Klaus Julius Andres who murdered wife Li Ping Cao then dissolved her body in acid could be freed

A “psychopath” husband, who murdered his wife and then dissolved her body in acid, leaving only her porcelain teeth, is given the chance to plead for parole.

Klaus Julius Andres, who was found guilty of the 2013 murder of Li Ping Cao and sentenced to life in prison, was given the chance after being deemed to have cooperated under Queensland’s ‘no body, no parole’ laws.

Andres, now 80, will not be eligible for parole until December 2028, but argued that he should be granted parole under exceptional circumstances due to his poor health.

Queensland’s Parole Board found he can pursue that outcome in a June 16 decision.

The first sign of foul play was at a police press conference when Andres smiled and joked as he asked for information about his wife (pictured)

It is not known whether Andres, who is incarcerated at Lotus Glen Correctional Center in Far North Queensland, has reapplied for parole since that ruling, the Courier Mail reported.

A Cairns jury incarcerated Andres for life in 2013 after making a breakthrough in Ms Cao’s disappearance in October 2011.

He was then 70, 26 years older than Mrs. Cao, whom he killed at age 42.

Queensland Police discovered CCTV footage of Andres using Ms Cao’s card at an ATM and hardware store where he bought 40 liters of acid.

In total, they found that he had bought 60 liters of acid.

Initially, investigating officers believed the acid had been used to clean up a crime scene.

But they realized the grim truth after 10 Ms. Cao’s porcelain teeth were found in a drain outside the couple’s home in Cairns.

Andres had melted her body in a bin of muriatic acid she’d bought from Bunnings.

Neighbors provided stark evidence to police that after her disappearance, Andres lost control of a heavy trash can in his driveway, resulting in “a pink slushy mess” spilling down a storm drain.

Andres told detectives that Ms. Cao disappeared after she left him when she accused him of cheating.

The couple, who met online, had been married for seven years, but Andres didn’t seem upset about his wife’s disappearance, Detective Brad McLeish told A Current Affair in 2017.

Andres would not be eligible for parole until 2028 after dissolving his wife’s body in acid while having an affair with another woman

Detectives determined Andres killed his wife after she found 10 of her porcelain teeth in a drain near their home in Cairns (pictured)

Andres is incarcerated at the Lotus Glen Correctional Center in Far North Queensland (pictured) and is expected to make a new offer for parole

At a press conference before his arrest, Andres even laughed and joked with reporters.

“I don’t like to use the word psychopath, but that’s his personality,” Sergeant McLeish said.

“He’s just an evil, greedy, arrogant little man.”

He was found to be in a relationship with another Thai woman and had forged his wife’s signature so that he could collect her Centrelink payments.

An extramarital affair and money seemed to be his main motives, Sergeant McLeish said.

Andre’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Australia in 2016 was rejected.