A missing person case from Santa Barbara County has captured the country’s attention. Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard hadn’t been seen in school for months — and when faculty called the police to do a welfare check at her home, they found her mother, Ashlee, alone, with no sign of Melodee.
The FBI has now joined the case and has confirmed that the last sighting of Melodee was October 7. When questioned about where Melodee could have gone, Ashlee was uncooperative, forcing authorities to look elsewhere for answers. Some situations go years before yielding any answers, so it’s critical for investigators to gather as much information as early as possible.
