Mitrice Richardson, a lovely 24 year old African-American woman, was released late at night from the Malibu, California Sheriffs jail after having been detained for not paying her bill at an upscale restaurant. She was described as 'acting crazy' and, in fact, was having a mental crisis. She was released into the mountainous region with no cell, no purse, no ID, no car, no way home and vanished. Eleven months later her remains were found in a desolate Malibu canyon. 'Lost Compassion,' shot from ten days after Mitrice went missing, tells the complex, emotional inside story of the search for Mitrice and struggles with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, whose deputies lied about her arrest and likely were involved with her disappearance and murder.

Mitrice Richardson, a beautiful 24 year old, African-American woman, vanished after being released from the Malibu, CA Sheriff's jail late at night with no cell phone, no purse, no transportation, no way home. She was having a mental crisis when arrested at a local restaurant. Lost Compassion probes the mysterious details surrounding her disappearance and ultimately her murder, possibly at the hands of Sheriff's deputies. Sheriff's officers lied about not having video of Mitrice in jail and detectives removed her body from a remote canyon before the Coroner's forensics investigators had access to the remains. Shot from 10 days after Mitrice vanished, the emotional documentary follows the family's struggle to find Mitrice, keep her story alive in the media and obtain justice.