A 49-year-old woman who was stabbed to death by her ‘jealous boss’ gave the 75-year-old a key to her home prior to her brutal murder.
Jennifer Borchardt was found dead in a pool of blood in her quiet Melbourne suburban home last year by her heartbroken partner Robert Hanson.
The woman’s employer, Peter Palvis, who has been described a ‘jealous boss’, pleaded guilty to her violent murder and is waiting to be sentenced.
Jennifer Borchardt (pictured) was found dead in a pool of blood in her quiet suburban home last year by her heartbroken partner Robert Hanson days after their engagement
The 49-year-old woman (right) who was stabbed to death by her ‘jealous boss’ gave the 75-year-old a key to her home prior to her brutal murder
Peter Palvis (right) was described of having ‘jealous rage’ towards Ms Borchardt’s (left) relationship despite having worked with her for 18 years at his company, The Muesli Company
Mr Hanson, who proposed to ‘the love of his life’ days earlier, believed their relationship fueled the 75-year-old’s ‘jealous rage’ which served as a motive for the grim murder.
Ms Borchardt often picked Mr Palvis, who reportedly suffers dementia, up from his house to drive to work together where she later gave her boss a key to her Richmond home, in Melbourne, the heartbroken partner told Take 5 magazine.
Despite Mr Hanson thinking the situation was a ‘bit freaky’, his girlfriend brushed it off because ‘he’s 75 and pretty harmless’.
‘Looking back, it’s obvious he was secretly infatuated with Jennifer,’ Mr Hanson said.
‘He thought he owned her and I’m convinced he had a warped fantasy they’d be together one day.’
Some colleagues speculated that the murderer’s motive could have been because of ‘an argument about a botched shipment to China’.
Ms Borchardt (pictured) often picked Mr Palvis, who reportedly suffers dementia, up from his house to drive to work together where she later gave him a key to her Melbourne home
Despite Mr Hanson thinking the situation was a ‘bit freaky’, his girlfriend brushed it off because ‘he’s 75 and pretty harmless’ but now he believes Mr Palvis was ‘secretly infatuated’ with her
Other workmates reportedly said Mr Palvis, who had worked with the 49-year-old (pictured) for 18 years, ‘had put pressure on Jennifer to dump (her boyfriend)’
Other workmates reportedly said Mr Palvis, who had worked with the 49-year-old for 18 years, ‘had put pressure on Jennifer to dump (her boyfriend)’.
Mr Palvis, who founded the Muesli Company in 1984, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court and did not apply for bail.
The elderly man is expected to appear in the Victorian Supreme Court in July.
Mr Palvis, who founded the Muesli Company in 1984, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court over the murder (home pictured) and did not apply for bail as he awaits sentencing
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