A 9-year-old California girl who had not been seen in a year had actually taken a recent 1,500-mile road trip with her “extremely mentally unstable” mother, who is being “uncooperative” with those desperately looking for her missing daughter, according to cops.

Melodee Buzzard was only declared missing last week when a school official reported her “prolonged absence” after the girl, who was homeschooled, had not checked in with the district since October last year, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said.

In an update on Monday, police said Melodee was with her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, as recently as Oct. 7, mysteriously driving as far as Nebraska in a rental car.

They were spotted making several stops in a rented white Chevrolet Malibu along the way, police said, without providin

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