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

[simlyme]

I'd really like to see more people that knew about the abuse charged. This child went through so much before she was murdered . Ashlee should have never gotten her back or been allowed to have her back when family had custody. We see this in too many cases , where a child is allowed to return to the parent(s) . This to me is a child that was murdered when it could have been avoided . The judges and courts have turned a blind eye to protecting children !

 

[lonetraveler]

Those are my thoughts and feelings as well. Utah LE would know next to nothing about AB and her actions/backstory/behaviours.

And if the trial is in Utah, ALL of the important witnesses would have to go spend time in Utah? The CPS and School District employees, etc. All of Melodee's extended family. All of the officers and investigators from Santa Barbata County too?

Basically AB just took a quick detour, drove several miles over the Utah border, and shot her child and left her there. I still don't understand how that one short span of time takes precedence over all of the other events/incidents leading up to that murder.

JMO, but I want her tried in Utah because when Utah gives the death penalty, they actually carry it out.

 

[lonetraveler]

Strange that she would leave ammunition in a rental car if this was a planned and calculated murder.

She probably didn't think beyond the actual shooting and murder of her daughter.

 

[Jo in Calif]

I didn't hear that in the video at your link?

Very last thing the reporter said in the video.

 

[Spectrix]

According to the video in this article Ashlee's mother had not been contacted about her granddaughter's death.

California woman charged after remains of 9-year-old daughter found in Utah

Authorities found 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard’s body Dec. 6 in a rural area of Utah.

www.wlwt.com

I didn't hear that in the video at your link?

If you read the article it has different information again -

Lilly Denes told the Los Angeles Times that her granddaughter was lovable, always smiling and well-behaved. Denes' son, the child's father, died when she was 6 months old. A detective told Denes on the phone Tuesday that authorities had “found the baby and the baby is with her dad," Denes said.

“I knew he was telling me that the baby is dead," Denes said.

 

[dontstayin]

Did she shoot her in Utah in order to get the death penalty herself??

 

[Ontario Mom]

A California woman accused of killing her daughter earlier this year will formally hear the charges against her in court Friday morning as she learns if she’ll be held without bail or released ahead of a trial. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee.

Mother accused of killing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard faces judge

Ashlee Buzzard, the California woman accused of killing her daughter earlier this year, will formally hear the charges against her in court Friday morning.

www.newsnationnow.com

 

[sasha17]

A California woman accused of killing her daughter earlier this year will formally hear the charges against her in court Friday morning as she learns if she’ll be held without bail or released ahead of a trial. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee.

Mother accused of killing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard faces judge

Ashlee Buzzard, the California woman accused of killing her daughter earlier this year, will formally hear the charges against her in court Friday morning.

www.newsnationnow.com

No way in heck will she be released. JMO

 

[Spectrix]

Get back in jail and stay there, devil woman.

 

[ivegotcha]

No way in heck will she be released. JMO

yes I saw that too and had to re read it .. wait ? what?

 

[AcerPacer]

A California woman accused of killing her daughter earlier this year will formally hear the charges against her in court Friday morning as she learns if she’ll be held without bail or released ahead of a trial. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee.

Mother accused of killing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard faces judge

Ashlee Buzzard, the California woman accused of killing her daughter earlier this year, will formally hear the charges against her in court Friday morning.

www.newsnationnow.com

Friday as in today?
I couldn't see this in the article you linked!

 

[Spectrix]

Friday as in today?
I couldn't see this in the article you linked!

Hmmn, there's no date specified in that article and I can't find another source at this point.
I can imagine the court being on skeleton staff at present, so perhaps next Friday is more realistic.

 

[Megnut]

Hmmn, there's no date specified in that article and I can't find another source at this point.
I can imagine the court being on skeleton staff at present, so perhaps next Friday is more realistic.

It's today.

Ashlee Buzzard charged with the murder of her nine-year-old daughter

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Wednesday, a felony charge of first-degree murder was filed against Ashlee Buzzard in connection with the death

keyt.com

 

[Wishbone]

Hmmn, there's no date specified in that article and I can't find another source at this point.
I can imagine the court being on skeleton staff at present, so perhaps next Friday is more realistic.

Buzzard is currently scheduled to appear in Santa Maria Superior Court for an arraignment on Dec. 26, 2025, and she remains in custody at the Northern County Branch Jail without bail added the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

Ashlee Buzzard charged with the murder of her nine-year-old daughter

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Wednesday, a felony charge of first-degree murder was filed against Ashlee Buzzard in connection with the death

keyt.com

 

[Wishbone]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=888950140336735

Ashlee Buzzard, the California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee, earlier this year, is due in court Friday morning, days after her arrest. NewsNation's Alicia Nieves is following the case for "Morning in America."

 

[ivegotcha]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=888950140336735

Ashlee Buzzard, the California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee, earlier this year, is due in court Friday morning, days after her arrest. NewsNation's Alicia Nieves is following the case for "Morning in America."

thank you as her custody file shows no court date listed .. its blank ???

 

[Ontario Mom]

Case here: Smart Search - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

Case # 25CR10495

ETA:

12/26/2025 Arraignment on Complaint
Judicial Officer
McGregor, John

Hearing Time
8:30 AM

 

[Spectrix]

Morning session for court ought to be stating right about meow.

Let's hope they're letting the media in.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Morning session for court ought to be stating right about meow.

Let's hope they're letting the media in.

There have been media coverage requests from NY Post, KSBY, Noozhawk, News Nation and KEYT but so far, none of them have updated today's court hearing.

 

[Insightful1]

Ashlee pled not guilty. She also waived her right to a speedy preliminary hearing.