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Booking Cage Video of Mitrice Richardson Generates New Family Concerns
• Mother Demands Information on Deputy Apparently Leaving Station Right After the Missing Woman
BY ANNE SOBLE’
A series of citywide all-volunteer field searches for the Los Angeles woman who disappeared after a Malibu restaurant incident led to her being booked on two misdemeanor charges at the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station on Sept. 16, 2009, took place last Sunday but produced no new leads.
Mitrice Richardson, 24, a Cal State Fullerton honors graduate, was released from Lost Hills shortly after midnight the next day with no money or cell phone. Her purse was in her impounded car in the Malibu tow yard.
Richardson had been arrested at Geoffrey’s restaurant for not paying a dinner bill. Staff and diners indicated she was acting bizarrely and speaking gibberish.
Several official agency search efforts, including local search and rescue teams, covered areas surrounding the Lost Hills station but there has not been a single clue to her whereabouts.
Latice Sutton, the mother of Mitrice Richardson who agrees with medical assessment that her daughter might have been experiencing a bipolar onset, and a circle of relatives and friends say they are growing impatient with what they see as foot-dragging by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the City of Los Angeles Police Department—the agency in charge of what is still classified as a missing person case six months later.
Last Sunday’s volunteer search teams were in Malibu, Calabasas, Santa Monica, Venice, Hollywood, Skid Row and the South Central area on a sunny afternoon to distribute flyers and ask people if they might have seen the missing woman.
Family members say they continue to be buffeted by a broad spectrum of official views that run the gamut from being told to accept that Richardson is dead—the “she succumbed to the elements” theory—to hearing inferences that she is alive somewhere and does not want to be found.
Latice Sutton speaks out in frustration about the implications of both views, which she thinks are largely devised to get the family to back out of the picture and cease its ongoing efforts to keep Richardson’s name in the spotlight.
On Monday, Sutton, and her close friend and the young woman’s college mentor, psychologist Ronda Hampton, were among the small group shown an approximately two-hour videotape, the existence of which was first adamantly denied by the LASD, but is now reluctantly acknowledged.
In a conference call with the Malibu Surfside News on Tuesday, Sutton contended that the video “supports [my] theory that [sheriff’s] officers could very likely be involved in my daughter’s disappearance.”
She says, “Two minutes after the jailer walked back from letting [Richardson] out the station’s side door, an officer in uniform went outside the station.” Sutton says, “He might have offered her a ride back to her car, but didn’t do that.”
She says her daughter appears stressed in the “booking cage,” the mesh-enclosed holding pen for the booking process. “She clutches at the mesh screening and is rocking side-to-side like a small child.”
Sutton adds, “It looks as if she can’t make the telephone calls that the redacted booking records say she attempted to place to her great grandmother Mildred Harris,” who has told family members she did not receive any calls from Lost Hills the night Richardson was booked.
Sutton says it then seems as if her daughter is seeking assistance from personnel, and “is being ignored.”
Richardson is said to be tugging at strands of her hair. “Clearly something is very wrong,” Hampton assesses. “This is not normal behavior.” At one point, “[Richardson] appears to be trying to get into a fetal position face down on the concrete.”
Another aspect of the viewing that disturbs Sutton is that she says she was told by Lt. Michael Rosson, now the lead LASD investigator on the case, that the reason her daughter had to be taken to Lost Hills was because she had no identification on her, but the booking slip indicates that she had her California’s driver license and it was returned to her after the booking process was completed.
But what the women describe as “sending chills down [their] spines” was something they didn’t see at first that was spotted by Sutton’s nephew, Jonathan Sutton, “Who noticed that as the tape finished rolling and everyone’s attention was focused on Rosson, a uniformed deputy can be seen exiting the station right after Richardson left.”
They asked that the tape be shown again, and those present say, “There is no doubt that is what is on the tape minutes after [Richardson] was released.” Since that is not a routine shift time change for deputies, the women are interpreting this ominously.
Sutton is now aggressively asking that the arresting deputies and all personnel at the Lost Hills station that night and early morning be investigated.
Hampton adds that there appear to be what she calls “blips” in the tape, which she thinks indicate the possibility of editing.
The videographer who accompanied the women to the LASD meeting was not allowed to film the video with his equipment.
Additional information about the case is available on the mother’s website at www.findmitrice.info; the father Michael Richardson’s website at www.bringmitricehome.org; or by contacting Dr. Ronda Hampton at 951-660-8031; or LAPD Homicide Lt. Charles Knolls and Detective Steven Eguchi at 213-486-6900.
