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you guys, as you can tell, it is

1:03

the very end of the month. It

1:06

is the very end of January, which

1:08

means this is the last unsolved case

1:10

for the month. Now, if you remember

1:12

a couple weeks back, I told you

1:14

guys that for the next couple months,

1:16

for the foreseeable future, I'm doing this

1:18

little experiment where every single month we

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1:25

cases, and so because of that, since

1:27

we are at the end of the

1:29

month, this is going to be the

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last unsolved case for a little bit.

1:34

So make sure you tune in next

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week to find out what February's true

1:38

crime category is going to be. But

1:40

as you guys can tell by the

1:42

title of today's episode, today we are

1:44

talking about the unsolved case of my

1:46

Tres Richardson, and this is one that

1:48

I definitely knew that I wanted to

1:50

cover in the Unsolved Cases

1:52

Month. It was one that I was

1:55

not going to let slip by because

1:57

this is such a frustrating and interesting

1:59

time. infuriating case.

2:02

I wouldn't be surprised if some of you

2:04

do know this case because it did get

2:06

some publicity for how frustrating

2:08

it is and a lot of that

2:10

frustration does come from feeling like my

2:13

traces death was entirely preventable

2:15

and the entire case in and of

2:17

itself one thing after another is just

2:19

going to infuriate you I really do

2:21

believe that and I'm very interested to

2:23

hear what you guys think about this

2:25

case I still don't really know

2:27

where I stand on this case All I know is

2:29

that I just don't feel like my trees nor

2:32

her case were given the care that it deserves

2:34

But again, I'm very interested to hear what you

2:36

guys have to say about it So with that

2:38

being said let's jump right on into it today

2:41

My trees Richardson was born on April 30th in 1985

2:44

to her parents Latisse

2:46

and Michael now my trees his parents

2:49

were in high school when they became

2:51

pregnant with her So my trees was

2:53

raised in her early childhood by her

2:55

great-grandmother Mildred in Covina, California Now

2:58

during my trees his early childhood years

3:01

Her parents did split up and

3:03

her mom went on to marry a

3:05

new man named Larry now growing up

3:07

My trees was described as being a

3:10

ball of energy. She absolutely loved cheerleading

3:12

She loved dancing and she really had

3:14

this aura about her that made people

3:16

Gravitate towards her and want to be

3:19

her friend. My trees grew up in

3:21

Covina, California Which is where

3:23

she went to high school at South

3:25

Hills High School And then after that

3:27

she went on to attend Cal State

3:30

Fullerton where she received a degree in

3:32

psychology in 2008 My

3:34

trees was actually the first person

3:36

in her family to go to

3:38

college and during her senior year

3:40

She started interning for a psychologist

3:42

named Dr. Rhonda Hampton Dr.

3:45

Hampton really took my trees under her wing

3:47

and really acted as a mentor for her

3:49

when the two met in 2007 My

3:53

trees was an incredible student. She had a 4.0 GPA

3:55

and she graduated with honors in 2008

4:00

was very much a period for growth

4:02

for my trees as it is for

4:04

many people. She felt like a lot

4:06

of things in her life were starting

4:08

to fall into place and it was

4:10

also during college that my trees came

4:13

out to her family as a lesbian

4:15

and her family was incredibly supportive. My

4:18

trees always had a great relationship with her

4:20

family. She was very close to them. She

4:22

was very close to her dad, her mom,

4:24

and their support really meant the world to

4:26

her. After graduating from college,

4:28

my trees started multiple jobs

4:30

including being a store clerk.

4:32

She was also a go-go

4:34

dancer at an LGBTQ plus

4:36

club and she was also

4:39

doing her internship with Dr. Hampton. Along with

4:41

that, my trees was also thinking about going

4:43

to graduate school so that was something that

4:45

was on her mind for the future. Now

4:48

my trees did have a lot to look

4:50

forward to in her future. Things were looking

4:52

bright. She had a lot of great opportunities

4:54

in store and ahead of her. However, none

4:57

of that does not go without mentioning that

4:59

my trees definitely struggled with some

5:01

mental health struggles as well.

5:03

According to Dr. Hampton, she

5:05

claimed that while my trees

5:08

was interning for her, there

5:10

were several times that Dr.

