Ashlee Buzzard in custody after daughter Melodee found dead in Utah: Sources

Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of lacking 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, has been taken into custody in reference to the investigation into her lacking daughter, sources informed ABC Information.

A number of regulation enforcement sources informed ABC Information that Melodee’s physique was present in early December in Utah in an space the place Melodee and Ashlee Buzzard traveled in October. Regulation enforcement believes Melodee was killed, and that she was seemingly lifeless in October, earlier than she was identified to be lacking, sources stated.

Ashlee Buzzard was taken into custody following DNA outcomes from the recovered stays, sources stated.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace has not but commented and solely stated it is going to share “main developments” in Melodee’s case at a information convention on Tuesday.

The investigation into Melodee’s disappearance was sparked on Oct. 14 when a college district administrator reported her “prolonged absence” to authorities, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

Authorities decided Melodee and Ashlee Buzzard left their Lompoc, California, residence on Oct. 7 for a three-day street journey that took them to the Nebraska space, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

Melodee was final seen alive on Oct. 9 close to the Colorado-Utah border, based on authorities.

Ashlee Buzzard returned residence to Lompoc on Oct. 10 with the automotive she and Melodee had rented on Oct. 7 — however Melodee was not together with her, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

Authorities have claimed Ashlee Buzzard wore wigs and swapped license plates through the journey, and so they stated Ashlee Buzzard did not cooperate with the seek for Melodee.

It is a growing story. Please verify again for updates.