A large ominous cloud has been hanging over the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Department since Mitrice Richardson disappeared thirteen years ago and the clouds only became darker when her body was found 11 months later, approximately six miles from the Lost Hills Station where she was released shortly after midnight on September 17th, 2009.

Dr. Ronda Hampton, a clinical psychologist from Diamond Bar, began her journey as a Missing Persons and Mental Health advocate immediately after Richardson disappeared.

In the pursuit of justice for Mitrice, Hampton began working with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, however, the overwhelming negligence in adhering to the process and procedures in the investigation by LASD suggested a cover-up was in play. Within days of Richardson’s disappearance, Hampton initiated contact with then Sheriff Lee Baca in an effort to seek accountability for those involved with her arrest and release. Hampton openly discussed corruption within in the department in those early meetings with Baca and from the beginning, the former Sheriff was not only receptive to Hampton’s concerns regarding the department’s responsibility in Richardson’s disappearance, he was forthcoming to Hampton with his belief the case was mishandled by his officers and that Richardson was possibly murdered.

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