October 12, 2024 – Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials report that the Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help locating Missing Person Mendi Michelle Dutton. She is a 46-year-old Black female who was last contacted on October 1, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. on the 14000 block of Olive View Drive in the city of Sylmar.

Mendi is 5’08”, 150 lbs., with black hair, short afro, brown eyes, with a rainbow tattoo on left arm and tattoos on her back.

Ms. Dutton suffers from a mental health disorder and her family is concerned for her well-being. She is known to frequent Skid Row in Los Angeles.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500. 

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website https://lacrimestoppers.org.

Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department