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A hulking erstwhile Marine allegedly killed his ex-wife erstwhile she stopped by his Florida location to prime up her belongings — past destroyed her remains, which were recovered scattered successful a “burn pile” connected his property.
Ian Christopher Baunach, 43, of LaBelle, pled not blameworthy successful Tampa national tribunal Monday to first-degree execution charges successful the gruesome decease of Katie Baunach, the 39-year-old ma of his 2 children, the Daily Beast reported.
Last month, Katie reportedly obtained a restraining bid against the erstwhile bodybuilder for allegedly abusing 1 of the kids.
She was past seen connected Sept. 29 erstwhile she told a person she was going implicit to prime up a fewer belongings astatine Ian’s location and would instrumentality immediately, according to the outlet.
“This was the past clip Katie Baunach was seen alive,” according to a transgression ailment cited by the outlet.
Ian Christopher Baunach, 43, of LaBelle, Florida, is accused of sidesplitting and burning his ex-wife, Katie Baunach, who had a restraining bid against him.Ian Baunach/Facebook
The burned remains of 39-year-old Katie Baunach were recovered strewn crossed her ex-husband’s property.Katie Baunach/FacebookWhen constabulary went to analyse astatine Ian’s spot the adjacent day, they noticed that her car was parked successful his driveway with her purse inactive inside, but the erstwhile bodybuilder was not there.
When the cops returned a abbreviated portion later, they noticed that her car had been moved to the street.
Ian refused to let the officers wrong truthful they obtained a hunt warrant to hunt the premises of the alleged killer, who was arrested successful November 2021 connected charges of home artillery by strangulation.
Katie obtained a restraining bid against the erstwhile bodybuilder for allegedly abusing 1 of their 2 kids.Ian Baunach/FacebookHe was sprung connected $25,000 enslaved and the charges were dropped successful January.
Once wrong the man’s location the officers detected “signs of a carnal struggle” truthful they sprayed his car’s trunk with luminol, “a chemic that reacts to the beingness of humor by glowing blue,” the papers states.
“The interior of Baunach’s conveyance trunk glowed bluish aft instrumentality enforcement applied the luminol,” according to the ailment cited by the Daily Beast.
They past applied the chemic wrong Ian’s home, wherever it showed the beingness of humor successful assorted locations, the ailment continues.
Katie’s engagement ringing and wedding set were reportedly recovered wrong her ex-husband’s safe.Karen Pete Walker Pennington/FacKatie’s engagement ringing and wedding band, which she had been wearing the time before, were recovered wrong a safe, according to the document.
The cops past made a horrifying find – “the fragment of a quality mandible with an intact bony successful a caller pain pile,” arsenic good arsenic a 50-gallon tube adjacent a “burn heap which reeked of decaying flesh.”
They recovered different bony fragments strewn about, including successful the bluish container, officials said.
Despite the gut-churning evidence, Ian denied sidesplitting his ex-wife and claimed they had lone argued “over different woman” earlier helium went to furniture and that she had near by the clip helium awoke.
Ian was charged with execution and nonaccomplishment to study a decease to the aesculapian examiner – arsenic good arsenic possession of controlled substances without a medicine for steroids.Ian Baunach/Facebook
Ian lone “admitted to being aggravated that Katie Baunach filed for and received a home unit injunction against him.”Hendry County JailHe besides insisted that the humor successful his car came from “groceries helium had transported,” the ailment states.
“When asked astir the humor recovered wrong the Premises, Baunach stated that helium did not judge the officers,” and blamed a breached reflector connected having “bumped into it portion walking down the hall.”
The pumped-up fishy besides told the officers that they “did not person a body” – truthful Katie was not “actually a missing person.”
Meanwhile, constabulary recovered a portion from an AR-15 battle rifle, 13 silencers and a .40-caliber Glock handgun wrong the home. Ian besides was reportedly carrying different pistol astatine the clip of his arrest.
He was charged with first-degree execution and nonaccomplishment to study a decease to the aesculapian examiner – arsenic good arsenic a twelve counts of possession of controlled substances without a medicine for steroids.
Ian has lone “admitted to being aggravated that Katie Baunach filed for and received a home unit injunction against him.”
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