PRESS CONFERENCE MARCH 16TH 10:45AM-11:00AM ~ WEST TEMPLE STREET, LOS ANGELES
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MICHAEL RICHARDSON
Website: www.bringmitricehome.org
E-Mail: applicantmlrich@aol.com
MICHAEL RICHARDSON DISCUSSES CONTINUED POLICE NEGLIGENCE AND FILING CLAIM ON MISSING DAUGHTER - MITRICE RICHARDSON
Los Angeles, California ---- A press conference will be held on Tuesday March 16, 2010 from 10:45am to 11:00am in front of Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration – 500 West Temple Street. Michael Richardson, the father of missing Mitrice Richardson will discuss continued police negligence and cover up, on behalf of the sheriff department. Richardson will also discuss lack of communication with the sheriff and elected officials employed by our tax dollars. “The very system that I pay taxes into is failing me,” Richardson says. Richardson says that it has become impossible to have telephone calls returned and questions answered.
I Always Knew the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriffs Were Providing Me with Untruths and Deception-- So What Do We Do About It?
Believe it or not, I knew early on that the Sheriff department was withholding information about video tapes and additional information regarding Mitrice. Our Congresswoman makes statements about working with the family for the ears and eyes of the public, but behind the scenes - refuses to return phone calls from any of Mitrice's family members. When speaking to other Elected Officials, responses are "Mitrice Who?" It is therefore quite clear that our Congresswoman is not working in our interest.
This is all very discouraging and does not lend to any compassion or leaves me totally comfortless, especially where dignitaries, who claim to know our communities and want to do what is best for the people who reside in these communities. I continue to do my homework and I feel that I need to prepare myself for a long, long battle in finding my daughter because no one is listening to my cry --- now it is time to yell from the mountain tops and do what it takes to find my daughter and I will not rest until this is fully accomplished!!!
I am hurt, disappointed, disgusted and angry at the steps a father must take to obtain the ears of local officials.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MICHAEL RICHARDSON
Website: www.bringmitricehome.org
E-Mail: applicantmlrich@aol.com
MICHAEL RICHARDSON DISCUSSES CONTINUED POLICE NEGLIGENCE AND FILING CLAIM ON MISSING DAUGHTER - MITRICE RICHARDSON
Los Angeles, California ---- A press conference will be held on Tuesday March 16, 2010 from 10:45am to 11:00am in front of Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration – 500 West Temple Street. Michael Richardson, the father of missing Mitrice Richardson will discuss continued police negligence and cover up, on behalf of the sheriff department. Richardson will also discuss lack of communication with the sheriff and elected officials employed by our tax dollars. “The very system that I pay taxes into is failing me,” Richardson says. Richardson says that it has become impossible to have telephone calls returned and questions answered.
I Always Knew the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriffs Were Providing Me with Untruths and Deception-- So What Do We Do About It?
Believe it or not, I knew early on that the Sheriff department was withholding information about video tapes and additional information regarding Mitrice. Our Congresswoman makes statements about working with the family for the ears and eyes of the public, but behind the scenes - refuses to return phone calls from any of Mitrice's family members. When speaking to other Elected Officials, responses are "Mitrice Who?" It is therefore quite clear that our Congresswoman is not working in our interest.
This is all very discouraging and does not lend to any compassion or leaves me totally comfortless, especially where dignitaries, who claim to know our communities and want to do what is best for the people who reside in these communities. I continue to do my homework and I feel that I need to prepare myself for a long, long battle in finding my daughter because no one is listening to my cry --- now it is time to yell from the mountain tops and do what it takes to find my daughter and I will not rest until this is fully accomplished!!!
I am hurt, disappointed, disgusted and angry at the steps a father must take to obtain the ears of local officials.
Michael Richardson - Father of Mitrice Richardson Will Meet with Committee of Independent Review This Week
Mr Richardson has agreed to meet with members of the Office of Independent Review this week. Mr. Richardson will also submit a list of (25) twenty-five questions to Congresswoman Maxine Waters' http://waters.house.gov office as they have requested. This intensive list of (25) twenty-five questions has been requested to justify why the FBI should be involved in the missing persons case of Mitrice Richardson and is written from a misconduct perspective, rather than simply a missing persons case.
The above mentioned request is a result of a phone call received after the media informed the public that Mr. Richardson has never received a return phone call from Waters' office.
Mr. Richardson states that his agenda also entails surprise visits to Black "leaders" seeking re election, those so called leaders have done absolutely nothing as it relates to Mitrice Richardson's missing persons case.
Please visit Mr. Richardson's website at: http://www.bringmitricehome.org
The above mentioned request is a result of a phone call received after the media informed the public that Mr. Richardson has never received a return phone call from Waters' office.
Mr. Richardson states that his agenda also entails surprise visits to Black "leaders" seeking re election, those so called leaders have done absolutely nothing as it relates to Mitrice Richardson's missing persons case.
Please visit Mr. Richardson's website at: http://www.bringmitricehome.org
President Obama To Appear On America's Most Wanted This Saturday - Chelsea King
President Obama will be on America's most wanted this Saturday, March 6th, discussing Chelsea King, Mitrice Richardson is not mentioned anywhere. The Father of Mitrice is outraged and calls for campaign to AMW. Please contact through the link below. Ask that AMW - America's Most Wanted - Cover The Mitrice Richardson case also.
http://www.amw.com/contact/
White Female Found in 5 Days…167 Days Later Still No News in Disappearance of Mitrice Richardson, http://www.jasmynecannick.com/blog/?p=8476
About Mitrice
ABOUT MITRICE
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Height: 5’ 5”
Weight: 125 lbs.
