When his ex-wife visited his Florida house to pick up her possessions, the muscular former Marine allegedly shot her to death. He then allegedly burned her remains, which were later discovered spread in a “burn pile” on his property.
According to the Daily Beast, Katie Baunach, the mother of Ian Christopher Baunach’s two children, was brutally murdered and Ian Christopher Baunach, 43, of LaBelle, is accused of first-degree murder. When police searched his home for his missing ex-wife Katie Baunach, a 39-year-old nurse, they allegedly discovered stockpiles of both steroids and unlicensed silencers. This is according to a Facebook page. Investigators found that the couple had two kids together.
The police department issued this statement:
On Friday, October 10, 2022, Hendry County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit officially charged 43-year-old Ian Baunach of Ft Denaud, Florida, in the gruesome death of his former wife, 39-year-old Katie Samantha Baunach.
During the morning hours of Friday, September 30, 2022, Hendry County Sheriff Steve Whidden received a call from a friend of Katie Samantha Baunach, reporting that she was concerned for her safety. She reported that the night before Katie had left her two children in her care to go to the home of her former husband Ian Baunach to retrieve some of her personal items. Friends and family had not heard from her nor have been able to reach her on her cell phone.
When deputies arrived at the home and were unable contact either Katie or Ian Baunach, detectives requested a search warrant. A search warrant was obtained and deputies along with the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team responded to the home. During the search detectives found a large number of steroids within the home, to which Ian admitted belonged to him.
Ian was then placed under arrest and charged with 13 counts of Possession of Controlled Substance without a Prescription and transported to the Hendry County Jail.
Still unable to locate Katie, a second search warrant was obtained for the home and property.
It was during this four (4) day search, detectives were able to determine that remains found on the property were those of 39-year-old Katie Samantha Baunach.
On October 10, 2022, at approximately 5:00pm, Hendry County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit did charge Ian Christopher Baunach with 1st Degree Pre-Meditated Murder, Destruction/Conceal Physical Evidence, Use of Two-Way Communication Device to Facilitate a Felony, Cremate Dead Body 48 hours after Death and Failure to Report Death to Medical Examiner.
Ian Christopher Baunach is currently being held in the Hendry County Jail with No Bond.
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