Kristine Johnson body found
vladimir
the Hollywood Hills this afternoon is that of 22-year-old Kristine Johnson.
Santa Monica Police Chief James Butts says a body marking enabled
investigators to positively identify the body found at the bottom of a
ravine as that of Johnson.
Los Angeles police received a call shortly after 1 pm that a body was
discovered on Skyline Drive.
About 100 volunteers searched the Hollywood Hills and Topanga Canyon over
the weekend, but found no sign of Johnson. She disappeared February 15th
after telling her roommate she was going to Beverly Hills to audition for a
photographer she met while shopping at the Century City Mall. The audition
was purportedly connected to a movie production.
Last Updated: Mar 3, 2003
Aaron0617
discovered on Skyline >Drive.
Police had a suspect. I wonder if he led them to the body or they just find
this by accident.
Prospective models meeting men alone in L.A. In some way, I'm surprised this
doesn't happen more often. Sad.
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About Kristin Johnson, she had a computer and was a member of an L.A. music
message board. Below was the last post she ever made. (her username was
jungledaimie) Note the date and that she went missing. Feb 15, which was a
Saturday.
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<b>jungledaimie</b>
js regular 13 Feb 2003 16:31 208.252.198.227
++ [reply][?][+/-][ed]
Re: Anthony Hernandez : Pictures for LA
I think i'm going to check this out on sat. I love photography
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Click below to see the actual message board post:
http://junglescene.com/forums/browse.php?fid=42&tid=1547&mode=flat
jan
>>Los Angeles police received a call shortly after 1 pm that a body was
>discovered on Skyline >Drive.
>
>Police had a suspect. I wonder if he led them to the body or they just find
>this by accident.
>
>Prospective models meeting men alone in L.A. In some way, I'm surprised this
>doesn't happen more often. Sad.
It happened to a friend of mine, in 1978, in Northern California.
She was found strangled, but they never did charge anyone.
--
jan
"During the campaign the president did not express, as you put it,
disdain for nation-building ...."
-- White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, quoted in
Slate Magazine's "Whopper of the Week," lying about
then-candidate George W.Bush's statements regarding
responsibilities of post-war America.
Lemonbleu
It happened a few years back but that guy who's name I can recall was actually
a photographer of some note..he took her up to the Nat'l forrest to shoot a car
pictorial and claimed he accidently ran her over but it was found later that he
assaulted her and killed her during that. She was missing for quite awhile, her
family just suffered so looking for her. That guy lived less than a mile from
me on the same street. He is in prison and I still look at the house every
time I pass it, I think a relative of his lives there now. I recall seeing him
in the Market right there and thinking who knew!
God Bless Kristin'e family and friends..
LB
Keeper of the Lovely and Talented Two-Robert Downey Jr and Hugh Grant, Sooo I
like a little drama..Laughing and Worrying..
Lori
Aaron0617 wrote:
> >Los Angeles police received a call shortly after 1 pm that a body was
> discovered on Skyline >Drive.
>
> Police had a suspect. I wonder if he led them to the body or they just find
> this by accident.
>
> Prospective models meeting men alone in L.A. In some way, I'm surprised this
> doesn't happen more often. Sad.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> About Kristin Johnson, she had a computer and was a member of an L.A. music
> message board. Below was the last post she ever made. (her username was
> jungledaimie) Note the date and that she went missing. Feb 15, which was a
> Saturday.
>
> --------------------
This is so sad. I remember seeing Kristine's mom and hearing her say that
Kristine was too smart to fall for the "I am a photographer and can help you"
scam. She was a very pretty girl and seemed to have a lot going for her and a
good family behind her.
We know he has tried this before with other girls. Let's hope this is the first
and only time it has ended this tragically.
Peace...Kristine.
Lori
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jan
>This is so sad. I remember seeing Kristine's mom and hearing her say that
>Kristine was too smart to fall for the "I am a photographer and can help you"
>scam. She was a very pretty girl and seemed to have a lot going for her and a
>good family behind her.
I saw her, too, Lori. It was on Dan Abrams' show. It was difficult to
watch.
skarekorw
"vladimir" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Another little tease that thought she was so beautiful men would pay for
pictures of her to insite their lust.