5:12

Hampton became concerned about my

5:14

trees' behavior. My trees' friends

5:16

also noticed some of this behavior too

5:18

and they basically described it as my

5:20

trees just not acting like herself. She

5:23

wasn't her normal usual bubbly

5:25

self. She would go on these long

5:27

rants and these long tangents on social

5:29

media that just seemed to be

5:31

unlike her normal behavior and it made

5:34

her friends and loved ones concerned. Now

5:36

after graduating from college, my trees moved

5:38

back in with her great-grandmother Mildred and

5:40

Mildred was 91 at the

5:43

time of this so this was really great

5:45

for both of them because not only was

5:47

my trees able to spend some time with

5:49

her great-grandmother, just really had that quality bonding,

5:51

but it was also great for Mildred because

5:53

being 91, this meant that my trees could

5:55

help around the house, just help with some

5:57

things that were a little bit more challenging.

6:00

for Mildred to accomplish on her own.

6:02

So all of this brings us

6:04

to the night of September 16th

6:06

2009. Now this particular

6:09

night was a Wednesday and every

6:11

single Wednesday Mildred and mytrees had

6:13

this tradition of going out to

6:15

dinner together every single Wednesday. That

6:18

was their thing, that's what they

6:20

did. However, this specific night on

6:22

September 16th mytrees told

6:24

Mildred that she had some other

6:26

plans already set in place for

6:29

this night and asked if

6:31

the two of them could reschedule

6:33

their dinner and Mildred agreed this

6:35

was no big deal. They could

6:37

reschedule for another night. Now it's

6:39

not entirely clear what mytrees' secondary

6:41

plans were. However, what we do

6:44

know is that mytrees left the

6:46

apartment at approximately 5 p.m.

6:48

that night and headed towards Malibu

6:50

to go to the beach. Now

6:53

from where mytrees lived Malibu

6:55

was about a 40 mile

6:57

drive. Now after arriving in

6:59

Malibu mytrees drove over to

7:01

a restaurant called Joffrey's and

7:03

Joffrey's is a star-studded restaurant

7:05

known for its ocean views

7:07

and fine dining and when

7:10

mytrees arrived to the restaurant

7:12

her behavior right from the

7:14

very beginning seemed off. Now

7:16

Joffrey's only had valet parking so when mytrees

7:18

pulled up her car to the valet the

7:20

valet driver told her that he needed to

7:23

go and park the car in front of

7:25

her and then he would be right back

7:27

to park her car so to just wait

7:29

there for him. Now by the

7:31

time the valet driver got back

7:33

mytrees somehow had left her

7:35

own car and went and sat

7:38

in the valet driver's personal car.

7:40

Now the valet driver's personal

7:42

car was nearby and unlocked at

7:45

the time however again that's

7:47

just not normal behavior to wait for the

7:49

valet and instead go and sit in his

7:51

car. It didn't really make a lot of

7:54

sense and when the valet driver asked mytrees

7:56

what she was doing and to get out

7:58

of the car mytrees appeared. apparently just started

8:00

going on this tangent, she started rambling

8:02

and it didn't really make a lot of

8:05

sense. And when the valet driver asked

8:07

her to get out, according to him, my

8:09

trees just started mumbling a series of words

8:11

that didn't really make much sense. However,

8:13

nonetheless, she did get out of his car

8:16

eventually and walked into the restaurant. Now, when

8:18

my trees walked into the restaurant, there was

8:20

a table of seven sitting in the

8:22

dining area that my trees did not know.

8:24

She did not know these people. However, for

8:27

whatever reason, she pulled up a chair

8:29

and sat with them. Upon

8:31

sitting with them, these people said that

8:33

my trees started talking about things that

8:36

again, weren't making a whole lot of

8:38

sense. For example, she started talking about

8:40

how she was going to avenge the

8:42

death of Michael Jackson and how she

8:45

was from the planet Mars. Now,

8:48

while at the restaurant, my trees

8:50

ordered a steak as well as

8:52

a cocktail called an ocean breeze,

8:54

which totaled out to be $89.

8:58

When it came time for her to pay

9:00

her bill, she made a statement saying that

9:02

Mother Nature was going to take care of

9:04

it. And obviously that did

9:07

not hold up in this restaurant. So

9:09

they kept asking her to pay the

9:11

bill. And after several times of asking

9:13

and my trees is still not paying,

9:15

that is when the restaurant staff decided

9:18

to call the police and have them

9:20

come and remove my trees. Now

9:22

they did this for two reasons. First of all,

9:25

my trees was not paying her bill, but second

9:27

of all, the employees were worried about my trees'

9:29

state of mind. They didn't want to send

9:31

her off in her car, have her start

9:33

driving, because clearly there was something going on.

