As the search for Melodee Buzzard continues, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office uncovered surveillance video showing the missing 9-year-old returning from a cross-country road trip with her mother, Ashlee Buzzard.
Detectives said the video shows the pair driving through the Colorado-Utah border on Oct. 9 in a 2024 white Chevrolet Malibu. This is the last time Melodee was seen, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff.
Investigators believe the same Malibu passed through the following regions:
- Green River, Utah
- Panguitch, Utah
- Northwest Arizona
- Primm, Nevada
- Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff released a map detailing the route Ashlee and Melodee Buzzard took from Utah to their home in Lompoc, Calif., which is 60 miles northwest of Santa Barbara.
Melodee was first reported missing by staff from the Lompoc Unified School District on Oct. 14. They said she had not been seen since August, according to a news release from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Ashlee has been uncooperative with their investigation…