Tuesday marks three weeks since Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives began investigating the disappearance of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard of Vandenberg Village.

KSBY News reporter Crystal Bermudez sat down with Melodee’s maternal grandmother, Lori Miranda.

“I was totally numb and in shock,” Miranda said, reacting to the most recent photo of Melodee and her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, released by authorities. “This is just so shocking to me that my granddaughter is dressed in a disguise… This is just so overwhelming. It’s just so really scary.”

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff’s officials say the image was captured at a rental car business in Lompoc on October 7, just before the two headed out on a multi-state road trip. It’s one of several surveillance photos released by t

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