Shocking grisly details behind murder of stunning Miss Switzerland finalist: ‘Carefully removed’ this body part
Kristina Joksimov, a 38-year-old former Miss Switzerland finalist and mother of two, was murdered by her husband Marc Rieben in February 2022 after she announced her intention to divorce him. Rieben allegedly strangled her during an argument, then dismembered her body, removing her womb and using an industrial blender to destroy parts of her limbs. He is set to appear in court, claiming self-defense, while investigators have presented evidence of premeditated violence and post-mortem mutilation.
- ▪Marc Rieben, 41, is accused of strangling his wife Kristina Joksimov after she told him she wanted a divorce.
- ▪Rieben allegedly dismembered Joksimov’s body, carefully removed her womb, and used an industrial blender to puree her limbs.
- ▪Joksimov’s father discovered her severed head in a black bag in her laundry room in Binningen near Basel.
- ▪Police found an industrial blender, body parts, and evidence that Rieben watched YouTube videos during the dismemberment.
- ▪Rieben claimed the killing was in self-defense, but authorities describe the act as deliberate mutilation and ritualized degradation.
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World News Shocking grisly details behind murder of stunning Miss Switzerland finalist: ‘Carefully removed’ this body part By Patrick Reilly Published May 3, 2026, 12:32 p.m. ET 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, according to cops. 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. 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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