Tag: Elaine Park

Recent Skeletal Remains Found in Malibu Canyon A Stark Reminder of the Confirmation of Mitrice Richardson’s Mummified Remains Found in Dark Canyon Thirteen Years Ago
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Recent Skeletal Remains Found in Malibu Canyon A Stark Reminder of the Confirmation of Mitrice Richardson’s Mummified Remains Found in Dark Canyon Thirteen Years Ago

Today marks 13 years since the LA County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the identification of Mitrice Richardson’s partially mummified remains, found just three days before on August 9th, 2010, in a remote area in Malibu Canyon known to locals as “Dark Canyon”. At the time of the discovery, Park Rangers were surveying an area previously…

Malibu Cold Case from 1996 Solved with DNA Evidence, at Least Three Murdered and Missing Cases Continue to Go Unsolved
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Malibu Cold Case from 1996 Solved with DNA Evidence, at Least Three Murdered and Missing Cases Continue to Go Unsolved

For over two decades, the family of Gladys Arellano hoped for justice in the 17 year-old’s murder which took place on Super Bowl Sunday in 1996. Arellano’s body was found two days later in Topanga Canyon, 30 feet off a main road in a ravine. Authorities said she was partially clothed and appeared to be…

Missing Persons Advocate Integral in the Mitrice Richardson Investigation Launches Social Media Campaign to Find Elaine Park
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Missing Persons Advocate Integral in the Mitrice Richardson Investigation Launches Social Media Campaign to Find Elaine Park

Long time Missing Persons advocate Dr. Ronda Hampton, an integral part of the high-profile Mitrice Richardson case has launched a social media campaign to assist in the search for Elaine Park, a young actress that went missing in the same general area of Dark Canyon in 2017. Over the last 11 years since Mitrice Richardson…

LASD Headquarters Denies Malibu Missing Persons Cases Additional Resources as the Sheriff’s “Victims Matters” Campaign Loses Steam and DA Recall Heats Up
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LASD Headquarters Denies Malibu Missing Persons Cases Additional Resources as the Sheriff’s “Victims Matters” Campaign Loses Steam and DA Recall Heats Up

The families of three high profile cases that occurred in the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department jurisdiction, were recently denied additional assistance to get answers in their unsolved cases. The families of Mitrice Richardson, Elaine Park and Matthew Weaver Jr. personally contacted Sheriff Alex Villanueva on April 1st, 2021 requesting a lateral investigation. Five days later,…

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Malibu Daily News Editor in Chief Cece Woods founded The Local Malibu, an activism based platform, in 2014. The publication was instrumental in the success of two ballot measures, seating three Malibu City Councilmen in 2016 and the supporting the top two vote-getters again in 2020.

During the summer of 2018, Woods exposed the law enforcement cover-up in the Malibu Creek State Park Shootings and a few short months later, provided the most comprehensive local news coverage during the Woolsey Fire attracting over 1 million hits across her social media platforms.