Melodee Buzzard was reported missing by a school official on Oct. 14 Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

California authorities released new surveillance images Friday of a missing 9-year-old child who the FBI said may have been with her mother on a road trip "as far as the state of Nebraska" before ...

The last verified sighting of Melodee Buzzard was Oct. 7. The puzzling disappearance of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard has left many unanswered questions, with the local sheriff deeming the case ...

It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. It’s also a keen collector of human ephemera. This habit has given researchers in ...

A Google Maps image from May 2023 appears to show an adult and Melodee Buzzard at the door to the home on the 500 block of Mars Avenue in Vandenberg Village. Credit: Contributed photo A missing 9-year ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- The FBI has joined the search for a 9-year-old girl missing from Santa Barbara County. The most recent photo of Melodee Buzzard provided to investigators is 2 years old ...

The mother of a 9-year-old girl who was reported missing earlier this month after she had not been seen in more than a year traveled with her daughter out of state days before the investigation was ...

Melodee Buzzard’s grandmother said that the missing 9-year-old’s mother has suffered from mental health issues in the past — and recalled a frightening time police were called to her daughter’s ...

The search for missing 9-year-old Vandenberg Village girl Melodee Buzzard has entered its second week. A Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson on Wednesday told KSBY News there was no new ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Melodee Buzzard, a 9-year-old missing in Lompoc, was last seen Oct. 7 and may have been driven to Nebraska by her ...

(KRON) — The search for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard expanded on Monday after detectives discovered that the missing girl may have been driven to locations outside of Santa Barbara County. Melodee’s ...

Melodee Buzzard's extended family says her mother Ashlee Buzzard cut them off from the child for years, per reports Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Melodee Buzzard was reported missing after a ...