9:36

And so that is when they decided to call

9:39

the police. And I'm going to play that 911

9:41

call for you right now. Law social

9:43

share station, Deputy Sheleff, I can help you. Hi,

9:45

I'm calling from Joffrey's restaurant in

9:47

Malibu. We have

9:50

a guest here who is refusing to pay

9:52

her bill. And we think she may, she

9:54

sounds really crazy. She may be on drugs or something.

9:57

We are wondering if someone would come by and pick her up. So

10:00

police arrive at the restaurant and they go up

10:02

to my Triese and they escort her out of

10:04

the restaurant. And the first thing that they did

10:06

is they gave her a sobriety test because they

10:08

wanted to see what was really

10:10

going on here. They wanted to

10:12

see if my Triese was under

10:14

the influence. However, she ended up

10:16

passing this sobriety test, which police

10:18

were not expecting. Police then

10:20

went on to ask my Triese if she had

10:23

ever been diagnosed with any mental illnesses or if

10:25

she was on any medication to which my Triese

10:27

said no. Now, at

10:29

this point, police decided to search

10:31

my Triese's car and that is

10:33

when they found a very small

10:35

amount of marijuana in the center

10:38

console. It was actually less than

10:40

an ounce, so a very, very

10:42

small amount. However, nonetheless, this gave

10:44

police the green light to go

10:46

ahead and arrest my Triese and

10:48

take her to the Lost Hills

10:50

Police Station. Now, when the

10:53

arrest was made, it should be noted

10:55

that the arresting officer never mentioned any

10:57

of the odd behavior that my Triese

11:00

was displaying in his report. Now,

11:02

my Triese is actually only arrested

11:04

for defrauding as well as possession

11:06

of marijuana. And the public has

11:08

criticized this case a lot when

11:10

it comes to the police, however,

11:12

in particular with her arrest, because

11:14

they believe that the police should

11:16

have 5150'd my Triese

11:18

instead of just arresting her and taking

11:21

her to the police station. Now, if

11:23

you are unaware, a 5150 occurs when

11:25

a person who is arrested appears to

11:28

be mentally unstable or appears as a

11:30

danger to themselves or to others. And

11:32

so in these cases, they will be

11:34

sent to go under a 72-hour watch

11:36

for a psychiatric evaluation. And that did

11:38

not happen in my Triese's case, which

11:40

again, everyone was very confused about the

11:43

public being everyone, because in this case,

11:45

it is very clear that my Triese

11:47

is not acting like her normal self

11:49

and my Triese passed the sobriety test.

11:51

So this wasn't the case of her

11:53

being overly intoxicated, just being really drunk.

11:55

Something was definitely off here, which is

11:57

what the public has criticized police for.

12:00

Now after police and my Tres got

12:03

to the sheriff's department, my Tres' mother

12:05

Latisse ends up getting in contact with

12:07

the Lost Hills police after hearing from

12:09

Mildred about my Tres' arrest. Now when

12:12

my Tres was taken to the police

12:14

station she was given a phone call

12:16

and the only number that she knew

12:19

by heart was Mildred. So she calls

12:21

Mildred's phone and at this point it's

12:23

around 10 p.m. a little

12:25

after that and so Mildred who is 91

12:28

is not going to be able to drive

12:30

over to the Lost Hills Sheriff's Department

12:32

so instead that is when Mildred calls

12:35

Latisse. Now Latisse at the time was at

12:37

her house with her other daughter who was

12:39

much younger than my Tres. I believe she

12:41

was around 10 years old at this time

12:44

so this was not a case of Latisse

12:46

being able to just get in her car

12:48

and drive over. However Latisse did call to

12:50

get an update on her daughter. Now when

12:53

speaking to authorities Latisse told them that my

12:55

Tres was not from this area she did

12:58

not know where she was she was not

13:00

able to get home her car had been

13:02

towed and she did not want my Tres

13:05

being released without being there to pick her

13:07

up. That was something she emphasized a lot

13:09

to police and I'm actually going to play

13:11

that call for you right now. I am

13:14

calling I'm a little frappled right now

13:16

understand my daughter is being brought into

13:18

the station my Tres Richard's

13:20

son have they made it to the

13:22

station yet and she's been booked. Okay

13:26

do you know where she's coming

13:28

from? It's from Westouant out

13:30

in Malibu and I didn't even

13:32

think to get the name the

13:34

manager. The only place we have somebody that's

13:36

in custody that they just announced on the radio

13:39

that they're coming up is from Joffrey's in

13:42

South Pacific Highway. It's only

13:44

female that's being brought up to the station as

13:46

we speak they actually just put on the radio

13:48

right before you call. Okay

13:50

okay I'm her mother

13:52

and are you guys want to book

13:55

her and then release her on her

13:57

own recognites tonight because it's dark. She

14:00

doesn't have a car and I don't want her wandering out.

