CA CA - Melodee Buzzard, 9, Vandenberg Village, 14 Oct 2025

[Simply Caustic]

The one thing I keep coming back to is - who could possibly have Melodee, and not have noticed the media attention this case has gathered? If they did notice the media swirling around the case, why wouldn’t they contact LE? I suppose one possibility is someone who believes Ashlee, and whatever reason she gave them for hiding her, but I find that hard to fathom.

 

[Knox]

The one thing I keep coming back to is - who could possibly have Melodee, and not have noticed the media attention this case has gathered? If they did notice the media swirling around the case, why wouldn’t they contact LE? I suppose one possibility is someone who believes Ashlee, and whatever reason she gave them for hiding her, but I find that hard to fathom.

Someone else pointed out that Utah is the perfect place to find anti-government/LE groups of people. They don’t trust anyone on the “outside”.

The other thing I’m considering more now than previously. Ashlee won’t give her location, because Melodee’s not alive anymore.

She’s got an attorney now, maybe he can talk some sense into her. She’s had a taste of jail, maybe she won’t want to go back.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Ashlee Buzzard Released On Supervision With Hearing Next Week | News Channel 3-12

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

keyt.com

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Brewer also provided this follow-up email when reached for further comment from Your News Channel about reporting in other outlets:

I have no further comment regarding Ashlee Buzzard’s arrest.

I made one brief statement that has since been misrepresented, taken out of context, and used as fuel for speculation. I am the victim in this matter, and I am entitled to privacy. I was assured my name would remain confidential. The district attorney chose otherwise.

What’s circulating now—particularly on Facebook and TikTok—is not facts. It is fiction, assumptions, AI-generated content, and manufactured narratives from people who do not know me and have no actual information.

I have fully cooperated with law enforcement, including providing all information I had. My only hope is that the FBI and police are able to use it to help bring Melodee home.

This has never been about me. It will never be about me.

The only priority that matters is Melodee.

She deserves attention, urgency, and focus.

*****

 

[truecrimel]

It’s very clear to me that Ashlee is mentally unwell. I’m just wondering how the obviously mentally ill woman we are seeing had the premeditation and the wherewithal to plan a cross country trip, disguise herself and Melodee, rent a vehicle, drive thousands of miles in just a couple days taking seemingly planned routes, change license plates, not get pulled over for driving erratically, etc. It takes me back to Lori (Ashlee’s mother) saying someone is setting these things up for her. It’s starting to feel like maybe she was moving under the direction of someone else.

 

[Lebowski]

The one thing I keep coming back to is - who could possibly have Melodee, and not have noticed the media attention this case has gathered? If they did notice the media swirling around the case, why wouldn’t they contact LE? I suppose one possibility is someone who believes Ashlee, and whatever reason she gave them for hiding her, but I find that hard to fathom.

also, if the arrangement was for someone to hold on to melodee, i'm guessing it was only for a short while. ashlee was probably expecting law enforcement to be stumped and not trace melodee to SW utah. also probably didn't anticipate being arrested and ankle-monitored, so she may have assumed she'd be free to come back for her and maybe flee somewhere else. ... though this is all assuming she's rational, which is a big IF.

if i were the hypothetical other person who has melodee, and i saw it turning into a long-term arrangement, on top of the law enforcement heat, i'd be like "um..... what's the endgame here? i can't just hide this kid forever... " but they might also be worried about getting in trouble if they reveal themselves. which leads to some scary places depending on the kind of person they are, etc.

don't know if this is a thing, but if it is, the authorities should announce that if someone has melodee, they won't charge anyone for stuff related to interfering with the search, hiding melodee, etc., if they show up and give her up to law enforcement.

 

[Lebowski]

This reference to autism is making me think a lot of thoughts. What if Melodee is autistic or otherwise on the spectrum OR Ashlee is just convinced that she is, and the Utah connection is that she left her in some kind of program? Or what Ashlee thinks is a treatment/therapeutic situation for her (even if it isn't, which seems apparent at this point because any real or reputable place would have spoken up by now). There are a ton of therapeutic (and also "therapeutic") programs for teens and young people in rural Utah.

Probably just a rabbit hole, but none of this makes sense, so...

I'm also still wondering about that tiny airport.

might also have been a BS excuse for keeping the neighbor from getting too close. paranoia and sneakiness have been consistent themes with ashlee.

 

[Knox]

It’s very clear to me that Ashlee is mentally unwell. I’m just wondering how the obviously mentally ill woman we are seeing had the premeditation and the wherewithal to plan a cross country trip, disguise herself and Melodee, rent a vehicle, drive thousands of miles in just a couple days taking seemingly planned routes, change license plates, not get pulled over for driving erratically, etc. It takes me back to Lori (Ashlee’s mother) saying someone is setting these things up for her. It’s starting to feel like maybe she was moving under the direction of someone else.

It might be just as you say, someone else is directing her. The purpose is the million dollar question. The speed she traveled there and back (3 days), seems pretty intentional.

