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<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Ian Christopher Baunach, 43, of LaBelle, Florida, was arraigned on Monday on first-degree murder charges in the death of his ex-wife Katie Baunach, on Sept 29</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>The <strong>Florida bodybuilder, a former US Marine, was arrested after he allegedly, killed and &#8216;incinerated his ex-wife went she over to his house to pick up her belongings,&#8217; on his invitation</strong> </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Katie Baunach, 39, was last seen alive on September 29, leaving their two children with friends and saying she was going to see her ex-husband and collect some things </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Worried friends called the police the following day, and they investigated his Tampa home &#8211; Her car was parked outside </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>They obtained a warrant when Baunach refused to allow grant them access </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Inside the suspect&#8217;s home they found traces of blood, evidence of a struggle, guns and silencers, and human remains in a burnt-out oil drum on the property </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Cops found her jawbone and tooth in a fresh burn pile in his backyard</strong> </h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Katie Baunach&#8217;s engagement ring and wedding rings were found inside a safe, along with an AR-15 upper receiver and 13 silencers </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#261c1f;font-size:14px"><strong>If convicted on the state charge of first-degree murder, Baunach faces life in prison or the death penalty ;</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ian-Christopher-Baunach-and-Katie-Baunach-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-419265" width="836" height="624"/><figcaption><strong>Ian Christopher Baunach, [left], is accused of killing his ex-wife Katie Baunach, [right], on Sept 29, then burning her body in an oil drum in the back yard, The crime was uncovered when investigators found a piece of her jawbone at the crime scene. He faces life in prison or the death penalty.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Florida based bodybuilder and former US Marine has been accused of murdering his ex-wife when she visited him to collect some of her things. Ian Christopher Baunach allegedly, then burn Katie Baunach&#8217;s her body in an oil drum in the back yard.<br>Ian Baunach, 43, appeared in court in Tampa on Monday and pled not guilty to killing his estranged wife, 39-year-old Katie, with whom he shared two children.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ian-Christopher-Baunach-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-419264" width="845" height="858"/><figcaption><strong>Last November Baunach, a former Marine and dedicated bodybuilder was arrested for domestic battery by strangulation. He&#8217;s now charged with first-degree pre-meditated murder; destruction/concealment of physical evidence, and cremating a dead body <br></strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In November 2021, Baunach, a former Marine who retrained as an engineer, was arrested on charges of domestic battery by strangulation, and was released the same day on $25,000 bond.<br>Ten months later, in September this year, Katie Baunach took out a restraining order against him, accusing him of abusing one of their children.<br>The mother-of-two was last seen on September 29 when she left her children with a friend, who she told that her ex had said she could come over to &#8216;retrieve some of her personal items.&#8217;<br>Katie Baunach told the friend baby-sitting her kids she&#8217;d be right back, but never returned.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ian-Christopher-Baunach-and-Katie-Baunach-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-419266" width="843" height="1126"/><figcaption><strong>Katie Baunach [left], was last seen Sept 29 when she left her children with a friend, who she told that her ex [right],agreed she could come over to &#8216;retrieve some of her personal items.&#8217; When she didn&#8217;t return, her loved ones called police were called. </strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ian-Christopher-Baunachs-home-in-Fort-Myers-Florida-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-419271" width="837" height="606"/><figcaption><strong> Baunach supposedly wasn&#8217;t home first time cops went to his home in LaBelle [photo], 30 miles inland of Fort Myers. <strong>Returning <strong>shortly after</strong></strong> cops realizing Katie&#8217;s car had been moved executed a search warrant against the property and uncovered a trove of evidence</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Police were called and on September 30 went to his home in LaBelle, 30 miles inland of Fort Myers, only to find that he was not home. His missing ex-wife&#8217;s car was parked outside.<br>Returning shortly after Baunach had refused to let them in. Realizing the car had been moved, officers obtained a warrant to search the property. Detectives found evidence of a struggle and blood stains inside the house, which he claimed were from groceries.<br>The also found Katie Baunach&#8217;s engagement ring and wedding rings inside a safe, along with an AR-15 upper receiver and 13 silencers in the safe A a Glock Model 27 .40 caliber pistol inside a plastic bag was found on a bookshelf, according to the complaint.<br>There were three rifles and a shotgun in an attic above the garage, and Baunach had another .40 caliber Glock on his person.<br>Complimenting the trove of evidence, the officers then found human remains on the property.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ian-Christopher-Baunach-and-Katie-Baunach-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-419272" width="838" height="575"/><figcaption><strong>Katie Baunach told friends she was going to her ex&#8217;s house briefly to collect some belongings, but never returned. Searching Ian Baunach&#8217;s house detectives found signs of a struggle and blood stains. Katie Baunach&#8217;s engagement ring and wedding rings were found inside a safe</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to court documents, they &#8216;discovered the fragment of a human mandible with an intact tooth in a fresh burn pile, and discovered a blue fifty-gallon barrel near the burn pile which reeked of decaying flesh.<br>&#8216;Inside the blue fifty-gallon barrel, law enforcement discovered an additional human bone fragment. Law enforcement discovered other suspected human bone fragments in the area surrounding the burn pile.&#8217;<br>Baunach denied killing his ex-wife, and told them there was no body and she had disappeared.<br>He admitted to getting into an argument with her, which he was was &#8216;over another woman&#8217;.<br>Baunach &#8216;admitted to being angry that Katie Baunach filed for and received a domestic violence injunction against him.&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ian-Christopher-Baunach-in-uniform-while-in-the-US-Marine-Corp-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-419269" width="840" height="576"/><figcaption><strong>Ian Baunach is pictured in uniform while in the US Marine Corp before the alleged killing. Searching his house found guns, silencers and human remains</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He claimed he went to sleep, and by the time he woke up in the morning she had gone.<br>He said he then moved her car to the street.<br>&#8216;When asked about the blood found inside the Premises, Baunach stated that he did not believe the officers.&#8217;<br>Baunach was taken into custody and charged with first-degree pre-meditated murder; destruction/concealment of physical evidence, and cremating a dead body 48 hours after death.<br>If convicted of first-degree murder he faces life in prison, or the death penalty.</p>

Florida bodybuilder, Ian Christopher Baunach, 49, arrested after ‘he killed and incinerated his ex-wife while she went to pick up her belongings’ – Cops found her jawbone and tooth in a burn pile at his home
