"Melodee was last seen in August but was reported missing more recently when Lompoc Unified School District officials reported her prolonged absence. Deputies searched the girl's home in Vandenberg Village and spoke to her mother, but said the young girl was nowhere to be seen and that her mother was uncooperative in the investigation. On Friday, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's officials announced Ashlee Buzzard was taken into custody after she allegedly prevented a victim from leaving a location."
"The FBI has joined local law enforcement in the search for the 9-year-old girl. On Thursday, Ashlee Buzzard was escorted off the property as federal and local officials searched the girl's Santa Barbara County home, on the 500 block of Mars Avenue, looking for clues to her whereabouts. Lompoc school district officials reached out to the sheriff's office on Oct. 14 after Melodee had been absent for some time."
Melodee Buzzard, 9, has been missing since early October and was last seen in August; school officials reported a prolonged absence prompting a missing-person report. Deputies searched the family's Vandenberg Village home and found the child absent; they described the mother, Ashlee Buzzard, as uncooperative. Santa Barbara County deputies arrested Ashlee Friday on an unrelated allegation that she prevented a victim from leaving a location; bail was set at $100,000. The arrest occurred during the missing-person probe but was described as unrelated. The FBI joined federal and local authorities searching the family's home and released surveillance video of Ashlee with Melodee.
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