Bodybuilder ‘incinerated ex-wife when she went to get her engagement and wedding rings’

Ian Baunach (left) was taken into custody within the homicide of his ex-wife Katie Baunach (Footage: Fb/Ian Baunach)

A bodybuilder allegedly killed his ex-wife when she went to his home to choose up her belongings and incinerated her after retrieving her engagement and wedding ceremony rings.

Ian Christopher Baunach, 43, on Monday pleaded not responsible to killing Katie Baunach, 39, who's the mom of their two kids.

The ex-Marine was arrested in November 2021 and charged with home battery by strangulation, however launched later the identical day on a $25,000 bond.

In September, 10 months after Ian’s arrest, Katie accused him of abusing one among their youngsters and obtained a restraining order towards him.

Ian Baunach was arrested after police discovered blood stains in his dwelling and his ex-wife’s automobile parked outdoors (Image: Fb/Ian Baunach)

Katie left their two youngsters with a buddy on September 29 and mentioned her ex-husband had allowed her to go to his dwelling to take again a few of her ‘private gadgets’. She didn't return.

The next day, police went to Ian’s home in LaBelle, which is about 30 miles east of Fort Myers in Florida, and located Katie’s automobile outdoors. Nonetheless, Ian was not contained in the residence. Cops later discovered Katie’s automobile was now not parked outdoors the house.

Police obtained a search warrant as a result of Ian wouldn't allow them to inside. Once they bought in, they noticed blood stains which he mentioned have been from grocery gadgets.

They broke right into a protected and recovered an AR-15 higher receiver and 13 silencers – and Katie’s engagement and wedding ceremony bands.

Katie Baunach was the mom of the couple’s two kids (Image: Fb/Ian Baunach)

Cops additionally discovered a .40 caliber pistol on a bookshelf, a shotgun and three rifles within the attic.

Outdoors, they found human stays, together with ‘the fragment of a human mandible with an intact tooth in a contemporary burn pile’, court docket paperwork state.

A blue 50-gallon barrel contained ‘further human bone fragment’ and ‘legislation enforcement found different suspected human bone fragments within the space surrounding the burn pile’, in line with the doc.

Ian, who carried one other .40 caliber pistol on him, admitted to getting in a struggle with Katie ‘over one other lady’ and being ‘indignant’ that she was granted a home violence injunction towards him.

Ian Baunach pleaded not responsible to murdering his ex-wife Katie (Image: Fb/Ian Baunach)

However he denied murdering Katie and mentioned she had vanished and there was nobody there.

Ian was arrested and charged with first-degree pre-meditated homicide, cremating a useless physique 48 hours after demise and destruction/concealment of bodily proof.

He may face the demise penalty or life in jail if convicted.

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