Cries of anger and wailing erupted from a California courtroom Friday as deranged mom Ashlee Buzzard pleaded not guilty to killing her own daughter and leaving the girl’s body to rot in another state.

Ashlee Buzzard was arraigned Friday on a charge of first-degree murder with special allegation after the body of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee, was found in a rural area of Utah more than two ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Missing Santa Barbara County girl Melodee Buzzard was found dead from gunshot wounds in a rural area of Utah. Her ...

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Melodee was reported missing more than one month ago by a school official Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office As Ashlee Buzzard's 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, remains missing, the girl's ...

Radio Ink President and Publisher Deborah Parenti and Benztown President Dave “Chachi” Denes have been elected to lead the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation. The announcement was made at the ...

The grandmother of missing Melodee Buzzard says she was in the process of adopting the child when the 9-year-old's mother "took her away" shortly after being released from a mental hospital in 2021.

The mother of a missing "at-risk" 9-year-old girl reportedly told a man she's accused of falsely imprisoning that she knows where her daughter is. An investigation into 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard's ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A 9-year-old girl from Lompoc vanished during a cross-country road trip with her mother in October. During the ...

Mum, who has been uncooperative with investigators, was the last person with her A school administrator reported 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard missing after months of absence. Deputies found her mother, ...

Melodee Buzzard’s paternal grandmother, Lilly Denes, is joined by family and friends, including Chava Ponce, front left, for Friday evening’s vigil on Mars Avenue in Vandenberg Village for the ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. Candles and prayers lit up Mars Avenue on Friday ...