The grandmother of slain California girl Melodee Buzzard says she believes the child’s mother “planned” the attack, adding that an insanity plea shouldn’t apply to the case. According to the Santa Barbara Independent, Melodee’s paternal grandmother, Lilly Denes, spoke with reporters January 7, following Ashlee Buzzard’s court appearance at the Lompoc County Court. Ashlee Buzzard …
Accused California child killer Ashlee Buzzard appeared in court Tuesday, where her defense attorney requested a permanent gag order in the case. According to the Lompoc Record, Buzzard, accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, appeared at the Santa Barbara Superior Court for a brief hearing. Judge Stephen Dunkle kept a temporary gag order …
The body of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been found, according to officials, and her mother is now facing charges in connection with her death. Multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News that Melodee’s body had been found in Wayne County, Utah, on December 6, by a man and woman who had been in the …
New details have emerged in the search for missing 9-year-old California girl, Melodee Buzzard, following statements from a family acquaintance of the child’s mother. Tyler S. Brewer, a “legal document assistant” who has known the girl’s mother, Ashlee Buzzard, for several years, revealed to NewsNation that Buzzard provided him with an account of her daughter’s …
False imprisonment charges against missing California girl Melodee Buzzard’s mother were dropped Thursday, following a Santa Barbara County court hearing. Audio, played during the court hearing, indicated that Ashlee Buzzard did not prevent Tyler Brewer from leaving her Lompoc home on November 6. Brewer identified himself as a “legal document assistant” who tried to assist …
The mother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard has pleaded not guilty to felony false imprisonment, as the search for her daughter continues. According to FOX 11 Los Angeles, a judge on Wednesday released Ashlee Buzzard from jail and ordered to wear a GPS monitor. Other conditions of her release included not contacting the false …
A man who accused Melodee Buzzard’s mother of false imprisonment says that he believes the missing California girl could be alive. Tyler Brewer told NewsNation that Ashlee Buzzard started acting erratically November 6 while he visited her home in Lompoc. She allegedly accused him working with law enforcement to return 9-year-old Melodee to her father’s …
Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard, has been arrested on false imprisonment charges. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said Friday’s arrest is unrelated to Melodee’s disappearance. “Detectives learned of a recent incident where Ashlee prevented a victim from leaving a location, against their will which constitutes false imprisonment,” SBCSO said …
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office in California released security footage Thursday, showing missing Melodee Buzzard and her mother, both in wigs, at a Lompoc car rental business. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ashlee Buzzard rented a white 2024 Chevrolet Malibu, with California license plate 9MNG101, and embarked on the trip on October 7, with possible …
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office says missing 9-year-old California girl, Melodee Buzzard, was spotted in a small Utah town last month. According to the sheriff’s office, Melodee was seen between the Colorado–Utah border on October 9, on a return route, after her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, rented a car in California and took a cross-country …
The mother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard allegedly changed a rental car’s license plate to “avoid detection.” According to a Monday statement released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, Ashlee Buzzard rented a car in Lompoc, and took a cross-country trip on October 7, with possible stops in Kansas and Nebraska. Security footage …
The mother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard was removed from her Vandenberg Village home Thursday, as law enforcement carried out additional search warrants. In a Thursday afternoon press statement, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office stated that detectives and the FBI carried out search warrants at Ashlee Buzzard’s home, in the 500 block of …
