The search for Melodee Buzzard began on October 14 when a school administrator reported the 9-year-old had been absent for a ...

The mother of a 9-year-old Santa Barbara County girl who disappeared last month has been arrested on unrelated charges.

Ashlee Buzzard, 40, was arrested on Friday for false imprisonment. "Although this arrest occurred during the course of the missing person investigation, it is not directly related to Melodee's ...

The mother of a 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard who vanished during their road trip last month was arrested Friday on a felony charge of false imprisonment – but it’s not directly related to the search ...

A Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office investigator at the Vandenberg Village home of Ashlee Buzzard in October. On Friday, deputies arrested Buzzard at her home on suspicion of false imprisonment in ...

The mother of a missing 9-year-old Santa Barbara County girl was charged Monday in a case that is not directly related to her daughter's disappearance, prosecutors said Monday. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, was ...

(KRON) — On Friday detectives arrested the mother of a missing California girl, 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, was arrested by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office detectives on ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. A felony charge of false imprisonment was filed ...