this horrifying allegation appeared to be the ideal father and husband.
https://vt.co/news/world/haunting-details-revealed-about-man…

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Claim 3: “Marc Rieben, 41, who is set to appear in court Monday, allegedly beat and strangled stunning mom of two Kristina Joksimov before dismembering her body in February 2022”

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Multiple sources confirm Marc Rieben (41) is accused of strangling and dismembering Kristina Joksimovic (38) in February 2022.

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web search NEUTRAL — Marc or MARC may refer to: Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference, a college rowing conference.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc

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web search NEUTRAL — By profession, I am an attorney. My practice is in wills, trusts, and estates law, specializing in helping families with adults or children who have disabilities.
https://www.snyderforcolorado.com/about

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web search NEUTRAL — Senator Marc Snyder is a long-term resident of Manitou Springs, Colorado, having moved there with his wife, Kelly, in 1994. Senator Snyder is an attorney whose practice focuses on wills, trusts, and e…
https://www.senatedems.co/marc-snyder

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Claim 4: “She later ran her own business as a catwalk coach and mentored model Dominique Rinderknecht for the Miss Universe pageant in 2013.”

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Claim 5: “He then severed her spine in order to chop off her head.”

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Claim 6: “Investigators found an industrial blender and the model’s remains, including flaps of skin with muscles still attached, as well as chunks of bone.”

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Claim 7: “Rieben allegedly grabbed Joksimov by the throat and threw her up against the wall during the violent argument. He then strangled her to death with a “ribbon-like object,” according to court records obtained by the Daily Mail.”

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Multiple sources confirm she was strangled to death, and specific details regarding the 'ribbon-like object' are consistent with reports of the court records.

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web search NEUTRAL — The husband of a former Miss Switzerland finalist has been charged with her murder after a gruesome killing that has shocked the country. Mother-of-two Kristina Joksimovic's dismembered body was ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/crime/kristina-joks…

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web search NEUTRAL — Miss Switzerland finalist was dismembered by husband and put in blender Court finds Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was strangled to death and there were 'concrete indications of mental illness ...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/12/miss-switz…

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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities in Switzerland have charged the husband of Kristina Joksimovic, a former Miss Switzerland finalist, with murder after prosecutors alleged he strangled her, mutilated her body and ...
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/kristina-joksimovic-mur…

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Claim 8: “Rieben is accused of killing his wife when the 38-year-old model told him she wanted to call off their relationship, according to the local Swiss paper Tages-Anzeiger.”

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Sources report the motive was related to the victim wanting to end the relationship/divorce, with specific mention of the local Swiss paper Tages-Anzeiger in the context of the case details.

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web search NEUTRAL — Marc or MARC may refer to: Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference, a college rowing conference.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc

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web search NEUTRAL — This online publication provides access to both the full and concise versions of the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data. The "full" bibliographic format contains detailed descriptions of every data…
https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/

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Claim 9: “Joksimovic was crowned Miss Northwest Switzerland and in 2007 was a finalist for Miss Switzerland.”

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Claim 10: “Rieben was watching YouTube videos on his phone while he dismembered the model and “pureed” her limbs in the industrial blender, according to court documents.”

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While the dismemberment and blender use are corroborated, the specific detail about watching YouTube videos during the act was not present in the provided evidence results.

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Claim 11: “Several of her body parts were cut up with an industrial blender, “pureed” and dissolved in a chemical solution, officials confirmed.”

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Multiple sources confirm that body parts were pureed in an industrial blender and dissolved in a chemical solution.

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Claim 12: “The pair had just had an explosive fight over their impending divorce, child custody involving their two daughters and financial issues Feb. 13, 2022 — before her butchered body was found later that day in Binningen near the city of Basel, prosecutors said.”

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Multiple sources confirm the body was found in Binningen, near Basel, in February 2022, and that the dispute involved divorce and custody.

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web search NEUTRAL — Basel had gained its de facto independence from both the bishop and from the Habsburgs and was free to pursue its own policy of territorial expansion, beginning around 1400.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel

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web search NEUTRAL — The ravaged body of model Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was found in her home in Binningen, near Basel in February. The friend said she had been friends with Kristina long before she met Marc, but wanted t…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13854427/Slaughtered-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kristina Joksimovic was discovered in February at her 'upscale' Binningen home in February. The property lies abandoned in an affluent area of Binningen, which locals call the 'gold hill' due to the '…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13852269/Miss-Switzer…

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Claim 13: “Rieben allegedly snapped her hip joints out of their sockets and proceeded to remove her upper left arm, forearms and right lower leg as part of the dismemberment, according to the grisly autopsy report.”

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Claim 14: “Her father found her body in a black bag in her laundry room.”

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Multiple sources mention the father found the remains (specifically the head) in a bin bag/black bag in the home.

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Claim 15: “The husband ended up chopping up her body with a knife and garden shears, police said.”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that a jigsaw, knife, and garden shears were used for the dismemberment.

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web search NEUTRAL — An autopsy found the body was then dismembered with a jigsaw, knife and garden shears before body parts were chopped up with a hand blender, “pureed” and dissolved in a chemical solution, local outlet…
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/kristina-joksimovic-dad-found-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The experts who analysed the dismemberment of her body said Marc used a jigsaw, a knife and a pair of garden shears to dismember Kristina, before either throwing 'various body parts' into an industria…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13854427/Slaughtere…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rieben allegedly used a jigsaw, knife, and garden shears to dismember her, carefully removing her womb, which investigators believe points to a potential mental disorder. Parts of her body were pureed…
https://vt.co/news/world/miss-switzerland-finalists-decapita…

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Claim 16: “Rieben, who was charged in December with murder, has insisted the killing was in “self defense.””

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