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The FBI and a sheriff's office in California executed multiple search warrants this week as an "at-risk" nine-year-old girl remains missing Friday.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said its investigation into the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard began on Oct. 14 after a school administrator reported her extended absence. Deputies then responded to her home in Lompoc and encountered her 35-year-old mother, Ashlee Buzzard, but "Melodee was not at the home, and no verifiable explanation for her whereabouts was provided," according to the office.

The FBI said Melodee Buzzard may have been with her mother on a road trip "as far as the state of Nebraska" before vanishing.

"On Thursday, October 30, 2025, Sheriff’s det

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