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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - Ashlee Buzzard, mother of missing 9-year-old Vandenberg Village girl Melodee Buzzard, was arraigned at the Santa Maria courthouse on Wednesday morning on a charge ...