hi everyone, im new to this thread and somewhat new to the story...
Mitrice sounded as if she really had her life together, and she was extremely intelligent and beautiful. She had no history of mental illness, however, there was history of depression in her family....
i discovered this story while watching Nancy Grace, and LE had just Id'd her remains. From the very beginning, to me (and as I understand, her family) this story reeks. Other patrons at Geoffrey's restaurant reported she was acting strangely, as well as the employee that called 911. However, the police report states she was embarassed, but lucid, cooperative and not intoxicated. after finding a little bit of pot in her car (apparently a citation offense in CA?) she was arrested. Why was she arrested, again? something prompted these cops to take her in, what? they could've paid her bill with the debit card out in her purse. if they had obviously gone out to her car and found the weed and ID, etc, why not check for cash or CC? I mean, that was the original problem... right?
i also read that before Mitrice ate inside the restaurant, she'd been found in an employees car looking through CDs. when asked what she was doing, she replied in gibberish. why would these people then allow her to come on in and run up a bill?
her mother had viewed the police video of Mitrice inside the sub station after booking. she told many news outlets that she was visibly in distress, curling up in the fetal position, trying to make a phone call, etc. other inmates said she was speaking about nonsense and acting weird. however, without alerting her family, she was given the option to stay or go around 1 am. why is it that every witness to Mitrice's behavior that day describes her as acting strange, except the police? i firmly believe that if she was checked out by doctors at LE's insistence, this might have ended very differently.
honestly, i believe that her disheveled appearance and her skin color has much to do with how this situation was handled. had she been young, pretty, white girl she would've had her parents waiting at the police station before she was finished being booked.
lastly, a call was made to LE reporting a possible "prowler", a tall skinny black woman with an afro-type hairstyle wandering around an isolated property, then resting on their back-porch and stairs for a moment. if you listen to the tape the man admits the woman had to have "gone out of her way" to reach their house, since access is limited to horse-trails, etc. he could not imagine how she could've entered the property. this house was in close proximity to the state park her body is later found. still no one has seen or heard from Mitrice, and around 4am (this 911 call was made around 6am) Mitrice's mother calls LE and discovers Mitrice had been released HOURS earlier. this should immediately alerted LE and they should've put 2 & 2 together and thus started a search.
personally, im not 100 % sold on a homicide theory. it seems to me that Mitrice was not in her right frame of mind, as she had earlier in the day sent strange text messages to family and friends, as well as phone calls. also, it sounds as if she'd been stumbling around the general area of the state park, and the residences. the area in which her remains were recently found were said to be treacherous, and not reached by normal means. i believe she started wandering around the state park area, lost footing, or fell and was injured. by the time she was spotted at the property on the porch steps it was nearly 6:30 am, and therefore a little light outside. but being that she not in her normal state of mind (and quoting a text from Matrice to a friend, "i am part of the universe, part of nature") for whatever reason she was exploring the park.
i dunno, im not totally sold on a homicide. this case i think is a horribly tragic series of mis-steps on the part of LE to protect a possibly mentally ill young woman. sorry to re-hash all that, i was just attempting to make a few points and summarize a little. :blushing: -z
