This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A judge in Santa Barbara County Superior Court has dismissed a felony false imprisonment charge against Ashlee ...

A district judge dismissed the false imprisonment case against Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, on Thursday. Law enforcement arrested Buzzard on November 10 after ...

Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been missing for over a month after she was last seen with her mother wearing wigs on a cross-country road trip. The mother, Ashlee Buzzard, returned to their ...

Melodee was reported missing more than one month ago by a school official Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an ...

The mother of a missing "at-risk" 9-year-old girl reportedly told a man she's accused of falsely imprisoning that she knows where her daughter is. An investigation into 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard's ...

The search for Melodee Buzzard began on October 14 when a school administrator reported the 9-year-old had been absent for a prolonged time. The investigation into her whereabouts has now stretched ...

The disturbed mom of missing 9-year-old Californian Melodee Buzzard allegedly held a friend hostage with a boxcutter because she regretted dishing on where she left her long-missing daughter, ...

Vandenberg Village woman Ashlee Buzzard, left, appears in court Wednesday with her attorney, Public Defender Adrian Galvan. Credit: KEYT.com photo A Santa Maria Superior Court judge granted a defense ...

Ashlee Buzzard has entered a not guilty plea to the false imprisonment charge. Ashlee Buzzard, the mom of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, allegedly armed herself with a box cutter and kept a man ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - Ashlee Buzzard, mother of missing 9-year-old Vandenberg Village girl Melodee Buzzard, was arraigned at the Santa Maria courthouse on Wednesday morning on a charge ...

The search for Melodee Buzzard began on October 14 when a school administrator reported the 9-year-old had been absent for a prolonged time. The investigation into her whereabouts has now stretched ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ashlee Buzzard, mother of missing girl Melodee Buzzard, was charged with false imprisonment after authorities say ...