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Melodee Buzzard was reported missing on Oct. 14 by a local school official

Authorities determined she was with her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, on a drive across state lines during the initial stage of her disappearance

Security camera footage obtained by investigators allegedly shows Melodee in a wig in what police say may have been an attempt to disguise her

Relatives say the California mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard had barred the child’s paternal family from seeing her for years.

Melodee was reported missing by a school official on Oct. 14, prompting an intense search for the child across state lines, the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office previously said.

Investigators responding to her Lompoc, Calif., home met her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, but there were no

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