Michael Richardson looks for answers after daughter’s death



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Mitrice Richardson is still on the minds of Angelenos. Her father, Michael Richardson, is holding a news conference and plans to go over details in the coroner’s report with the public. Jasmyne Cannick is a close family friend and is helping Michael put the news conference on. She wants to know why Mitrice’s clothes were found 100 yards away from her body.

“If I fell down that embankment into that ravine, and no animal touched my body, and I ended up dying, my clothes should still be on my body,” Cannick said.

When Mitrice’s remains were found in August, they were badly decomposed. As night fell, those at the scene put what was left of her body in a bag to send the remains to the coroner’s office. Los Angeles County Coroner Ed Winter said her remains were compromised, and because of their mistake, he could not rule it as a homicide. Mitrice’s file is still on a detective’s desk somewhere, but for the most part, the case has gone cold.

Michael believes the community deserves answers. He wants the sheriff’s department to engage the community in a public discussion. Steve Whitmore, the spokesperson for Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, could not comment at press time.

In the meantime, Michael says they are not giving up. They have created websites and Facebook groups asking for justice. They are also asking supporters to send bones to Baca.

“I had fried chicken tonight,” Cannick said. “I’m going to put them in the mail and send them to Lee Baca with a little note that says, ‘From me to you regarding Mitrice,'” Cannick said.

Cannick says that in December 2009, before her body was found, Richardson met with Baca. She says the sheriff told Richardson he may have to deal with the fact that we may never know what happened to Mitrice.

Comments

  1. I still think the police have a murderer on the force… and he left the station that night minutes after Mitrice did. Why is it that no one on that police force or trained to be law enforcement ever warned this family not to move any remains. If I was guilty and I did not want to get caught… and I was a cop… I would be hoping that the family DID move those remains. Something stinks. I’m wishing things to be greater later for the family of Mitrice. Stay open minded to any help Mitrice may send on this.

  2. LostHillsIsLOST says:

    There have been problems with the sheriffs station handling Malibu for as long as I can remember. I wouldn’t be surprised if the murderer(s) came from there, crooked cops run rackets all over the country and Malibu seems to be no exception. But the killer also could have come from the community, and if the sheriffs show no motivation to actually do their jobs and work hard enough to solve this crime, then it’s their management’s job to show them a door to their new careers elsewhere. This was a serious crime, and I’m sick of cops who don’t take serious crimes seriously. Why do they think communities raise tax money to pay their salaries and buy their cars and gadgets? They’re not here for decoration, they’re supposed to doing their jobs, otherwise we should refund peoples’ tax money and just admit that cops serve no purpose whatsoever, other than harassing people with traffic tickets. People of Malibu should have demanded better years ago, they’ve put up with the misguided priorities of Lost Hills for too long. It’s pretty sad that someone from Los Angeles has to come in and be the catalyst for change after losing their daughter to that troubled suburb.

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