An official report form the Los Angeles County Office of Independent Review issued today explores the failings in the handling of the death of Mitrice Richardson, a 24-year-old woman whose remains were found a year after she had been released from custody by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's Lost Hills/Malibu station. more ›

The family of Mitrice Richardson have long believed the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department mishandled their daughter's case, and today those still-bereaved loved ones are closer to reaching a settlement with the law enforcement agency. more ›

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department personnel and officials from the coroner's office found eight small bones in a ravine in Malibu Canyon this weekend, and it is possible they are further remains of Mitrice Richardson, according to Malibu Patch. Richardson went missing in September 2009 after she was released from the Malibu Sheriff's station; she had been detained after not paying a restaurant bill. more ›

LA County Sheriff Lee Baca says the remains of Mitrice Richardson, the CSU Fullerton student who was missing for nearly a year after being detained at the Lost Hills/Malibu LASD Station, "will be exhumed and sent to the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Va., for further examination," reports LA Now. Richardson's mother requested the FBI's involvement last month, and has upheld her claim the LASD did not properly handle the case or the body. The LA Co. coroner agrees with the exhumation; they listed the cause of death as "undetermined." more ›

Latice Sutton, the mother of CSU Fullerton student Mitrice Richardson, whose remains were found in August in Malibu Canyon after being missing for several months, is calling for the FBI to look at how the sheriff's deputies handled her daughter's case, according to the Daily News. Sutton is also pushing to have her daughter's body exhumed. more ›

Friends, relatives, and members of the community gathered in Inglewood last night to hold a candlelight vigil in honor of Mitrice Richardson, the CSU Fullerton student whose remains were found on August 9th in Malibu Canyon, reports the LA Times. more ›

Sheriff Lee Baca this morning officially announced that the remains found in the Santa Monica Mountains are that of Mitrice Richardson, the 24-year-old woman who disappeared last year after being released from the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station. more ›

Sheriff authorities and the coroner’s office have announced an emergency press conference this morning about Mitrice Richardson, the woman who has been missing for about a year after being released from the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station in Agoura Hills. Although there will be no on-the-record comment until the 9:30 a.m. event, remains found earlier this week in a steep canyon have been confirmed as Richardson's, according to various news sources. Park rangers found her while checking for marijuana plants in a former grow field. more ›

Authorities may be closer than ever to finding Mitrice's Richardson, the 25-year-old woman missing since the day she was released from custody close to a year ago. Richardson's father, Michael, said he was told there's been around 80 possible sightings of her in Las Vegas, according to the LA Times. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Departemnt would't confirm that number, but spokesperson Steve Whitmore told the LA Times that "they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't believe they had credible information of her whereabouts. They want to prove or disprove beyond a shadow of a doubt that these sightings are indeed fact or indeed not fact." more ›

After months of media coverage about the lack of interest by police in the missing status of Mitrice Richardson, a major search by the LAPD and Sheriff's Department is scheduled for this weekend, reports the Malibu Surfside News, via LAObserved. Richardson, "who was preparing to begin substitute teaching and doctoral work in clinical psychology," went missing in the early hours of September 17th after an incident that led to her arrest in Malibu the night before. Based on the way she acted that day, her booking photo and writings later found in her car, family and experts said she may have been suffering from a mental breakdown or sorts. more ›