Mysterious Death of
Mitrice Richardson
After a strange night at an upscale Malibu restaurant, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson was arrested, then released just after midnight with no phone, no wallet, and no way to get home. She vanished into the hills and nearly a year later, her remains were found deep in a remote canyon. In this episode, we follow the timeline of her final hours, the investigation’s disturbing inconsistencies, and the questions that still haunt this case.
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Episode Notes
After a strange night at an upscale Malibu restaurant, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson was arrested, then released just after midnight with no phone, no wallet, and no way to get home. She vanished into the hills and nearly a year later, her remains were found deep in a remote canyon. In this episode, we follow the timeline of her final hours, the investigation’s disturbing inconsistencies, and the questions that still haunt this case.
📍 Location: Malibu & Dark Canyon – California
🕰️ What We Cover in This Episode:
- Mitrice’s background: from beauty queen and psych major to a night that changed everything
- What really happened at Geoffrey’s Malibu on September 16, 2009
- The controversial arrest, her early release, and her mother’s chilling warning call
- The last sighting in a Monte Nido backyard and a disappearance into canyon darkness
- The discovery of her skeletal remains 11 months later
- How the coroner’s protocol was broken and bones were missed
- The surveillance footage, the secrecy, and the questions still unanswered
- All the leading theories—from mental health crisis to staged scene to potential cover-up
⚠️ TW: Mental health crisis, police misconduct, death, missing persons, discussion of remains.
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