Mitrice Richardson Missing — Woman Disappears After Arrest In Malibu (VIDEO)
Authorities are searching for 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson, who disappeared shortly after being released by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
Mitrice, a former beauty queen and recent California State University grad, was last seen walking out of a sheriff’s station at approximately 4:30AM one week ago. Her parents say she should never have been released at that hour with no transportation or money.
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“Mitrice is not street savvy,” her mother, Latice Sutton, told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Friday from Los Angeles, on Friday. “Mitrice has had a pretty sheltered upbringing.”
A resident in a neighborhood several miles away from the sheriff’s station reported seeing a woman meeting Richardson’s description sleeping on a porch that morning, but there have been no other sightings. Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell has accused police of inconsistencies in their reports. Terrell says celebrities who get arrested are never released into the night, and Mitrice Richardson should not have been, either.
Mitrice Richardson is African-American, stands between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-6, and weighs about 135 pounds.
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On October 2nd 2009, Courtney wrote:
I think race had a lot to do with this. I’m white and I am pretty sure if a petite, intoxicated white girl were to be arrested, the police would not release her alone in the middle of the night. Her car was impounded and she left her cell phone in there, and apparently had no money since she was arrested for not paying the restaurant bill. So how could they just release her like that? Also, her mother called the department and told them she’d pick her up at 4:30AM so why would the police release her at 1AM? Part of the reason why some people are so skeptical of the police system is because of cases like this. They are here to protect and serve the public and they so dropped the ball. I hope she is found safely.