A honey buzzard guards her chicks in a quiet forest nest — a rare glimpse of life and care high among the trees.

The case took an unexpected turn on Friday when Buzzard, 40, was arrested on a charge of false imprisonment – but not for the disappearance of her daughter. The case took an unexpected turn on Friday ...

The mother of a missing 9-year-old California girl described as "at-risk" appeared briefly in court Wednesday on a felony false-imprisonment charge unrelated to her daughter’s disappearance.

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 ...

Melodee was reported missing more than one month ago by a school official Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an ...

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 ...

Ashlee Buzzard is not cooperative with the search for her daughter. A false imprisonment charge has been dropped against Ashlee Buzzard, the mom of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, according to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...