>
>
>
>
Maggie
<< It happened a few years back but that guy who's name I can recall was
actually
a photographer of some note..he took her up to the Nat'l forrest to shoot a car
pictorial and claimed he accidently ran her over but it was found later that he
assaulted her and killed her during that. She was missing for quite awhile, her
family just suffered so looking for her. That guy lived less than a mile from
me on the same street. He is in prison and I still look at the house every
time I pass it, I think a relative of his lives there now. I recall seeing him
in the Market right there and thinking who knew!
God Bless Kristin'e family and friends..
>>
***Charles Rathbun and Linda Sobek.
Maggie
"I don't remember what I majored in in college... I hate to guess, I'm gonna
guess it was political science, but I'm not sure, it might have been history.
I'll check, I hadn't thought of that one." -- former Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun
Aaron0617
Case description to anyone else, like me, who forgot.
----------------------
Charles Rathbun was one of the best in the
business. As an automotive photographer, he had a
special talent for making fast cars look faster and
sleek cars even more glamorous. He also had a
particular talent for posing beautiful women next
to these shiny four-wheeled subjects. Dubbed
"cheesecake-and-car" shots, Rathbun's work
frequently appeared in automotive magazines. It was
ironic, then, that the very thing that brought him
a measure of fame and fortune was also the thing
that sent him to prison for the rest of his life.
Rathbun was convicted of murdering Linda Sobek, a
model and former Los Angeles Raiders cheerleader,
during an assignment in which he was to photograph
her driving a sport utility vehicle. Initially, he
claimed he accidentally ran over Sobek while trying
to demonstrate a high-speed turn. He said he
panicked and buried the body. But the investigation
revealed that Sobek was raped and died from
asphyxiation. The defense tried to prove there was
no rape, that the sex was consensual. The defense
offered the court a set of photographs it claimed
Rathbun took in the back seat of the vehicle during
the alleged sex act. However, using sophisticated
computer technologies, detectives with the Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Office compared the
pictures with photos taken of Sobek after her
death. It was unmistakable. The woman in the
pictures was not Linda Sobek. In fact, it wasn't
even the same vehicle.
Lady Libra
"skarekorw" <pappawi...@catholic.org> wrote in message
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>
> Another little tease that thought she was so beautiful men would pay for
> pictures of her to insite their lust.
"Sounds like anothe case of some little slut meeting up with a guy from the
internet." - of a missing child
"LOL. She must have wanted it or she wouldn't have kept "cuming" back for
more." - of a girlfriend rape
"It just sound more stupid coming from a unbeliever." - Just had to post it.
"I'd love toget a picture of some girl breast feeding if I couldn't get to
suck on them myself." - of breastfeeding in public
Do you gigge hysterically when you're finished posting tripe like this all
over the place?
Do you realize you don't add to any discussion you post to?
Do you know you wear your heart on your sleeve when posting all these
derogotory statments about these women victims?
Do you know your bitterness is pathetic and bordering on deep psychological
problems?
Just curious...
Charles Nemo
>On 04 Mar 2003 02:04:13 GMT, aaro...@aol.com (Aaron0617) wrote:
>
>>>Los Angeles police received a call shortly after 1 pm that a body was
>>discovered on Skyline >Drive.
>>
>>Police had a suspect. I wonder if he led them to the body or they just find
>>this by accident.
>>
>>Prospective models meeting men alone in L.A. In some way, I'm surprised this
>>doesn't happen more often. Sad.
>
>It happened to a friend of mine, in 1978, in Northern California.
>
>She was found strangled, but they never did charge anyone.
>
>
>--
>
>jan
>
And why should they? Another useless SLUT no longer causing problems for
society.
RJRSJ1
><< It happened a few years back but that guy who's name I can recall was
>actually
>a photographer of some note..he took her up to the Nat'l forrest to shoot a
>car
>pictorial and claimed he accidently ran her over but it was found later that
>he
>assaulted her and killed her during that. She was missing for quite awhile,
>her
>family just suffered so looking for her. That guy lived less than a mile
>from
>me on the same street. He is in prison and I still look at the house every
>time I pass it, I think a relative of his lives there now. I recall seeing
>him
>in the Market right there and thinking who knew!