14:02

I'm totally just taking a bat because it

14:04

is so out of character for her. And

14:07

you'll see when she comes in, she's well spoken.

14:10

I think the only way I will come and

14:12

get her tonight is if you guys are gonna

14:14

release her tonight. If she's gonna

14:16

be held in custody for some type of

14:18

arraignment tomorrow, then I will wait until tomorrow.

14:20

She definitely has no place, you know, I

14:22

mean, she's not from that area and I

14:25

would hate to wake

14:27

up to a morning report. She's lost

14:29

somewhere with her head chopped off. I

14:32

guess I would have to come and get

14:34

her, oh my God. Now, as you can

14:36

tell in this call, Latisse is asking police

14:38

not to release her daughter, saying that she

14:40

wants to be there to pick her up,

14:42

really asking for updates. And at the very

14:44

end, it is just very eerie as you

14:46

can hear that final claim of Latisse saying

14:48

that she would hate to wake up and

14:50

hear on the news that her daughter was

14:52

found with her head chopped off. And it's

14:54

just, again, a very eerie comment and

14:56

very ironic when you see what ends

14:58

up happening here. Latisse herself

15:00

to this day claims that she doesn't

15:02

know why she made that comment. However,

15:04

she says that she will never forget

15:06

making it. Now, as you

15:08

can hear on this phone call between

15:11

Latisse and the police, the police reassured

15:13

her that Maitris was not going to

15:15

be released until later in the morning

15:17

on the 17th and that Latisse could

15:20

come and pick her up later that

15:22

morning. So with this reassurance and with

15:24

this confirmation, you can imagine Latisse's

15:26

confusion and frustration when she called

15:29

back at 4.30 in the morning

15:31

on the 17th to

15:34

learn that Maitris had already

15:36

been released. Police went

15:38

on to tell Latisse that they actually released

15:40

her daughter on September 17th at

15:43

approximately 12.28 a.m. So

15:46

just right after midnight. And also that

15:48

was about 30 minutes

15:50

after the phone call that

15:52

Latisse made to police. Now,

15:55

this automatically made Maitris'

15:57

family livid because again,

16:00

police reassured her that she was not

16:02

going to be released until later. So

16:05

not only were they livid at the

16:07

police for basically lying to their faces

16:09

and telling them one thing but then

16:11

doing the complete opposite, but they were

16:13

also terrified. Mytrees was released into an

16:15

area that she was not familiar with.

16:17

She didn't have her phone, she didn't

16:19

have her wallet, she didn't have her

16:21

car. She had no way of getting

16:23

anywhere. Now after Mytrees' arrest, her

16:26

car got towed to an impound lot, so

16:28

again she did not have her car, she

16:30

didn't have any of her belongings with her,

16:32

she was simply walking around Malibu by herself

16:34

without knowing anyone and without knowing the area.

