Rich Mossberg

Sheriff Rich Mossberg (d.August, 1992 [revived]) was the sheriff of Ridgemont. He was involved with Fell's Church Sheriff's Department by August 1992. He was killed in the Old Wood after going after Shinichi and the children of Fell's Church, with his femur later found covered in malach bites.Meredith Sulez: It was certainly human but maybe not chewed by humans. Human children. (The Return: Midnight - Chapter 25)
==Biography==
After Matt Honeycutt reported a fallen tree, the Fell's Church Sheriff's Department found that there was no such tree blocking the road (due to the malach in the Old Wood), prompting Sheriff Mossberg to believe that Matt had made a false claim and might be behind the disappearing stop and yield signs. He called Matt's residence, and spoke to Mrs Honeycutt about her son and his whereabouts. She told him about Matt's destroying his car and that he had not come home that night. The car's destruction, paired with a Neighborhood Watch report of a suspicious Jaguar, led Mossberg to believe that Matt may be a thief.The Return: Nightfall - Chapter 18
Sheriff Mossberg called Matt's mobile phone, questioning him and voicing his beliefs. He was told that the suspicious Jaguar belonged to Stefan Salvatore, confirmed by his "girlfriend", Meredith Sulez.
After Caroline Forbes claimed that Matt had raped her, Sheriff Mossberg went to his house, the Sulez house and the McCullough house before going to the Flowers boardinghouse. He was met with opposition from Mrs Flowers, Meredith and Bonnie McCullough, and was unable to search the premises due to the lack of a warrant.The Return: Nightfall - Chapter 24
Mossberg found Matt in Fell's Church Cemetery, where he attempted to arrest him on suspicion of assault and battery against Caroline Forbes. However, Matt brought Shinichi and the children of the town to his attention, and he realised that his niece, Rebecca, was among them. Ignoring Matt, he entered the Old Wood to go after them.The Return: Shadow Souls - Chapter 21 He was murdered.The Return: Shadow Souls - Chapter 31
Matt and Mrs Flowers found his femur in the Old Wood, covered in malach bites.
==Behind the scenes==
*Although Sheriff Mossberg introduces himself as belonging to the Fell's Church Sheriff's Department (making him the unidentified sheriff) in The Return: Nightfall, his shirt is described as being a Ridgemont sheriff's shirt in The Return: Shadow Souls, and Elena states that Meredith told her that he was from Ridgemont in The Return: Midnight.
*Sheriff Mossberg is mistakenly referred to as being a sergeant by Meredith in The Return: Nightfall, and in the narrative in The Return: Shadow Souls.
==Appearances==
*The Return: Nightfall 
*The Return: Shadow Souls
*The Return: Midnight 
==Notes and references==
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