Authorities in California have arrested Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, whose disappearance last month continues to draw widespread concern.
Melodee was reported missing on October 14 after a school official raised an alarm about her “prolonged absence,” according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators have been searching extensively for the child, though Ashlee has reportedly refused to cooperate.
While she has not been named a person of interest in her daughter’s disappearance, Ashlee was taken into custody on Friday, November 7, on false imprisonment charges in an unrelated case, the sheriff’s office confirmed. Officials declined to provide further details but said the charge involves allegations that Ashlee prevented a victim from leaving a location…