But if someone was directing her, they would have to be in communication somehow. I just don’t believe the FBI wouldn’t have uncovered something on her devices. But here we are a month almost to the day and still no Melodee. Is that telling us something?

It makes me suspect the reason she hasn’t been arrested or charged with something by now, there is something bigger going on. Something they aren’t quite ready to close the loop on or show their hand yet. Trafficking, drug running?

Look at the Michael (Monkey) Vaughn case in Idaho. It turns out the four monsters involved in his abduction, did so for the purpose of selling him

 

[Jo in Calif]

6.4K views · 58 reactions | Lilly Denes, the paternal grandmother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, talks to NewsNation and affiliate KTLA about her frustration with Ashlee Buzzard's release from custody following a court hearing relating to a f

Lilly Denes, the paternal grandmother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, talks to NewsNation and affiliate KTLA about her frustration with Ashlee Buzzard's release from custody following a court...

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[Jo in Calif]

"Shes been in the loonie hospital twice" Nice way to put it Grandma, no wonder Ashlee doesn't want any thing to do with The maternal side of the family.

11:08 in the video.

6.4K views · 58 reactions | Lilly Denes, the paternal grandmother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, talks to NewsNation and affiliate KTLA about her frustration with Ashlee Buzzard's release from custody following a court hearing relating to a f

Lilly Denes, the paternal grandmother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, talks to NewsNation and affiliate KTLA about her frustration with Ashlee Buzzard's release from custody following a court...

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[Stunned]

It’s very clear to me that Ashlee is mentally unwell. I’m just wondering how the obviously mentally ill woman we are seeing had the premeditation and the wherewithal to plan a cross country trip, disguise herself and Melodee, rent a vehicle, drive thousands of miles in just a couple days taking seemingly planned routes, change license plates, not get pulled over for driving erratically, etc. It takes me back to Lori (Ashlee’s mother) saying someone is setting these things up for her. It’s starting to feel like maybe she was moving under the direction of someone else.

IMO just because someone is mentally ill doesn't mean they can't also be brilliant and great planners.

 

[sandy betts]

Why didn't her mother report her missing? If my child didn't come home after school, I would report her missing right away! This story is very strange.

 

[Gigglingtoes]

I was pretty shocked when I heard that. Did she really believe Melodee was autistic? IMO, that’s very interesting. Paternal family said she loved being around and playing with her cousins. The video of her carving the pumpkin, she joyfully played in the goopy innards. The photos we’ve seen, she’s a little shining light, playing to the camera.

I don’t think she really believed that. I think it was an “excuse” she felt would seem valid for her to not allow Melodee to interact. She seems like a really evil mother imo.

 

[Gigglingtoes]

Why didn't her mother report her missing? If my child didn't come home after school, I would report her missing right away! This story is very strange.

Because she knows where she is.

 

[Jo in Calif]

Why didn't her mother report her missing? If my child didn't come home after school, I would report her missing right away! This story is very strange.

Possibly because she knows where her child is.
How many cases have we followed that the parents report that their child was missing or someone kidnapped them after they had killed them?

 

[Gigglingtoes]

It might be just as you say, someone else is directing her. The purpose is the million dollar question. The speed she traveled there and back (3 days), seems pretty intentional.

But if someone was directing her, they would have to be in communication somehow. I just don’t believe the FBI wouldn’t have uncovered something on her devices. But here we are a month almost to the day and still no Melodee. Is that telling us something?

It makes me suspect the reason she hasn’t been arrested or charged with something by now, there is something bigger going on. Something they aren’t quite ready to close the loop on or show their hand yet. Trafficking, drug running?

Look at the Michael (Monkey) Vaughn case in Idaho. It turns out the four monsters involved in his abduction, did so for the purpose of selling him

I agree with you. There are probably more people involved and they want to dive deeper. <modsnip: off topic>

 

[Gigglingtoes]

Omg!!! Thanks @Megnut my life is changed with your gift of the upgrade so I can react appropriately!!!! So sweet of you!

 

[TMich6811]

IMO just because someone is mentally ill doesn't mean they can't also be brilliant and great planners.

Yes but usually something starts to crumble.

Just saying this as an opportunity to say that mentally ill doesn’t mean not knowing right from wrong (not at you) and being able to control your actions.

We’ve seen cases where parents are hurting their children but then ask for help (the woman who was trying to cut her sons throat but gave the kids the keys to leave as an example)

 

[Lusitana]

If she took Melodee to someone, the most likely scenario is that the person she left her daughter with believes whatever she believes and won't come forward.

 

[Fromeaster]

I don't think there are other people involved in this story.
Her long trip doesn't surprise me, I believe she had a manic episode and it's no wonder she got that far so quickly. The only thing that puzzles me is the purple wig, but then again I doubt there was a third person there, I think the child was wearing a wig like that.

 

[Knox]

I don’t think she really believed that. I think it was an “excuse” she felt would seem valid for her to not allow Melodee to interact. She seems like a really evil mother imo.

Yeah, not sure you’re right about that. She could believe many weird things regarding Melodee. Some potentially dangerous …