"A month after Melodee Buzzard vanished, her relatives remain desperate for answers. But one person who may know what happened isn't talking. Melodee's mother, Ashlee Buzzard, has refused to cooperate with investigators since Oct. 14, when a school administrator reported the girl's prolonged absence from an independent study program, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. The mother is believed to have traveled around 3,000 miles during a four-day road trip replete with bizarre details - including switching license plates and putting her daughter in a wig."
""I'm having a hard time sleeping," said Melodee's paternal grandmother Lilly Denes. "My baby is missing. I don't know what to tell you. It has been very hard for all of us." In the corner of her living room, Denes has set up a shrine to her missing granddaughter. There's a framed photo of Melodee as a newborn with her late father, Denes' son Rubiell "Pinoy" Meza. There's a photo of Melodee smiling at her grandma as a toddler."
A nine-year-old girl named Melodee Buzzard disappeared after a four-day, roughly 3,000-mile road trip from Southern California to Nebraska during which her mother returned alone. The girl's mother, Ashlee Buzzard, has refused to cooperate with investigators since Oct. 14 after a school administrator reported Melodee's prolonged absence from an independent study program. Authorities say the road trip included unusual actions such as switching license plates and putting Melodee in a wig. Ashlee Buzzard was later arrested on false imprisonment charges unrelated to the missing-person investigation. Family members remain distraught and continue to seek answers.
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