Dateline NBC: Who Was Kristi Johnson and What Happened to Her? By will re-examine the disappearance and murder of that took place in 2003. Titled “The Girl with the Hibiscus Tattoo,” the episode will reveal startling details about the gruesome crime and how an aspiring actor lost her life. It would also shed light on the investigation and how authorities caught a man named Victor Paleologus for the slaying.
The latest episode of Dateline NBC will air on . Born in February 1981, Kristi Johnson moved to Saugatuck with her family in 1987. Despite spending her youth in Michigan, she dreamed of going to California and becoming an actor.
On February 15, 2003, a man named Victor Paleologus approached her in a shopping mall and told her about an audition. reported that Paleologus posed himself as a filmmaker, telling her that they were looking for a new face to play the Bond girl, after which she went for the audition. Sadly, it was the last time anyone saw her.
After her mother filed a missing complaint when she didn’t attend work, the police initiated a search operation. Almost three weeks later, in March 2003, a group of hikers discovered the lifeless body of Kristi Johnson at the bottom of a deep ravine in the Hollywood Hills. Authorities noted that her ankles and hands were bound, and the hibiscus tattoo on her lower back helped with the identification.
Another report stated that Johnson had been strangled to death. After the investigation began, multiple women shared expe.