Race: Black
Missing From: Malibu, CA
Date Missing: 9/17/2009
Education: BA Degree in Psychology, 4.0 Grade Average
Hobbies: Singing, Dancing and Performing Arts
Tattoos: Lower abdomen, Chinese looking symbol on back of neck, wording Tessa and paw prints on stomach
I Always Knew the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriffs Were Providing Me with Untruths and Deception-- So What Do We Do About It?
2/12/2010 - Father of Mitrice States:
I Always Knew the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriffs Were Providing Me with Untruths and Deception-- So What Do We Do About It?
Billboard Campaign
Believe it or not, I knew early on that the Sheriffs were withholding information about video tapes and additional information regarding Mitrice. According to Malibu Surfside News under Sheriff's and Public Safety Page 14, Sheriffs routinely use video coverage for evidence. How is it they have video citing a person for loud music and nothing for a missing person? When you're directly involved you tend to pay close attention, and the Sheriff's Spokesperson has modified his reports surrounding Mitrice's disappearance at least a dozen times since day one. Our Congresswoman make statements about working with the family for the ears and eyes of the public, but then refuses to return phone calls from any of Mitrice's family members. When speaking to other Elected Officials, responses are "Mitrice Who?"
This is all very discouraging and does not lend to any compassion or leaves me totally comfortless, especially where dignitaries, who claim to know our communities and want to do what is best for the people who reside in these communities. I continue to do my homework and I feel that I need to prepare myself for a long, long battle in finding my daughter because no one is listening to my cry --- now it is time to yell from the mountain tops and do what it takes to find my daughter and I will not rest until this is fully accomplished!!!
I am hurt, diappointed, digusted and angry at the steps you must take to get local officials to listen to a citizen of their community and more importantedly what it takes to warrant any assistance in a matter that is as serious as this is.
Many residents of Lost Hills/Malibu have contacted me and shared their experiences with the same Sheriffs with me. The problem is most of them are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation. Well, as many of you know, "if you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."
Malibu Residents, this is an invitation to e-mail me at mvrichardson@bringmitricehome.org and share your experiences and complaints that have been ignored or placed in the trash, or your children were later retaliated against. If you do not believe you should be involved with what happens in your community, just take a look of some examples (below) that you should be outraged over. Why is the public shield from this information?
I Always Knew the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriffs Were Providing Me with Untruths and Deception-- So What Do We Do About It?
Billboard Campaign
Believe it or not, I knew early on that the Sheriffs were withholding information about video tapes and additional information regarding Mitrice. According to Malibu Surfside News under Sheriff's and Public Safety Page 14, Sheriffs routinely use video coverage for evidence. How is it they have video citing a person for loud music and nothing for a missing person? When you're directly involved you tend to pay close attention, and the Sheriff's Spokesperson has modified his reports surrounding Mitrice's disappearance at least a dozen times since day one. Our Congresswoman make statements about working with the family for the ears and eyes of the public, but then refuses to return phone calls from any of Mitrice's family members. When speaking to other Elected Officials, responses are "Mitrice Who?"
This is all very discouraging and does not lend to any compassion or leaves me totally comfortless, especially where dignitaries, who claim to know our communities and want to do what is best for the people who reside in these communities. I continue to do my homework and I feel that I need to prepare myself for a long, long battle in finding my daughter because no one is listening to my cry --- now it is time to yell from the mountain tops and do what it takes to find my daughter and I will not rest until this is fully accomplished!!!
I am hurt, diappointed, digusted and angry at the steps you must take to get local officials to listen to a citizen of their community and more importantedly what it takes to warrant any assistance in a matter that is as serious as this is.
Many residents of Lost Hills/Malibu have contacted me and shared their experiences with the same Sheriffs with me. The problem is most of them are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation. Well, as many of you know, "if you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."
Malibu Residents, this is an invitation to e-mail me at mvrichardson@bringmitricehome.org and share your experiences and complaints that have been ignored or placed in the trash, or your children were later retaliated against. If you do not believe you should be involved with what happens in your community, just take a look of some examples (below) that you should be outraged over. Why is the public shield from this information?
REWARD
There is currently a $25,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Mitrice Richardson.
Los Angeles County - $10,000
Sup. Mark Ridley-Thomas (2nd District) and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 29 authorized a $10,000 reward for information leading to Mitrice's whereabouts.
City of Malibu - $15,000
The Malibu City Council established a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for the disappearance of Mitrice Richardson.
Los Angeles County - $10,000
Sup. Mark Ridley-Thomas (2nd District) and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 29 authorized a $10,000 reward for information leading to Mitrice's whereabouts.
City of Malibu - $15,000
The Malibu City Council established a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for the disappearance of Mitrice Richardson.
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