Finding Christa Belusko: Search for a Missing Daughter

Christine Belusko, (left), her daughter Christa Nicole Belusko (center), and an age progression of what Christa may look like today.

Over 30 years ago, an unidentified woman’s body was found at 777 Seaview Avenue on Staten Island in New York. She became known as the “girl with the scorpion tattoo.” Recently, the unknown woman was identified as Christine Belusko from Morris County, New Jersey.

The mystery doesn’t stop there.

Authorities have begun a search for Christine’s missing daughter Christa Nicole, who was only two years old when her mother was brutally murdered on September 20, 1991.

The Murder

Christine’s body was found lying in the woods in Richmond County by two employees of a nearby psychiatric hospital who had been walking by. According to news reports, they thought her body was a mannequin at first.

Police examine the crime scene where Christine Belusko’s body was found in Ocean Breeze in 1991. Photo courtesy of Missing Leads.

Lying face up, Christine was wearing a black dress with pink trim and was handcuffed.

A hammer used by auto body workers was found underneath Christine’s body. It had “Loyd L” scratched into the handle.

Christine had been hit 17 times in the head, most likely by the hammer found under her body, and strangled. Her body was also burned.