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California authorities launched new surveillance pictures Friday of a lacking 9-year-old little one who the FBI stated might have been together with her mom on a highway journey “so far as the state of Nebraska” earlier than vanishing.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace stated its investigation into the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard started on Oct. 14, after a faculty administrator reported her prolonged absence. Deputies then responded to her dwelling in Lompoc and encountered her 35-year-old mom, Ashlee Buzzard, though “Melodee was not on the dwelling, and no verifiable clarification for her whereabouts was offered.”
“As a part of this replace, detectives are sharing surveillance pictures of Melodee captured at an area automotive rental enterprise on October 7. Within the picture, Melodee is sporting a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and what seems to be a wig that’s darker and straighter than her pure hair,” the sheriff’s workplace stated in Friday’s replace. “Investigators imagine the wig might have been used to change her look. Detectives additionally word that Ashlee is thought to put on wigs.”
“Via their ongoing investigation, detectives have narrowed the vital timeline to between October 7 and October 10, 2025. Investigators have confirmed that Ashlee was seen returning to her Lompoc residence on October 10, driving the identical rental automobile she departed with on October 7 — however Melodee was not within the automotive,” the sheriff’s workplace continued.
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Melodee Buzzard is proven right here in a photograph that the FBI says was taken in 2023. (FBI)
“Investigators perceive that this three-day highway journey went from Lompoc to the Nebraska space, with the return journey together with the state of Kansas. Detectives are actually targeted on figuring out the place Melodee was throughout these three days and the place she could also be now,” it additionally stated.
Melodee Buzzard is described by police as being round 4 toes, 6 inches tall and weighing roughly 60 kilos with brown hair and brown eyes.
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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Melodee Buzzard was sporting a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and “what seems to be a wig that’s darker and straighter than her pure hair.” (Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace)
“Our detectives are following each lead on this case. We proceed to hunt data from the general public that would assist us discover Melodee,” Santa Barbara Sheriff Invoice Brown stated in an announcement. “We stay decided to deliver her dwelling safely.”
The FBI’s Los Angeles Discipline Workplace is aiding within the search.
“The investigation signifies that Melodee was together with her mom as just lately as October 7, 2025. It has additionally been decided that Ashlee might have pushed with Melodee in a White Chevrolet Malibu (Lic #9MNG101) to areas exterior of Santa Barbara County, California, to incorporate so far as the state of Nebraska,” the company stated. “The automobile was decided to be a rental automotive and is now not in Ashlee’s possession.”
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace launched a brand new picture of Melodee Buzzard “captured at an area automotive rental enterprise” on Oct. 7, 2025. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace )
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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Melodee stays an “at risk-missing particular person,” whereas her mom has been “uncooperative with investigators.”
