A former partner of Borce Ristevski has revealed she was asked by police if the accused killer had been violent towards her during sex.
Ristevski, was charged with the murder of his wife Karen on Wednesday, nearly 18 months after she vanished from her Avondale Heights home in Melbourne.
Following her disappearance, detectives questioned the family’s friends and relatives about the Ristevski’s marriage and whether it had been volatile.
An ex-girlfriend of Mr Ristevski’s was asked about his sexual fantasies and whether he had been violent towards her – including during sex, the Herald Sun reported.
Borce Ristevski (right) was charged with the murder of his wife Karen (left) on Wednesday, nearly 18 months after she vanished from her Avondale Heights home in Melbourne
Borce Ristevski was arrested by detectives from the Missing Persons Squad on Wednesday
‘[The detective] asked me if he ever hit me and if he had a temper,’ the woman told the paper.
Family members also said police asked whether Karen’s stepson Anthony Rickard would ‘cover up’ for his alleged killer father.
‘A missing person’s detective called me, it was quite late at night’ one woman said, according to the publication.
‘He asked me things like, ”do I think Anthony could be covering for his father” and I said, ”not in a million years”.’
Ristevski is accused of murdering his 47-year-old wife at Avondale Heights on June 29, 2016, according to documents tendered to court
Family members also said police asked whether Karen’s stepson Anthony Rickard (pictured) would ‘cover up’ for his alleged killer father
Mr Rickard previously accused Mr Ristevski of his wife’s murder on social media after her body was found in bushland on February 20.
The ice addict also declared he had been in a relationship with his stepmother and had plans to flee the family home together.
‘Boris u were not there for me for my first 14 years why the f**k did u come into my life and f**k the next 14 years (sic)?’ Mr Rickard wrote in April.
Meanwhile, Ms Ristevski’s brother Stephen Williams said he was one step closer to justice after charges were laid over her murder.
Shortly after the arrest, Karen’s only sibling said he had ‘waited patiently’ for an arrest to be made over his sister’s death.
Karen Ristevski’s brother Stephen Williams (pictured together) says he is one step closer to justice after the slain mother’s husband was charged with her murder
Pictured, the location of where Karen Ristevski’s body was found. Her husband now faces murder charges over her death
‘Today has been a surprisingly emotional day – one which I have been patiently waiting for,’ Mr Williams said in a statement.
‘It is in no way a celebration, it’s another stage in bringing my beautiful sister Karen the justice she so deserves.
‘A huge thank you to the Missing Persons Squad – also to Emily, Lachlan, my cousins and work colleagues who have been very supportive through these long last 18 months’.
In March, Borce Ristevski was one of the pallbearers at a private funeral service for his slain wife.
In March, Borce Ristevski was one of the pallbearers at a private funeral service for his slain wife
Nine months later, he faced Melbourne Magistrates Court accused of her murder.
‘He will be pleading not guilty,’ his lawyer Rob Stary told magistrate Angela Bolger on Wednesday.
Ristevski is accused of murdering his 47-year-old wife at Avondale Heights on June 29, 2016, according to documents tendered to court.
Ms Ristevski went missing from the couple’s Oakley Drive home the same morning.
Her remains were discovered in bushland in the Mount Macedon Regional Park almost eight months later, on February 20.
Mr Ristevski is pictured being comforted by a friend while attending his wife’s funeral at the St Johns Uniting Church in Essendon
Friends and family of Ms Ristevski attended her funeral service at St Johns Uniting Church in Essendon in March
Prosecutor Andrew Tinney SC said police needed extra time to complete their brief of evidence ‘because of the nature of the investigation and the ongoing work that needs to be a done’.
Mr Stary said his client had already been under investigation for a number of months.
‘This man doesn’t have any history and we want the matter expedited,’ he told the court.
Ristevski has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to return to court on April 18.
No one from his family was in court on Wednesday.
KAREN RISTEVSKI’S DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH
Melbourne mother Karen Ristevski disappearred from her house on Oakley Drive in Avondale Heights, in the city’s north-west at about 10am on June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016: Melbourne mother Karen Ristevski disappears from her house on Oakley Drive in Avondale Heights, in the city’s north-west at about 10am
July 8: Mr Ristevski is questioned by detectives and denies any involvement in her disappearance
Borce told police the pair had an argument and she had left the home to ‘clear her head’
July 13: Police and SES scour the bushland behind the Ristevski home, near the Maribyrnong River
July 14: Mr Ristevski addresses a press conference appealing for information about her disappearance.
A Channel Seven reporter controversially asks Mr Ristevski: ‘Did you kill your wife?’ Borce refuses to respond
July 29: Police divers search another part of the Maribyrnong River, about three kilometres from the Ristevski house
August 11: Mr Ristevski’s son from an earlier relationship posts a series of disturbing and unsubstantiated messages to social media
August 24: Mr Ristevski’s brother Vasco suggests Karen might have fled to the U.S. or China on a fake passport
December 19-20: Police drain dams and search countryside at Toolern Vale – close to the Mt Macedon crime scene
February 20, 2017: A bushwalker finds her body under a large log at Mt Macedone, about 52km from her house, and contacts police
February 21: The body is confirmed to be Ms Ristevski’s and police break the news to her family
February 22: Mr Ristevski’s lawyer Rob Stary concedes Mr Ristevski is the ‘number one suspect’ in Karen’s death
March 6: Karen Ristevski is farewelled by mourners at a church in Essedon. Mr Ristevski is a pallbearer and his daughter Sarah leads the procession
June 19: A Current Affair run into Vasco Ristevski bushwalking near the site of Karen’s grave
December 13: Borce Ristevski is charged with Karen’s murder
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