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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A judge in Santa Barbara County Superior Court has dismissed a felony false imprisonment charge against Ashlee ...

A district judge dismissed the false imprisonment case against Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, on Thursday. Law enforcement arrested Buzzard on November 10 after ...

A false imprisonment charge has been dropped against Ashlee Buzzard, the mom of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, according to Santa Barbara ABC affiliate KEYT. At Thursday's preliminary hearing, ...

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 ...

Ashlee Buzzard was arrested last week on a false imprisonment charge — unrelated to the case of her missing daughter, according to police Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk ...

The search for Melodee Buzzard began on October 14 when a school administrator reported the 9-year-old had been absent for a prolonged time. The investigation into her whereabouts has now stretched ...

The disturbed mom of missing 9-year-old Californian Melodee Buzzard allegedly held a friend hostage with a boxcutter because she regretted dishing on where she left her long-missing daughter, ...

Vandenberg Village woman Ashlee Buzzard, left, appears in court Wednesday with her attorney, Public Defender Adrian Galvan. Credit: KEYT.com photo A Santa Maria Superior Court judge granted a defense ...

Ashlee Buzzard has entered a not guilty plea to the false imprisonment charge. Ashlee Buzzard, the mom of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, allegedly armed herself with a box cutter and kept a man ...

The search for Melodee Buzzard began on October 14 when a school administrator reported the 9-year-old had been absent for a prolonged time. The investigation into her whereabouts has now stretched ...

As the authorities release new surveillance video of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, the girl's paternal aunt pleaded with the public to help bring her niece home. "We don't know if she's safe, we ...