SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Authorities on Friday released new surveillance images of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, taken just before she mysteriously vanished.

These surveillance images of Melodee were captured at a Santa Barbara-area rental car business on Oct. 7, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

"In the photo, Melodee is wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and what appears to be a wig that is darker and straighter than her natural hair," the sheriff's office said. "Investigators believe the wig may have been used to alter her appearance."

Melodee's mom, Ashlee Buzzard, who authorities said has not cooperated with the missing persons investigation, is known to wear wigs, the sheriff's office said.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office

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