In 2009 Mitrice Richardson, 24, went missing after being released from jail at 12:40 a.m., despite the fact that she showed signs of mental illness. Richardson’s car was impound with her purse and cell phone inside. Close to a year later her remains were found in a Malibu Canyon ravine several miles from the sheriff’s station.

Her family almost immediately suspected foul play. They also believed the Los Angeles police were careless in the handling of their daughter’s remains.

From the Los Angeles Time:

Her family has also blasted deputies for mishandling her remains. Coroner’s officials said deputies moved her body parts without permission, and months later, Richardson’s mother was visiting the site and found a finger bone that belonged to her daughter.

The office of then-Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris balked at reviewing the case in 2015, saying there was “no reasonable inference” that deputies broke the law. But months later, in February 2016, the case appeared to gain new momentum after Harris agreed to review the matter at the request of Richardson’s father, Michael Richardson.

That yearlong inquiry appears to have revealed no evidence of wrongdoing. A Dec. 31 letter from the attorney general’s office to Richardson’s father, which was released to The Times, briefly outlines why “there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution for destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence.”

But if there were not enough evidence to support a criminal prosecution, why did the letter the Attorney General, Kamala Harris, sent Mr. Richardson say the statute of limitation for this offense had passed? Wouldn’t the letter sent to Richardson’s father also state there was not enough evidence to prosecute?

Although the attorney general believes the police did nothing wrong both parents were awarded $450,000 each. Michael Richardson is still asking officers who may know something to man up and come forward with truth about his daughter’s death. “These officers took an oath to protect and defend people,” Mr. Richardson said. “You didn’t take an oath to keep secrets.”