The man who brutally murdered his wife, a Miss Switzerland finalist, and dismembered her body has been sentenced to life in prison. This is a shocking case that went global in February 2024, making headlines due to its graphic content. Marc Rieben, the husband, showed no emotion when the verdict was passed, but stumbled forward briefly. The case had a lasting impact on the victim's family. The judge ordered Marc Rieben to pay hefty compensation to the couple's children and their relatives. The case involved strangulation and gruesome mutilation, as the body was dismembered using a blender.
An evil husband who murdered his Miss Switzerland finalist wife and dismembered her body using a blender has been jailed for life. Father of two Marc Rieben, 43, showed no emotion as the guilty verdict was passed but briefly appeared to stumble forward as the decision was read out to him.
The remains of Kristina Joksimovic, 38, were found by her horrified father and he was in court with his wife for the verdict with both sobbing loudly. The killing in February 2024 made headlines around the world and the case was so graphic public were barred from the hearing and media could only follow from an adjoining court.
Around 50 demonstrators had gathered outside the court building in Muttenz near Basel for the decision and extra police were also drafted in. Judge Daniel Schmid also ordered Rieben to pay 100,000 Swiss Francs compensation to the couple's two daughters aged five and six, while Kristina's father was awarded 120,000 Swiss Francs, her mother 100,000 and her sister 60,000 Francs. The amounts were to be increased by 5 per cent interest from the date of the killing.
Passing sentence Judge Schmid said:' There are cases that make fiction become reality. This case has changed our reality. No court ruling can fill the void left by the loss of a loved one. We as a court will also never forget you and will carry you in our hearts.
' Marc Rieben, 43, has been jailed for life for the 2024 murder of his wife, Kristina Joksimovic In February 2024, Rieben killed his wife in a violent rage before dismembering her body and putting body parts in a blender - 'pureeing' them, as the autopsy described it. To neighbours and acquaintances, Rieben appeared the model husband. He was a devoted father and volunteered with a scout group in his free time.
On February 13, the pair are said to have discussed the terms of an impending split over lunch. 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 removed from the arguments they were known to have had during their marriage. During the altercation, Rieben grabbed his wife by the throat and pressed her against the wall.
He then reportedly wrapped a 'ribbon-like object' around her neck and strangled her, before mutilating and pureeing her body. An autopsy found that Kristina's body showed signs of blunt force trauma, including cuts to her face and bruising to her leg, foot, shoulder blades and the back of her head. Some of her hair had been torn out. After her death, Rieben dismembered her body using a jigsaw, a knife and garden shears.
Investigators say he 'carefully removed' her womb, the only organ taken from her torso, in what experts described as a 'deliberate mutilation or ritualised degradation of the body' that may indicate a mental disorder. Some body parts were placed into an industrial blender, while others were dissolved in a chemical solution. Investigators also found that he played YouTube videos on his phone while carrying out the dismemberment.
It was Kristina's father who made the horrific discovery after he became concerned when his daughter failed to collect the children, and he found parts of her body while looking for her at her home. Addressing the court last week, Anina Hofer, the lawyer for Kristina's parents, read out an emotional statement from her mother. She said: 'I stand here today in court as a mother who has lost her daughter. Whose children miss their mummy every day.
'She was loving, protective of her children, and gave them everything. Just one month after she tried to forge a new path for herself and her children, she was brutally torn from life.
'No verdict can bring our daughter back. But it can show that her life matters. ' This is a breaking news story. More to follow.
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