County reaches settlement on Richardson case
Parents awarded $900,000
After two years of fighting for justice and searching for answers, the parents of Mitrice Richardson, the 24-year-old woman found dead almost a year after being released from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Malibu station, may be able to breathe a little easier.
A tentative agreement was reached to settle their lawsuits against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for $900,000.
Richardson’s parents have been in a constant battle with the sheriff’s department since their daughter was discovered missing. They have publically critiqued the investigation, questioning why she was released from custody after midnight with no transportation, purse, or cell phone.
Since then, there have been a number of alleged missteps by the Sheriffs department, including moving her remains without the permission of the coroner’s office, and leaving some remains at the scene after the extraction. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the settlement in late August.
Michael Richardson, the victim’s father, said he would continue to speak out against the authorities whom he believes mishandled his daughter’s case.
“In my eyes, as the father, I didn’t receive justice. My daughter’s killer is still out there,” he said.
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The parents of Mitrice Richardson, the missing 24-year-old who was found dead almost a year after being released from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Malibu station, have reached a tentative agreement to settle their lawsuits against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for $900,000.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The remains of a 24-year-old woman, whose decomposing body was found in Malibu’s backcountry nearly a year after she was released from the local sheriff’s station, were exhumed today at her family’s request in an attempt to determine how she died.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Lawyers for the parents of a woman found dead in Malibu after being released by sheriff's deputies are entitled to video showing the woman's behavior inside and outside the jail and station house, a judge ruled today.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William F. Fahey ordered lawyers for the county to make the video of Mitrice Richardson available by tomorrow afternoon.
The 11-month search for 24-year-old pageant winner, and Cal State Fullerton graduate Mitrice Richardson came to a tragic end recently, when her remains were found by park rangers who were looking for illegal marijuana plants in a Malibu ravine. She was found no more than two miles out of the range of the last major search for her.
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