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replied that it had not found any grounds for criminal charges against the sheriff or his deputies. The
Attorney General's office also found no evidence that the sheriff's office had mishandled Richardson's family's complaint against it. However, in January 2016, the California Attorney General's
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operations participated in the 18-square-mile (47 km²) search in the area of Malibu Canyon. The search included both air and ground searches of creeks, trails, and ridges. Richardson was not found during this search.
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Fullerton, where she graduated with honors from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in psychology the year before, in
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