Paria Veisi, 37, was last seen alive leaving her work, a week before her body was found at a property in the Penylan area of Cardiff on 19 April.
Alireza Askari, 41, has been charged with Ms Veisi’s murder, preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body, and assaulting a person occasioning them actual bodily harm.
An inquest into her death was opened on Thursday where the provisional cause of death was given as stab wounds to the neck and upper chest.
Area coroner Patricia Morgan passed on her condolences to Ms Veisi’s friends and family and told South Wales Central Coroner’s Court that she would adjourn the inquest until police investigations have concluded.
“On the basis of the evidence that has been set out to me this morning, I have reason to suspect that her death might be violent in nature,” she said.
“I have been informed by South Wales Police that there is an ongoing investigation and on that basis, I suspend the inquest until I am informed the criminal proceedings reach their conclusion.”
After Ms Veisi was reported missing, South Wales Police said that she was last seen leaving her workplace in the Canton area of Cardiff on 12 April.
She was driving her black Mercedes GLC 200, which was later discovered on Dorchester Avenue, Penylan.
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Askari appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on 22 April alongside Maryam Delavary, 48, from White City Estate, west London.
She is accused of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
A four-week trial is scheduled to start in October.
