Los Angeles County increases reward to $25,000 for information in decades-old death of Mitrice Richardson
4 months, 1 week ago

Los Angeles County increases reward to $25,000 for information in decades-old death of Mitrice Richardson

LA Times  

Kim Howard places a photo of Mitrice Richardson at the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station in Calabasas for a memorial on the 10th anniversary of her disappearance in 2019. Los Angeles County has increased a reward to $25,000 for information that would help solve the mysterious case of 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson, who disappeared in 2009 after being released from sheriff’s custody and was found dead 11 months later in Malibu Canyon. Despite Richardson’s erratic behavior, sheriff’s deputies at the station had “no legal justification to deprive her of her freedom,” according to the report. In 2009, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors offered a $10,000 reward for information about Richardson’s whereabouts.

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New reward offered as mystery and outrage over Mitrice Richardson’s death endures
3 years ago

New reward offered as mystery and outrage over Mitrice Richardson’s death endures

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Mental health worker Kim Howard places a photograph of Mitrice Richardson outside the Malibu-Lost Hills sheriff’s station in 2019 for a memorial held on the 10th anniversary of Richardson’s disappearance. Staff at the restaurant later revealed that sheriff’s officials tried to get them to sign statements after her disappearance that omitted the information about Richardson’s bizarre behavior. In a call …

Attorney general’s probe finds no evidence of wrongdoing by deputies in death of Mitrice Richardson
8 years, 1 month ago

Attorney general’s probe finds no evidence of wrongdoing by deputies in death of Mitrice Richardson

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–Latrice Sutton, mother of Mitrice Richardson, speaks about her daughter during a 2010 vigil in Inglewood. A California attorney general’s investigation has failed to uncover evidence that would merit criminal charges against Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies for their handling of the disappearance and death of Mitrice Richardson, according to an official letter. A Dec. 31 letter from the attorney …

What went wrong in Mitrice Richardson case?
14 years, 7 months ago

What went wrong in Mitrice Richardson case?

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It was the kind of phone call you might expect a worried mother to make. She also said she was from Mars and couldn’t pay because of “the language of the numbers.” She seemed odd, but not dangerous, employees told investigators. “They had no legal justification,” the report said, “to deprive her of her freedom.” :: At a testy news …

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