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# Memorial service planned for Santa Monica woman
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/memorial-service-planned-for-santa-monica-woman/
- Published: 2003-03-12T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:47:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

As the family and friends of Kristine Johnson mourn her death today at a private funeral in Northern California, plans are underway locally to remember the 21-year-old Santa Monica resident.

Johnson, who disappeared on Feb. 15 and whose body was found last week in the Hollywood Hills, will be remembered during a memorial service at St. Augustine’s Church by the Sea on Saturday, March 15 at 4 p.m. The community is invited to attend. (See related story, page 3.) Johnson, who attended Santa Monica College, told her roommates she was going to meet a photographer for a film audition at the Century City Mall. She never returned.

Her car was found more than a week later at the St. Regis Hotel in Century City, where it had been valet parked since Sunday, Feb. 15, the day after she disappeared. A valet attendant identified the man who dropped off Johnson’s car as matching the description of a suspect connected with her disappearance.

Police now believe a 40-year-old man with a long criminal history may have murdered Johnson. The suspect is being held on an unrelated felony charge and parole violation in the Los Angeles County Jail. He was released from state prison on Jan. 20 and is now being held on a $1.15 million bail.

Charges could be filed as early as this week. Police are waiting for the results from the Los Angeles County crime lab on evidence recovered from 10 searches, including the suspect’s West Hollywood residence and several vacant homes in the Hollywood Hills that he may have toured with a real estate agent prior to Johnson’s disappearance.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 12, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031203.pdf?ref=smdp.com)