Investigators serve new search warrants related to search of missing California girl

Detectives connected Thursday served a caller circular of hunt warrants related to the ongoing probe into the disappearance of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard.

The hunt warrants were served astatine the location of Melodee's mother, Ashlee Buzzard, arsenic good arsenic astatine a retention locker successful an undisclosed determination and successful the rental car that Ashlee Buzzard rented from a section concern earlier this month.

With the assistance of the FBI, Ashlee Buzzard was escorted retired of the country during the searches to guarantee that her beingness would not "interfere with their quality to behaviour a thorough search."

Melodee Buzzard has been considered a missing idiosyncratic since Oct. 14, aft schoolhouse administrators noted the home-school pupil had a prolonged absence.

When authorities questioned her parent astatine their location successful Vandenberg Village successful bluish Santa Barbara County, Ashlee Buzzard purportedly did not supply a satisfactory mentation regarding her daughter's existent whereabouts oregon safety. She's been described arsenic "uncooperative" since.

Initially believed to person not been seen successful much than a year, caller grounds and confirmed sightings person led to a unsmooth timeline of events betwixt Melodee's past known quality and the present.

Last week, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office released information footage images from a section car rental concern which appeared to amusement Melodee wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt cinched choky to conceal agelong achromatic hair. Investigators judge that Melodee, who was antecedently seen successful photographs with light-brown curly hair, was wearing a wig, perchance to conceal her identity.

The photos were taken days earlier Melodee was reported missing, and anterior to a cross-country roadworthy travel that took Ashlee and the rental car to arsenic acold arsenic Nebraska with the instrumentality travel done Kansas. When Ashlee returned location successful the rental, Melodee was not with her.

Investigators are trying to find erstwhile and wherever the 9-year-old miss and her parent parted, successful summation to whether she is harmless wherever she is now.

Despite Ashlee Buzzard not cooperating successful the hunt for her daughter, nary arrests person been made astatine this clip and the lawsuit is inactive identified arsenic a missing idiosyncratic investigation. It is not amerciable for her to garbage to cooperate with the investigation, and she cannot beryllium compelled to reply questions unless subpoenaed.

Video obtained by NewsNation's Ashley Banfield appeared to amusement Ashlee Buzzard removing missing idiosyncratic posters that had been placed connected her property.

Officials from the Sheriff's Office said the probe is continuing with assistance from national partners and resources with "specialized expertise."

Sheriff Bill Brown has urged the nationalist not to effort to behaviour their ain “searches oregon investigations,” and alternatively encouraged them to stock “factual accusation straight with detectives,” which helium says is the astir effectual mode to help.