Ashlee Buzzard in custody after daughter Melodee found dead in Utah: Sources

Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, has been taken into custody in reference to the investigation into her lacking daughter, sources advised ABC Information.

A number of regulation enforcement sources advised ABC Information that Melodee’s physique was present in early December in Utah in an space the place Melodee and Ashlee Buzzard traveled in October. Legislation enforcement believes Melodee was killed, and that she was possible lifeless in October, earlier than she was identified to be lacking, sources mentioned.

Ashlee Buzzard was taken into custody following DNA outcomes from the recovered stays, sources mentioned.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace has not but commented and solely mentioned it’s going to share “main developments” in Melodee’s case at a information convention on Tuesday.

The investigation into Melodee’s disappearance was sparked on Oct. 14 when a college district administrator reported her “prolonged absence” to authorities, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Authorities decided Melodee and Ashlee Buzzard left their Lompoc, California, dwelling on Oct. 7 for a three-day street journey that took them to the Nebraska space, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Melodee was final seen alive on Oct. 9 close to the Colorado-Utah border, based on authorities.

Ashlee Buzzard returned dwelling to Lompoc on Oct. 10 with the automobile she and Melodee had rented on Oct. 7 — however Melodee was not together with her, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Authorities have claimed Ashlee Buzzard wore wigs and swapped license plates through the journey, they usually mentioned Ashlee Buzzard did not cooperate with the seek for Melodee.

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