16:37

Now while Malibu is a very nice area,

16:39

there are some dangers to it as well

16:41

and if you don't know the area well

16:43

enough, you could end up taking a wrong

16:45

turn and you can find yourself in the

16:47

canyon, there's no street lights and it's just

16:49

very very dangerous. There's a lot of windy

16:51

roads and a lot of blind spots and

16:54

again just all in all, no one ever

16:56

wants to be somewhere where they don't know

16:58

where they're going and they don't have any

17:00

of their belongings. That's not a position that

17:02

anyone wants to ever be in. Now an

17:04

hour after that call at 4 30 a.m.,

17:06

this is now 5 30 a.m., Lattice calls

17:11

the police station again and asks

17:13

them how long she has to

17:15

wait to file a missing persons

17:17

report for someone. Now again this

17:19

is an hour after learning that

17:21

Mytrees had been released at around

17:24

12 30. So she calls police back at 5 30

17:27

asking when can I file a missing persons report and

17:29

that is when they tell her that she needs to

17:31

wait 24 hours to

17:33

file that report. So again that's

17:35

at 5 30, she hangs

17:37

up the phone. Then another hour later at 6

17:40

30 in the morning, there is

17:42

a man named Bill Smith who

17:45

lived in Malibu and he called

17:47

police to report a trespasser in

17:49

his backyard. Now when asked to

17:51

give a description of the person

17:53

in his backyard, he pretty much

17:56

described Mytrees' physical appearance to a

17:58

T. Now Bill Smith lived

18:00

about six to eight miles away from

18:02

the police station and according to him

18:04

he said that he woke up and

18:06

looked outside his back window and saw

18:09

a woman in his yard just seemingly

18:11

hanging out. He said that she was

18:13

sprawled out on the wooden steps in

18:15

the back of his house and he

18:17

claimed that he opened his window and

18:19

asked if the woman was all right

18:21

to which the woman replied back that

18:24

she was quote-unquote just resting. Now what's

18:26

frustrating here is that because Latisse was

18:28

not able to file a missing persons

18:30

report for her daughter she was told that

18:32

she couldn't do that for 24 hours the

18:35

police did not know to be looking for

18:37

my trace at that time. So when they

18:39

get this call from Bill Smith at 6

18:42

30 in the morning they don't know

18:44

that it could possibly be this missing

18:46

woman that was just reported and released

18:48

earlier that night. So because they did

18:50

not know to look for her at

18:52

the time the pieces weren't connecting police

18:54

did not know hey the woman in

18:57

the backyard at Bill Smith's house could

18:59

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24:01

Starting from the very beginning of this

24:03

case when my trees got arrested all

24:06

the way until up until when the

24:08

missing persons report was filed all the

24:10

way up until we're we are now

24:12

in this case there has been a

24:14

lot of criticism towards police from the

24:16

public and my treats his family's as

24:18

you how the police have conducted this

24:20

investigation. It just feels like there really

24:23

is a lack of initiative on their

24:25

part in this investigation. Snow A couple

24:27

days after the missing persons report was

24:29

filed, there was a search conducted through.

24:31

Called Canyon and Months in Edo

24:33

which is where Bill Smith home

24:35

was and this is supposed to

24:37

be a two day full on

24:39

very thorough investigation and very thorough

24:41

search. However this today search turned

24:43

into a one day search because

24:45

they had brought in search dogs

24:47

that did pick up my traces

24:49

send in Bill Smith's yard as

24:51

well as in the surrounding area.

24:53

However, the search was put on

24:55

pause when one of the search

24:58

dogs got overheat air to so

25:00

the search came to a standstill.

25:02

So once the case was turned over,

25:04

the Lapd decided to go to my

25:06

trees his car which was still in

25:08

the impound lot and see if they

25:10

could find anything. They're snow. Firstly, when

25:12

an opening the car they sound my

25:14

trees his cell phone, they found her,

25:16

wall, led all of her personal belongings

25:18

and they also found a lot of

25:20

journals and the car. That only said

25:22

into this theory is that my trees

25:24

was struggling mentally in these journals. There

25:26

were pages and pages of writing it.

25:29

I just didn't make a whole lot

25:31

of sense and police are actually chalked

25:33

it up to my trees not getting

25:35

a lot of sleep the night prior.

25:37

to. that was their theory about the

25:39

whole thing. Not that my trees could

25:41

be a struggling mentally, or maybe she

25:43

was going through some sort of a

25:45

manic episode, but instead it was just

25:47

because she didn't get enough sleep the

25:49

night before and knots why she was

25:51

writing all of these things. And these

25:53

journals know it was. also. at this

25:56

point during the investigation of the Lapd

25:58

psychologists looked into this case and. Who

26:00

did it.my traces the he the earth

26:02

could have been indicative of bipolar disorder.

26:04

however there was nothing really side after

26:07

that. Now at this point in the

26:09

investigation which he's had asked to see

26:11

the surveillance footage of my truth leaving

26:13

the station on the night as she

26:16

was release because she wanted to see

26:18

her daughter's mental state. she wanted to

26:20

see what direction my trees is going

26:22

and or really of there was anything

26:25

that could help see where my trees

26:27

wind. However the Loss Hills police have

26:29

that. They didn't have any camera

26:31

footage of my trees, but it

26:34

turns out of this is actually

26:36

a lie because there were cameras

26:38

outside of the police station and

26:41

there was footage of my trees

26:43

leaving the Last Hills Sheriff's Department

26:45

and shortly after she is seen

26:47

walking out. There is a different

26:50

deputy who also is seen leaving

26:52

the building from another door shortly

26:54

after and because of how close

26:56

in time their accents works. Detectives

26:59

from the Lapd. Believed that my

27:01

trees and this deputy put a potentially

27:03

cross paths at some point and they

27:05

wanted to know who this deputy was

27:08

and learn more about what exactly happened.

