Officials are still searching for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard after they said her mother traveled out of California with the girl and then returned without her.
A school administrator first reported Melodee missing on Oct. 14 after her “prolonged absence,” the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Although police initially believed the child hadn’t been seen in at least a year, they later confirmed two sightings of the girl: one in August and another with her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, on Oct. 7…