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Published 6:00 am Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Evidence is continuing to be provided to the defense in the case against a man accused of murdering the mother of his children.
Salko Husejnovic, 32, appeared Monday for a pretrial conference in Warren Circuit Court, where he is charged with murder, first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, abuse of a corpse, three counts of second-degree criminal abuse, theft by unlawful taking, tampering with physical evidence, first-degree criminal mischief and violation of a foreign EPO/DVO.
Husejnovic is accused of causing the death of Jasmina Aljic some time between Jan. 14-19.
Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney Kori Beck Bumgarner said in court Monday that there had been some issues with Husejnovic’s defense team of attorneys Christy Hiance and Sara Zeurcher of the Department of Public Advocacy being able to access discovery evidence provided to them by her office ahead of the pretrial conference, but those issues were on the way to being resolved.
Warren Circuit Judge Chris Cohron scheduled another pretrial conference for March 1.
The criminal investigation began Jan. 19, when the Warren County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by someone who reported seeing a car on fire in the 3300 block of Threlkel Ferry Road.
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Aljic’s body was found in the vehicle, which was also registered to her, and investigators learned that she had three children in common with Husejnoiv and had taken out a protective order against him in Missouri.
WCSO deputies went to Husejnovic’s home on Fortuna Road, obtaining a search warrant after Husejnovic came out of hiding to meet them and denied knowing Aljic’s whereabouts, according to court records.
Three pillows with apparent bloodstains were found in a washing machine in the home, according to prior court testimony.
Shelly Boyd, who was in a relationship with Husejnovic’s brother, answered the door when deputies arrived, and Boyd later reportedly told detectives that she witnessed an incident of domestic violence between Husejnovic and Aljic that resulted in Aljic’s death.
According to prior testimony from WCSO Detective Tim Robinson, Boyd told authorities that Aljic’s body was placed on the kitchen floor and left there for three days.
Court records show that Boyd obtained a can of gasoline on Jan. 18, and then she and Husejnovic drove Aljic’s vehicle with the body to Threlkel Ferry Road.
Boyd reportedly claimed that Husejnovic poured gasoline over the vehicle and doused a rag with gasoline to set the vehicle on fire.
Robinson testified that Husejnovic told detectives that it was Boyd’s idea not to get help for Aljic, leave the body in the kitchen, buy gasoline and light the fire.
Boyd, 45, is charged with complicity to murder, abuse of a corpse, three counts of second-degree criminal abuse, theft by unlawful taking, tampering with physical evidence and first-degree criminal mischief, and is due back in court Nov. 16 for a pretrial conference.
