Mitrice Lavon Richardson (born April 30, 1985 – remains found August 9, 2010) was a 24-year-old American woman who went missing after being released from a Malibu, California, jail on September 17, 2009, and was subsequently found deceased 11 months later in August 2010. She worked as an administrative assistant at a freight company in Santa Fe Springs, California; was a dancer in a nightclub in Long Beach, California; lived in South Los Angeles, California, and was an out lesbian at the time of her disappearance and death.