Lompoc, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives are sharing extra data, a route map, and photograph that features Ashlee Buzzard of their ongoing seek for lacking at-risk 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office started investigating on October 14, 2025, when a faculty administrator reported Melodee’s extended absence. Deputies tried to find Melodee and her mom, Ashlee at their residence in Lompoc, California, however have been solely in a position to converse with Ashlee who supplied no verifiable rationalization for Melodee’s whereabouts. A search of the residence confirmed that Melodee was not there. Ashlee has remained uncooperative and has not confirmed Melodee’s location or welfare.
Through their investigation, detectives have confirmed that Ashlee left California with Melodee in a white 2024 Chevrolet Malibu, initially bearing California license plate 9MNG101, on October 7, 2025. Detectives imagine that Ashlee and Melodee travelled so far as Nebraska, with a return journey that included Kansas. Beginning October 8, 2025, the Malibu was noticed with a New York license plate HCG9677. It is unknown when the plate was put in or whether or not extra plates have been used at different occasions throughout journey. The New York plate seen on the automotive doesn’t belong to the car or to Ashlee. Investigators imagine it was used as a false or switched plate to keep away from detection. When the car was returned to the rental company in Lompoc California, the assigned California plate was on the car.
Detectives have now confirmed that Melodee was final seen alongside the return route by way of video surveillance on October 9, 2025, within the area between the Colorado–Utah border. Investigators are working to fill gaps within the timeline for that date and are working with legislation enforcement businesses in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and Southern California for help in reaching the members of their communities.
Investigators imagine the Malibu traveled via the next areas on or round October 9, 2025:
- Green River, Utah
- Panguitch, Utah
- Northwest Arizona
- Primm, Nevada
- Rancho Cucamonga, California
The Sheriff’s Office is sharing a map of the car’s stops and urges anybody in these communities to verify surveillance and report related data. Detectives are searching for anybody who could have had contact with Ashlee or Melodee at any level from October 9-10, 2025, or any video footage from their route of journey.
Investigators are sharing extra surveillance pictures of Ashlee and Melodee that have been captured at a rental automotive location in Lompoc California at the beginning of the street journey on October 7, 2025. Both Ashlee and Melodee look like sporting wigs with Melodee’s showing darker and straighter than her pure hair. Melodee Buzzard is described as a 9-year-old feminine, roughly 4 toes 6 inches tall, 60 kilos, with brown curly hair and brown eyes.
Detectives are asking anybody who has seen Melodee or has details about her whereabouts to contact the Sheriff’s Office via one of many following strategies:
- Detectives Line: (805) 681-4150
- Anonymous Tip Line: (805) 681-4171
- Online Tips: www.sbsheriff.org/dwelling/anonymous-tip/
Detectives will proceed to offer updates as new data turns into obtainable that doesn’t compromise the integrity of the investigation.