Law enforcement on Friday released new surveillance images of a young Santa Barbara County girl who’s been missing. Investigators began searching for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard of Lompoc on Oct. 14 ...

The remains of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard were recovered i Utah, and her mother has been charged with murder Credit: FBI The FBI has now joined the search for an “at-risk” missing 9-year-old ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has released more details on Melodee Buzzard, the missing 9-year-old girl from Lompoc. The Sheriff’s Office said it started investigating Melodee’s ...

The body of a 9-year-old Lompoc girl who has been missing since October was found earlier this month in a remote part of Utah with gunshot wounds to the head, authorities said while naming her mother ...

Melodee Buzzard, the missing 9-year-old girl from Lompoc, was found shot to death in rural Utah in what the Santa Barbara County sheriff called a “ruthless act” that ultimately led to the arrest of ...

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