27:10

Snow according to Lapd, this is very

27:12

much a struggle to get the name

27:15

of this deputy. Last tells was not

27:17

very quick to turn this name over.

27:19

However, ultimately when they did it's the

27:22

Lapd learned that this specific a deputy

27:24

had been really just dropping someone off

27:26

our last hill station after arresting someone

27:29

on a traffic stop. And then

27:31

twenty minutes after he has seen leaving the

27:33

station again it's he was documented conducting another

27:35

traffic stop in a different area. So because

27:37

of this last cells claimed that there was

27:40

really no way that this specific deputy would

27:42

have had any involvement with my truth because

27:44

he was simply just there to drop them

27:47

off. He got back in his car and

27:49

then he was recorded doing a different traffic

27:51

stop about twenty minutes later. And this is

27:53

really only further confirmed because we know that

27:56

my trees with seen in Bill Smith back

27:58

at approximately six thirty. I'm so you think

28:00

about it that way. it is very unlikely

28:02

that this deputy would have had any interaction

28:05

with my trees, snow, my treats, his family

28:07

and the community. The public was really pushing

28:09

police at this point in the investigation. Stay

28:11

felt like police word, not worried about my

28:14

trees or what could have happened to her.

28:16

They felt like because my trees was not

28:18

way to.her in her case wasn't given the

28:21

same amount of care and urgency of that

28:23

other cases would get. So the pressure was

28:25

really on for police and it was partially

28:27

due to this pressure that about four months.

28:30

After my traces disappear and said

28:32

there was a massive massive search

28:34

for my trees on January Ninth,

28:36

two thousand and ten and is

28:38

actually ended up being one of

28:40

the largest searches in the Sheriff's

28:43

department has serious. There were over

28:45

three hundred volunteers. There were helicopters,

28:47

horses, search dogs, people on foot

28:49

in. They covered about eighteen square

28:51

miles, which to give you a

28:54

different perspective is a little over

28:56

a levin thousand, five hundred and

28:58

twenty acres. They searched all. Through

29:00

Malibu Canyon. However, regardless, my trees was

29:02

not found out. There were many sightings

29:04

of my truth after she went missing,

29:07

and weirdly enough, a lot of these

29:09

sightings happened in Vegas. There were many

29:11

people in Vegas who claimed that they

29:13

had seen my trees and one of

29:15

which was her own garden. My goal:

29:18

Three weeks after the January ninth search

29:20

Michael with in Las Vegas sitting at

29:22

a traffic light when he claimed that

29:24

he saw a woman who looked identical

29:27

to my trees cross the street in

29:29

front of his car. snow michael claimed

29:31

that when he saw this woman he

29:33

immediately jumped out of the car and

29:35

started calling out his daughter's name he

29:37

was yelling my trees however at this

29:40

point the specific woman had gotten lost

29:42

in the crowd and he could not

29:44

find her again snow based off of

29:46

what michael claimed that he sauce he

29:48

believed that my trees at that point

29:50

could have been working as a sex

29:52

worker in vegas snow there was another

29:55

high school friend of my tree says

29:57

who claims that he also saw my

29:59

trees and one night. He

30:01

claimed that he was at a casino

30:03

with some of his friends when he

30:05

saw a woman who looked identical to

30:08

my trees and when he started calling

30:10

out her name, the woman quickly turned

30:12

around and ran away from him. So

30:14

at this point, because of these two

30:16

potential sightings, the LAPD went to Las

30:19

Vegas themselves to search for my trees

30:21

and in doing so, they spoke to

30:23

over about 70 different people

30:25

who claimed that they had seen my

30:27

trees and claimed that she did look

30:30

familiar and while this did

30:32

seem like a potential promising lead because police

30:34

now had all these people who said that

30:36

they've either seen my trees or that she

30:38

looks familiar or maybe they know her, you

30:40

know that is promising to them. However, ultimately

30:43

there was no other evidence to prove that

30:45

my trees was ever there. So this

30:47

ultimately brings us to Sunday, August 9th, 2010 at approximately

30:49

1 p.m. At

30:54

this time, the Malibu State Rangers were

30:56

hiking down Dark Canyon and this is

30:58

only a few miles away from Bill

31:00

Smith's backyard and this is a remote

31:02

location on the east side of Montanito.

