Mitrice Richardson: $900,000 settlement tentatively reached

The parents of Mitrice Richardson have reached a tentative agreement to settle their lawsuits against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for $900,000, according to sources with knowledge of the settlement.

The missing 24-year-old was found dead almost a year after being released from the Los Angeles County sheriff's Malibu station.

Her parents have been sharply critical of the sheriff's department's handling of their daughter’s case, starting with her release from custody around midnight without car, purse or cellphone. Richardson went missing after her release.

Almost a year afterward, her remains were spotted in a remote Malibu Canyon ravine. Criticism of the department’s handling of the case continued.

In February, for example, months after her body was recovered, authorities found eight more bones in the area.

That discovery came just a few months after Richardson’s mother said she found a finger bone while at the site memorializing her daughter.