VANDENBERG VILLAGE, Calif. (Court TV/Scripps News San Luis Obispo) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined local police in California in what is now a multi-state search for a missing 9-year-old girl.

Melodee Buzzard was first reported missing on Oct. 14 after a school administrator with the Lompoc Unified School District alerted authorities to her absence from an independent studies program.

Police are searching for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office)

Police served a search warrant at Buzzard’s home, but said that it did not yield answers as to where she is. The last confirmed sighting of Melodee was in August, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. No recent photos of Melodee have been made available, as family members who spok

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