>God Bless Kristin'e family and friends..
> >>
>
>***Charles Rathbun and Linda Sobek.
>
>
>Maggie
Linda Sobek was also featured in one of "E!'s True Hollywood Stories".
RJRSJ1
Patty
From KTLA:
Police 'Nearly Sure' Body Found Is Kristi Johnson
Man taken into custody for a "serious felony" may be linked to the
case
March 3, 2003, 9:17 PM PST
SANTA MONICA -- The body of a woman discovered in a Hollywood Hills
ravine today is almost certainly that of Kristi Johnson, who went
missing two weeks ago, Santa Monica police Chief James T. Butts said.
Within hours of the find, Butts told reporters he was 95 percent
certain the body was that of 22-year-old Johnson. Butts also indidated
that a man taken into custody for a "serious felony" may be linked to
the case.
Full confirmation of the identity of the body and the cause and time
of death would be left up to county coroner's investigators to
determine, Butts said. But he said that a tattoo of a small flower
found on the lower back of the body made investigators nearly sure
they had found Johnson.
The corpse was spotted at 1 p.m. by passersby walking their dogs. The
woman's hands were reportedly bound behind her back, and her body was
partially inside a sleeping bag, according to reports from the scene.
The clothed body appeared to have been dumped about 100 feet down a
ravine in the 8500 block of Skyline Drive, police said. Investigators
believe the woman was killed elsewhere.
Authorities also said that days earlier they had served a search
warrant on a home in the neighborhood where the body was found, and
that the residence reportedly had been used to make a pornographic
movie. Evidence was seized, but police would not elaborate.
Butts declined to give details about the unidentified man's arrest, or
whether or not he had any possible connection to the Skyline Drive
location.
Santa Monica police originally denied having questioned a suspect who
matched the description of a man a valet saw parking Johnson's Mazda
Miata at Century City's St. Regis hotel on Feb. 16, the day after she
was last seen.
Her father, Kirk Johnson, was quoted in yesterday's Grand Rapids Press
in Michigan as saying that Santa Monica police told him they had a
suspect in custody.
Butts declined to say how long after Johnson's disappearance the man
was taken into custody, where he was being held or for what alleged
crime. "At the time we announce the filing of charges, we will discuss
all of those items in detail, but those are matters for us to discuss
with the district attorney first," Butts said.
He noted that investigators "don't have to wait for the autopsy to be
completed to seek the filing of charges."
snip old information
Patty
Woman's Body Is Found
Hikers discover the bound remains of Kristine Johnson, 21, missing
since Feb. 15.
By Hanah Cho and Monte Morin,
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
The body of a Santa Monica woman who had been missing for two weeks
was discovered Monday at the bottom of a deep ravine in the Hollywood
Hills, her hands bound and her body partially obscured by a blanket or
sleeping bag, authorities said.
Police have focused their investigation on a "subject of interest,"
who already is in custody on an unrelated charge. Detectives said the
man, whose identity has not been released, fits the likeness of a
composite drawing created shortly after Kristine Louise Johnson was
reported missing by her roommate on Feb. 15.
"Now our investigation is a confirmed one of kidnap and murder," said
Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts Jr. "We believe the case will
unfold rather rapidly."
Law enforcement sources said the suspect apparently had tried several
times to lure women with promises of movie auditions and photo shoots.
He was being held on an unrelated felony charge at the Los Angeles
County Jail and has been in custody for a week and a half, officials
said.
Johnson, a blond, blue-eyed, 21-year-old Santa Monica College student
with dreams of Hollywood stardom, was last seen by her roommate, who
said Johnson had planned to meet a photographer to audition for a
possible feature film appearance.
Distraught family members and scores of volunteers had searched the
thick chaparral of the Hollywood Hills and Topanga Canyon over the
weekend, but failed to turn up any sign of the woman.
Johnson's body was discovered in thick brush Monday afternoon by two
hikers. She was partially clad in stockings and underwear and had
bindings on her hands, according to police. Her body was partially
wrapped in a sleeping bag or blanket, and appeared to have been there
"for quite some time," police said.
