On Oct. 7, Melodee and Ashlee Buzzard left on a three-day road trip from their Lompoc, California, home to the Nebraska area, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office said. Surveillance images show ...

Authorities have discovered the body of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard two months after she disappeared — and taken her mother into custody. Melodee's decomposing body was discovered on Dec. 6 in Wayne ...

LOMPOC, Calif. (ABC4) — The 9-year-old who went missing from California was found dead in Wayne County, Utah, law enforcement confirmed Tuesday. Her mother was arrested for her murder. Melodee Buzzard ...

People posted signs outside the Santa Barbara County home of Ashlee Buzzard after her daughter's disappearance. (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times) Missing California girl Melodee Buzzard, 9, was found ...

Melodee Buzzard, the missing 9-year-old girl from Lompoc, was found shot to death in rural Utah in what the Santa Barbara County sheriff called a “ruthless act” that ultimately led to the arrest of ...

The missing person case of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard left law enforcement stunned when the body of the young girl from Santa Barbara County was found in a remote area in Utah about two months after ...

After a mysterious, two-month-long missing persons case, authorities announced that 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard was found dead in Utah, and her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, has been arrested for allegedly ...