Melodee And Ashlee Buzzard May Have Been Seen In Utah
Jarrod Zinn
LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – Word is reaching us of new sightings in the multi-state search for Melodee Buzzard, missing now from her Vandenberg Village home for more than 3-weeks.
The mystery surrounding the 9-year-old’s disappearance has captured national attention.
Investigators say they’re focusing on stops the Buzzards made during a three-day road trip.
We’re hearing about new leads being pursued along the route Melodee and her mother, Ashlee, took last month across multiple states.
Surveillance images show Melodee and Ashlee wearing wigs the day they rented a white Chevy Malibu.
“It’s a crazy situation and horrible,” says Abbigail Harris, who lives in Junction, Utah. “And the little girl should be found.”
Investigators determined the three day trip took them as far away as Nebraska.
“Why are you changing your license plate?” asks Rilee Pinneo, who lives in Green River, Utah. “But then you come back and you’re not willing to talk about it or your daughter or anything.”
Employees at a gas station in Green River, Utah say Santa Barbara county sheriff’s investigators asked for video surveillance footage that falls right within the timeline and roadmap.
“We are the oasis in the middle of nowhere. Right? You’re coming from so far either way,” says Pinneo. “It’s just super like, suspicious, like. Why are you making her wear wigs? Why are you wearing wigs?”
And in Garfield county, Utah, an employee at another gas station says she saw Ashlee leave with an unidentified woman with purple hair.
“There’s a lot of nature, a lot of woods around here,” says Harris. “So it’s like if this is where she was the day before she got home. Who knows? You know, anything could happen.”
Santa Barbara county sheriff’s investigators and the FBI are asking for the public’s help in locating Melodee.
The Santa Barbara county D.A.’s office is also assisting in the investigation.
If you have seen Melodee or have any information, you can call the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division (805) 681-4150.
Those wishing to remain anonymous can provide information through the tip line at (805) 681-4171 or online at https://www.sbsheriff.org/home/anonymous-tip/.
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