The body, which was found about 100 feet below a dirt access road near
the 8500 block of Skyline Drive, was identified by a large tattoo on
the woman's back, detectives said.
Police have yet to determine a cause of death.
"We don't know where she was killed; she may have been thrown here,"
Butts said.
Johnson had described the man she planned to meet in Beverly Hills as
a photographer and said she had run into him at the Century City
Shopping Center.
Last week, police released a composite sketch of that man. The drawing
depicted a cleanshaven white male in his 30s, about 6 feet tall with a
thin to medium build and dark hair.
The sketch was created with the help of another woman, who told police
that she was approached at the same mall by a man who asked to
photograph her for a film production. That woman said she met the man
in West Hollywood, but had her boyfriend follow her. When the man
aggressively urged her to get into his car, the boyfriend chased the
man away, she told police.
Last week, authorities searched 10 locations for Johnson's body, but
found nothing until Monday.
Much of the evidence leading to those searches was uncovered in
Johnson's car, a white 1996 Mazda Miata, which was found at the St.
Regis Hotel in Century City.
The valet on duty on Feb. 16, the day the Mazda was abandoned, had
told the driver he couldn't park there because it was "valet only,"
Butts said.
"The subject stated, 'Here's the key,' and tossed the keys" to the
valet, Butts said. The driver, who had no passenger, bore a strong
resemblance to a sketch of the suspect, the valet told police
In addition to attending classes at Santa Monica College, Johnson
worked as a data entry operator for Cellular Communications Network
Group in Marina del Rey. Johnson dreamed of being part of Hollywood,
friends said.
Johnson's father, Kirk, reached at his Holland, Mich., home, was too
distraught to speak to reporters Monday. The dead woman's mother,
Terry Wark, could not be reached for comment Monday.
Times staff writer Richard Winton contributed to this report.
jan
wrote:
As opposed to another useless limpdick alias SPAMMER causing headaches
for news servers all over the world.
Patty
Excerpt:
Butts planned to hold a news conference about the case this morning --
one day after Johnson's body was found by hikers at the bottom of a
ravine in the Hollywood Hills. She was partially clad in stockings and
underwear, with her hands bound, police said.
It was unclear where she was killed. Investigators identified the
woman by a large tattoo on her back, detectives said. A Los Angeles
County coroner's investigator expected an autopsy to be done tomorrow.
The body was found about 100 feet below a dirt access road near the
8500 block of Skyline Drive about 1 p.m. A nearby home, recently the
set for a pornographic film, was one of 10 locations where
investigators served search warrants last week.
Other places searched in the Los Angeles area reportedly included
modeling agencies. Evidence was seized, but police would not
elaborate.
skarekorw
"Lady Libra" <shor...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "skarekorw" <pappawi...@catholic.org> wrote in message
> news:b4135...@enews4.newsguy.com...
>
> >
> > Another little tease that thought she was so beautiful men would pay for
> > pictures of her to insite their lust.
>
> "Sounds like anothe case of some little slut meeting up with a guy from
the
> internet." - of a missing child
> "LOL. She must have wanted it or she wouldn't have kept "cuming" back for
> more." - of a girlfriend rape
> "It just sound more stupid coming from a unbeliever." - Just had to post
it.
> "I'd love toget a picture of some girl breast feeding if I couldn't get to
> suck on them myself." - of breastfeeding in public
>
> Do you gigge hysterically when you're finished posting tripe like this all
> over the place?
Yes, I'm laughint right now.
> Do you realize you don't add to any discussion you post to?
No, didn't realize that, I thought I added something.
> Do you know you wear your heart on your sleeve when posting all these
> derogotory statments about these women victims?
Don't care, I wear my heart on sleeve on the time anyway.
> Do you know your bitterness is pathetic and bordering on deep
psychological
> problems?
Probably, but there is a lot of posters here that have deep psychological
problems.
>
> Just curious...
>
>
>
I was right about the girl meeting someone from the Internet, and the girl
coming back for more, obviously, or she wouldn't have kept dating him. The
last two examples you sited were just my opinion.
skarekrow
Alex
Alex
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pictures of her to insite their lust.>
Isn't it interesting that trolls like this *never* know how to spell?
Dogs & children first.