"A Southern California mother rented a car this month and drove her 9-year-old daughter halfway across the country, to Nebraska. Three days later she returned home alone, and has since refused to answer questions about the girl's whereabouts. Now, Ashlee Buzzard's road trip has become the central focus of the FBI's and Santa Barbara County Sheriff Office's search for her missing daughter, Melodee. Authorities believe Buzzard left the Lompoc area with her daughter on Oct. 7, drove to Nebraska, and then returned to her Vandenberg Village home on Oct. 10, passing through Kansas along the way."
"(Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office) On Friday, the Sheriff's Office released new surveillance camera photos of Melodee that were captured at a California car rental business on Oct. 7. "In the photo, Melodee is wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and what appears to be a wig that is darker and straighter than her natural hair," the office said. "Investigators believe the wig may have been used to alter her appearance." Authorities say Buzzard, who was also known to wear wigs, rented a white Chevrolet Malibu with the license plate 9MNG101."
Ashlee Buzzard rented a car on Oct. 7 and drove with her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee, from Lompoc, California, to Nebraska, returning alone to Vandenberg Village on Oct. 10. The trip covered roughly 3,000 miles and about 48 hours of driving, according to Google Maps. Buzzard has refused to answer questions about Melodee's whereabouts. The FBI and Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office are focused on the trip in their search. Surveillance photos from a car rental on Oct. 7 show Melodee with a hooded sweatshirt and what appears to be a darker, straighter wig, which authorities say may have been used to alter her appearance. The rented vehicle was a white Chevrolet Malibu with license plate 9MNG101, and officials are asking the public for any information about the trip.
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