Melodee Buzzard disappearance: New images released of missing California girl

Authorities in California launched new surveillance photographs Friday of a lacking 9-year-old baby who the FBI stated could have been along with her mom on a street journey “so far as the state of Nebraska” earlier than disappearing.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace stated the investigation into Melodee Buzzard’s disappearance started Oct. 14 after a faculty principal reported her prolonged absence. Officers then went to her Lompoc house and met along with her 35-year-old mom, Ashlee Buzzard, though “Melodee was not house and no verifiable rationalization for her whereabouts was given.”

“As a part of this replace, detectives are sharing surveillance photographs of Melodee captured at an area automotive rental company on October 7. Within the picture, Melodee is carrying 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 could have been used to change her look. Detectives additionally be aware that Ashlee is understood to put on wigs.”

“Via their ongoing investigation, detectives have narrowed the essential timeline to between October 7 and October 10, 2025. Investigators have confirmed that Ashlee returned to her Lompoc residence on October 10, driving the identical rental automotive she left 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)

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“Investigators perceive that this three-day street journey was from Lompoc to the Nebraska space, with the return journey together with the state of Kansas. Detectives at the moment are centered 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 about 4 toes tall and weighing about 130 kilos, with brown hair and brown eyes.

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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Melodee Buzzard was carrying 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 info from the general public that might assist us discover Melodee,” Santa Barbara Sheriff Invoice Brown stated in an announcement. “We stay dedicated to bringing her house safely.”

The FBI’s Los Angeles Discipline Workplace is helping within the search.

“The investigation signifies that Melodee was not along with her mom till October 7, 2025. It has additionally been decided that Ashlee could have pushed with Melodee in a white Chevrolet Malibu (Lic #9MNG101) to places outdoors of Santa Barbara County, California, as far-off because the state of Nebraska,” the company stated. “The car 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 company” on October 7, 2025. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace)

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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Melodee stays a “lacking individual” whereas her mom is “uncooperative with investigators.”