31:04

Now the reason that the Rangers were

31:06

down there to begin with was because

31:09

this specific area had been reported to

31:11

have been doing a lot of illegal

31:13

growing of marijuana, so that is why

31:15

the Rangers were going to check it

31:17

out. However, when they got there, they

31:19

saw something far more

31:22

horrifying. While hiking, the

31:24

Rangers discovered several articles of clothing

31:26

in the nearby Creek area. They

31:28

initially saw a red leather strap

31:30

and then a black bra that

31:33

was partially covered with sticks and

31:35

leaves and different debris and then

31:37

finally a pair of blue jeans

31:39

that was also covered in debris.

31:41

However, ultimately they left these items

31:43

behind and continued walking until they

31:45

came across a human skull. The

31:48

skull was lying among debris and

31:50

the Ranger also saw dark curly

31:52

hair nearby. Now they didn't only just

31:55

find a skull, there was a skull

31:57

that was detached from the rest of

31:59

the body so the skull was detached

32:01

and there were also other bones as

32:04

well including a leg bone. Now

32:06

through dental records it was

32:08

revealed that the remains found

32:10

did in fact belong to

32:12

Maitreese Richardson. Now the process

32:14

of collecting these skeletal remains

32:16

and what happened next in

32:19

the investigation really is one

32:21

big mess. Immediately upon finding

32:23

the skeletal remains, the Rangers

32:25

contacted police who arrived via

32:27

helicopter on the scene shortly

32:29

after because it was very difficult

32:31

to get to this one place that

32:33

the Rangers were. This was a specific

32:35

area where really you would only know

32:37

to go there if you knew about

32:39

this area. This is not an area

32:41

that you would just stumble upon, it

32:43

was very particular. Now police

32:45

arrived via helicopter and when they

32:47

got there they saw the human

32:49

skull as well as a pelvic

32:51

bone and a leg bone lying

32:53

among the debris. Now after finding

32:55

the remains the police had contacted

32:57

the coroner department who had sent

32:59

a team to recover the remains

33:01

but the coroner team needed to

33:03

be airlifted as well but at

33:05

this point it was getting later

33:07

in the day the sun was

33:09

setting and they decided that it

33:11

would not be safe to have

33:13

the helicopter fly in the conditions

33:15

of that area and along with

33:17

that the helicopter had very limited

33:19

fuel on board and so because

33:21

of that the police made the

33:23

decision themselves to remove the remains

33:25

without the coroner team. Now this

33:27

is when things get very he-said

33:29

she-said because according to the LAPD

33:31

they claimed that they did in

33:33

fact get permission from the coroner

33:35

to remove the remains however the

33:37

coroner claims that they never gave

33:39

police permission to do this so

33:42

again there's been a lot of

33:44

back and forth in regards to

33:46

this. Now if that is correct

33:48

that the coroner did not give

33:50

permission and police just went ahead

33:52

and did that anyway that is

33:54

a violation against a state penal

33:56

code in California typically in any

33:58

homicide case when finding remains you

34:00

have the coroner team come out and

34:02

collect those remains, that way they can

34:04

take them back to the medical examiner's

34:06

office. The coroner team is specifically and

34:09

specially trained in doing this. They know

34:11

how to collect remains and maintain as

34:13

much DNA as possible. And not saying

34:15

the police don't know how to do

34:18

this, but again there is a team

34:20

designed specifically for that reason. Now once

34:22

the three remains, the skull, the pelvic

34:24

bone, and the leg were removed, police

34:26

discovered more remains and they moved them

34:29

to a plastic sheet inside of

34:31

a body bag. And the following

34:33

day on the 10th is when

34:35

the coroner team was finally able

34:37

to get to the remains site.

34:39

However, because the remains were removed

34:41

and it wasn't properly marked, the

34:43

coroner team wasn't able to locate

34:45

where exactly the remains were found.

34:47

So because of that, they were

34:49

unable to precisely locate the scene.

