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(NewsNation) — The hunt continues for missing 9-year-old California miss Melodee Buzzard, who has not been seen since Oct. 9.
Melodee was past caught connected surveillance video with her mom, Ashlee Buzzard, connected a cross-country roadworthy travel from California. Thus far, Ashlee has been uncooperative with authorities amid the ongoing investigation.
What happened to Melodee Buzzard?
It is chartless what precisely has happened to Melodee, different than the information she is missing. Authorities person not determined her information oregon whereabouts.
Melodee was reported missing Oct. 14 by a Lompoc, California, Unified School District administrator. Her sister and aunt told "Banfield" connected Monday that they are "in the dark" regarding Melodee, some from authorities and her mother.
Investigators confirmed Melodee was with her mother, and some were wearing wigs, Oct. 9 astir the Colorado–Utah borderline area.
What are the latest updates?
In a statement released Monday, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said Melodee near California with her mother connected a cross-country travel that took them arsenic acold eastbound arsenic Nebraska and Kansas.
Authorities besides noted that Oct. 8, 1 time aft the travel commenced, the achromatic 2024 Chevrolet Malibu, a rental car driven by Ashlee Buzzard, had a antithetic licence plate. Authorities accidental that erstwhile it was returned to the car rental concern successful Lompoc, California, it had the archetypal California plates backmost on.
They besides determined she was with her parent portion driving done Green River, Utah, Panguitch, Utah, northwest Arizona, Primm, Nevada, and Rancho Cucamonga, California, connected oregon astir Oct. 9.
What is the timeline successful the Melodee Buzzard case?
The car initially bore California licence sheet 9MNG101 and was past switched to a New York licence sheet HCG9677. It is unclear erstwhile this occurred oregon if different plates were besides utilized during the trip.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives are sharing further information, a way map, and photograph that includes Ashlee Buzzard successful their ongoing hunt for missing at-risk 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard.Ashlee returned to California connected Oct. 10 without her daughter, according to investigators. Since returning to the Golden State, Ashlee's location has been searched by the FBI and different investigators.
According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, Ashlee has been uncooperative with the probe and has not confirmed the well-being oregon whereabouts of her daughter.
How tin the nationalist help?
Melodee Buzzard is astir 4 feet 6 inches tall, 60 pounds, with brownish curly hairsbreadth and brownish eyes.
Anyone with accusation is urged to interaction the sheriff’s bureau via the detectives line: 805-681-4150, the anonymous extremity line: 805-681-4171, oregon online tips via www.sbsheriff.org/home/anonymous-tip/.
