New images released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office on Friday shows a girl who is believed to be missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard wearing a wig at a car rental business prior to leaving the state with her mother.

The security camera images are the first new pictures of Melodee seen in more than two years, and adds another details to law enforcement's timeline in the days leading up to her being reported as an at-risk missing person.

According to the Sheriff's Office, Melodee and her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, rented a car and departed on a cross-country on Oct. 7, a week before Melodee was reported missing after school administrators noted her "prolonged absence."

Photos taken from inside a local car rental business shows the girl, who is assumed to be Melodee, wearing a gra

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