Missing California Girl
Body Found After 2-month Search, Mom Arrested
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The physique of a 9-year-old California lady has been discovered two months after she vanished throughout an impromptu mother-daughter journey … resulting in the arrest of her mom.
Authorities say Melodee Buzzard’s physique was present in Utah earlier this month, and her mom, Ashlee Buzzard, was taken into custody Tuesday in reference to the kid’s demise.
Officials confirmed Melodee was present in an space she had traveled to together with her mother again in October … and investigators imagine she was killed there earlier than her disappearance made headlines, KABC-TV stories.
Melodee and her mother had been seen sporting wigs after they walked right into a Santa Barbara automotive rental on October 7, selecting up a Chevrolet Malibu simply earlier than setting off on their highway journey.
She was final noticed on digital camera together with her mother on October 9 close to the Colorado-Utah border, the place the Malibu was on the highway with New York plates. The unique plates had been put again on when it was returned October 10 … however Melodee wasn’t together with her mother.
Family members paint a troubling image, calling Ashlee “extremely mentally unstable” — and authorities say she refused to cooperate with investigators because the case unfolded. She hasn’t but been charged.
This isn’t her first run-in with the regulation — Ashlee was hit with felony false-imprisonment expenses final month in an unrelated case, accused of making an attempt to cease a person from leaving her residence … although these expenses had been finally dropped.
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