"She Was Fine" - The Mitrice Richardson Case (part one)

About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious case of Mitrice Richardson, who disappeared after a bizarre incident in Malibu.

On the evening of September 16, 2009, a 24-year-old Cal State Fullerton graduate named Mitrice Richardson walked into an upscale Malibu restaurant and immediately alarmed everyone she encountered. She told the valet she was there to avenge Michael Jackson's death. She told strangers she was from Mars. She couldn't pay her bill. What followed was eleven months of botched searches, hidden surveillance footage, contradicted testimony, and a department that insisted, at every turn, that everything was fine.

Topics covered

• true crime
• missing persons
• law enforcement
• mental health
• investigation

Keywords

• Mitrice Richardson
• Michael Jackson
• Malibu
• missing person
• true crime
• investigation
• law enforcement
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cal State Fullerton

Places: Malibu

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