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Missing Bi-Polar Teacher May Be Living In Las Vegas

Written by Casey Gane-McCalla, Lead Blogger on July 29, 2010 1:48 pm

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Ten months ago Mitrice Richardson walked out of a Los Angeles sheriff’s station and mysteriously vanished.

Family and friends of the 25-year-old teacher who suffers from bipolar disorder have had no idea where she could have gone, until – potentially – now.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says investigators have received numerous tips regarding her whereabouts and have reason to believe Richardson is alive and living in Las Vegas.

Investigators are heading to Las Vegas to look into the 80 possible sightings of Richardson that have been reported and are believed to be credible.

Whitmore, who is headed to Las Vegas Thursday for a news conference, plans to plead with Richardson and the public in hopes locating the missing woman.

His message to Richardson: “You’re not in trouble, you’re not subject to arrest. We just want to know you’re OK. Please contact police or a family member.”

Richardson was arrested Sept. 16 after she was unable to pay an $89 bill at Geoffrey’s restaurant in Malibu.

According to the Los Angeles Times, in addition to being unable to pay, Richardson was acting “bizarrely and speaking gibberish.” Her car was impounded after her arrest because she was believed to be intoxicated.

However, police later released Richardson without a car, cell phone, and purse (which were inside the impounded vehicle) because she appeared rational.

She walked away from the station and was never heard from again. Richardson’s mother has sued Los Angeles County, claiming her daughter should have been given a mental-health evaluation and not released in the middle of the night without a car or identification.

Richardson is black, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs about 135 pounds. She has brown, curly hair and hazel eyes, and was last seen wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans, police said. According to a flyer made by her family, Richardson has tattoos on her lower abdomen and behind her neck.

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    I hope they fine her alive and well. I just want to know how can she be a teacher and be bi-polar?(JMO)

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    Hopefully she is ok, but mom’s suing because they she thinks they should have given her a mental eval? that’s a little questionable. The police arrest drunken intoxicated ppl all the time, once they are sober, they are released, she is no different.

    Maybe she wanted to disappear, bi-polar ppl have moments of lucidity.. She left everything in her possession and walked off without a second look back. She might have wanted to get away from her current environment and get a fresh start.

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    if she’s bi-polar, then shes not missing at all..

    Her other self took over and decided they should go to Vegas….

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    bi-polar? she don’t look half bad. damn now i gotta keep my eyes open for pretty and crazy women.

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    POTENTIALLY! MAYBE!

    Why are those words synonymous every time one of our people are missing?

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    Two words: Insurance Fraud. Courts already ruled her ‘dead’. Doesn’t the family initiate that kind of proceeding? And its only been a year? $89 bill. Champagne taste, 40 oz pockets. Mom was on CNN this morning saying “How did she get from LA/Malibu area to Las Vegas?” Now I’m in NC but isn’t that like a two, three hour drive?

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    I agree with her mother. If she is bi-polar and she was drinking then she should have been released into the care of someone and you don’t know if she is off her medication or not. I hope she is okay.

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    Mitrice Richardson told the other Mitrice Richardson to head to Vegas..Maybe she Toni braxton now.. (just saying!!)

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