Found Deceased CA - Melodee Buzzard, 9, Vandenberg Village, 14 Oct 2025 *Mother arrested*

[tlcya]

Jesus wept.

and wept again

 

[tlcya]

The one and only consolation here is that Melodee is now in a place where that...creature...can never hurt her again.

cold comfort indeed

 

[Serononin]

I hope she gets what she deserves in prison. You know Melodee prob just thought this was a road trip and didn’t know her own disgusting mother was going to shoot her in the head!!!

I hope she never knew, poor girl. I hope there was no time for her to feel fear or pain

 

[Gigglingtoes]

I wonder if intent in SB county was because of the rental car being there….

 

[Knox]

Wow that was a lot, Ashlee shot Melodee in the head and dumped her body in the middle of nowhere!! Looking forward to hearing about the premeditation and planning!!

 

[tlcya]

This is the original link I saw the information about Devil's Gate burial site.

Skeletal remains found near Devil's Gate, reports Elko County Sheriff's Office

The human remains were found on Dec. 14 in an area of Nevada known as Devil's Gate, near Silver City.

kslnewsradio.com

I am familiar with the area noted on the map that article referenced, which is near Lake Tahoe, in western Nevada not far from Reno. This didn't make any sense to me and I found the Devil's Gate Slot Canyon much closer to Elko NV.

Edited: This was INCORRECT information, now that the Press Release has given the correct information.

My apologies.

I shared that link earlier when trying to find any news reports about a body being found within the last few weeks in the travel area. Apparently that poor soul was not Melodee.

 

[Serononin]

The one and only consolation here is that Melodee is now in a place where that...creature...can never hurt her again.

Hopefully in a better place, with her dad

 

[tlcya]

I wonder if intent in SB county was because of the rental car being there….

maybe, but the LEO at presser mentioned extensive planning/premeditation so i am thinking more than that. Procure weapon and ammo maybe, not sure but it will be ugly once we find out. That I am sure of.

 

[Herat]

At the beginning of the pc they showed 10/9/25 as MB's date of death.

This also lines up with the sighting of the rental vehicle in Panguich, UT

The area where litte Melodee was found is near a popular route for tourists visiting the Utah Big5 parks. It is a route that one culd take from Bryce Canyon NP to Capital Reef NM and Canyonland NP or Gobelin State Park.

 

[lonetraveler]

Wow that was a lot, Ashlee shot Melodee in the head and dumped her body in the middle of nowhere!! Looking forward to hearing about the premeditation and planning!!

It's so hard to fathom a mother shooting her 9 yr. old daughter in the head and just dumping her body like trash.

 

[Herat]

Wow that was a lot, Ashlee shot Melodee in the head and dumped her body in the middle of nowhere!! Looking forward to hearing about the premeditation and planning!!

It seems to have been in the middle of nowhere, but it's actually not very far from a road that is common route for tourists visiting the Utah Big-5 National Parks. It's not anywhere near as isolated as Ashlee probably thought it was.

 

[Serononin]

Thinking of the family, and also of the couple who found Melodee's body. So much avoidable trauma for all of them...

 

[lonetraveler]

maybe, but the LEO at presser mentioned extensive planning/premeditation so i am thinking more than that. Procure weapon and ammo maybe, not sure but it will be ugly once we find out. That I am sure of.

Evil.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Mother suspected of murder after officials find body of California 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard

Melodee, a 9-year-old from Lompoc, was reported missing in early October as school district officials noted her "prolonged absence," they said.

www.nbcnews.com

The mother of Melodee Buzzard was arrested Tuesday and accused in the death of her 9-year-old after the girl's body was found in a rural area of Utah more than two months after she went missing in Southern California.

Investigators uncovered a "significant amount of evidence" that indicated that 40-year-old Ashlee Buzzard killed her daughter, Santa Barbara Sheriff Bill Brown told reporters. Buzzard is being held without bail on suspicion of first-degree murder, Brown said.

"Maternal filicide is rare and always difficult to comprehend," the sheriff said. "This level of criminal activity is particularly shocking given the calculated, cold-blooded and criminally sophisticated premeditation and heartlessness that went into planning it."...

 

[Chimera]

They don’t have a motive…..hmmmm

I'm still listening to the YT link ^^^ , and it was suggested that maybe Ashlee didn't want Melodee to have a happy life without her, or possibly upcoming CPS involvement ?
Imo.

 

[AcerPacer]

This also lines up with the sighting of the rental vehicle in Panguich, UT

The area where litte Melanee was found is near a popular route for tourists visiting the Utah Big5 parks. It is a route that one culd take from Bryce Canyon NP to Capital Reef NM and Canyonland NP or Gobelin State Park.

Your post are full of brilliant information but please, her name is MELODEE!
Thank you

 

[Chimera]

Evil.

Ita.
And soooo selfish !
Imo.

 

[sasha17]

I'm still listening to the YT link ^^^ , and it was suggested that maybe Ashlee didn't want Melodee to have a happy life without her, or possibly upcoming CPS involvement ?
Imo.

I know they said they don't have a motive yet but my thoughts are similar to what was suggested there. That is, Ashlee knew CPS was closing in and thought to herself, "if I can't have Melodee, no one can".

 

[truecrimel]

I never imagined this outcome. Shooting her own child in the head? Multiple times? Ugh. Just so horrible. I really thought she sold her or gave her up. such a gruesome crime.

 

[Herat]

maybe, but the LEO at presser mentioned extensive planning/premeditation so i am thinking more than that. Procure weapon and ammo maybe, not sure but it will be ugly once we find out. That I am sure of.

I think the LEO mentioned changing license plates and deliberately backing into gas stations to avoid the license plates being visible on CCTV. That would seem to be clear intent to avoid detection.