34:51

Now in regards to

34:54

the clothes that were found, police

34:56

also took these along with the

34:58

skeletal remains and everything was handed

35:00

over to the coroner. However, the

35:02

coroner had then given the clothing

35:04

to Mitrice's family shortly after receiving

35:06

it. Now the time frame on

35:09

when they gave the clothing to

35:11

her family is not completely clear

35:13

because right after her remains were

35:15

discovered, Lattice did a press conference

35:17

and claimed that she was not

35:19

allowed to see the clothes and

35:21

that she wanted to see the

35:23

clothes. So the clothes were eventually

35:25

given to her. However, when is

35:27

not entirely clear. But what

35:30

we do know is that once police

35:32

learned that the clothes were given to

35:34

Mitrice's family, they were not happy about

35:36

this because they never gave the coroner

35:39

authorization to do that. So they had

35:41

to go back to Mitrice's family and

35:43

recover the clothing after the fact. So

35:45

again, there was just a lot of

35:47

confusion when it came to collecting the

35:50

remains, collecting the clothes. It was just

35:52

one big mess. Now in terms of

35:54

the autopsy, the medical examiner was not

35:56

able to indicate a cause of death

35:58

because of the state of decomposition

36:01

that the remains were in. The

36:03

remains at this point were skeletal.

36:05

However, the medical examiner did say

36:07

that there was no evidence of

36:09

trauma. Now I do wanna mention

36:11

that there were several bones that

36:13

were not accounted for when it

36:15

came to the remains. These bones

36:17

included a hyoid bone, one twelfth

36:19

rib, a vertebrae, C4 to T2,

36:23

a xiphoid process, a coccyx,

36:25

five carperal bones on the

36:27

right hand, and multiple phalangeal

36:29

bones. So those bones were

36:31

not recovered. However, again, the coroner team

36:33

couldn't locate the remains site the following

36:35

day, so who knows what would

36:37

have happened if they were able to do that. Now

36:40

when it came to the theories on what

36:42

police believe could have happened to my Triesse,

36:44

they are not quick to point to foul

36:47

play. In fact, they believe that there was

36:49

no foul play in regards to my Triesse's

36:51

death. According to them, even though the cause

36:53

of death has not been determined, their main

36:55

theory is that my Triesse could have died

36:58

from anaphylactic shock from poison oak. Another

37:00

theory is that my Triesse could have gotten

37:02

bitten by a rattlesnake, which if that were

37:04

the case, she would have been one out

37:07

of two people a year who die in

37:09

California from a rattlesnake bite. But again, that

37:11

doesn't necessarily explain why her clothes would be

37:13

off. Police believe that animals could have been

37:15

the result of the missing clothing and her

37:18

clothes being off of her, but the clothing

37:20

that was recovered wasn't ripped to shreds. It

37:22

didn't seem to have gone through any sort

37:24

of fight. There wasn't a lot of wear

37:26

and tear on them in terms of an

37:29

animal ripping them off of her. It didn't

37:31

seem to be the state that they were in. So

37:34

it doesn't really make sense to believe that they

37:36

were the cause of an animal.

37:38

So again, those are just a couple

37:40

theories that the police have thrown out

37:42

there. But again, there isn't enough evidence

37:44

out there to prove, was this a

37:46

matter of foul play? Was there no

37:48

foul play? Was this a homicide? What

37:50

happened to my Triesse? There just isn't

37:52

enough information out there to make a

37:54

conclusion. Now my Triesse's family did sue

37:57

the county and received a settlement of $900,000. in

38:00

2011 and the latest update we do have in this

38:02

case was that in December of 2023 so just a

38:04

little over a month ago the reward was doubled to

38:07

$20,000 for any

38:13

information that could lead to what happened

38:15

to my trees that night but again

38:17

you guys that is where we stand

38:19

in this case that is what we

38:21

know about what happened to my trees

38:23

and it's such little information I know

38:25

it's so frustrating with these unsolved cases

38:27

trying to piece together what exactly happened

38:30

again I don't fully know where I lie on this

38:32

case I don't know if I necessarily believe that my

38:34

trees his case was a result of foul play or

38:36

if it was a homicide however I do believe that

38:38

there was a lot of negligence in my trees his

38:41

case that I believe for a fact I believe that

38:43

a lot of what happened in my trees his case

38:45

was entirely preventable but I am very interested to hear

38:47

what you guys have to say about this case so

38:49

please let me know in the comments below and with

38:51

that being said you guys that is all for me

38:54

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