SAN FRANCISCO — A computer expert in Bavaria, Germany murdered his wife and then cut her body into pieces so he could go on a sex holiday in Thailand .

Horst Koenig, 53, admitted in Augsburg State Court in Bavaria that he killed his wife of ten years Grace, 37, a Filipina, and emptied her bank account so he could go on his vacation.

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The victim, Grace Koenig, had endured a marriage filled with his infidelity, said prosecutors, according to a report in UK’s Daily Mail. Her Filipino surname was not released.

Horst Konig rented a warehouse in Augsburg last year where he installed a computer to research how to kill a person with a single blow to the head.

On November 30, 2015 while Grace was asleep in bed, he bludgeoned her on the temple and then slipped a plastic bag over her head, leading to her death by suffocation. He cut her up into eight pieces, smothered all the body parts with the construction foam and brought them to the warehouse.

Before flying to Thailand on December 2 he emailed friends and family members of Grace saying she had left him to return to the Philippines “but I will win her back.”

He stayed in Thailand for three weeks but was arrested on his return by police who had been contacted by Grace’s family.

The trial is expected to end next week and he is staring at a life jail sentence for premeditated murder.

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