The physique of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been situated, and her mother has been arrested extra two months after the kid vanished throughout an impromptu mother-daughter street journey.
Ashlee Buzzard was in custody Tuesday in reference to the younger lady’s disappearance, regulation enforcement sources informed ABC Information.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace informed the outlet it could be sharing “main developments” within the lacking lady’s case at 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, as NBC Information and native retailers reported that the kid’s physique was recovered.
Melodee was final seen on digicam together with her mom on Oct. 9 close to the Colorado-Utah border after the pair took a sudden street journey from their dwelling in Lompoc, California, and went so far as Nebraska.
However relations stated they haven’t seen the lady for over a yr, and described the elder Buzzard as “extraordinarily mentally unstable.”
The mom has been uncooperative with investigators.
Buzzard and her daughter wore wigs as they walked right into a Santa Barbara automobile rental outlet on Oct. 7 to acquire a Chevrolet Malibu.
The following day, nevertheless, their automobile was clocked on the street with New York plates, and when it was returned on Oct. 10 in California, the unique plates had been returned — and Melodee was not together with her mom.
