VANDENBERG VILLAGE, Calif. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) — Investigators are releasing surveillance video they say was taken at the start of a road trip Ashlee Buzzard took with her 9-year-old daughter last month. Authorities say the trip involved multiple states, lasted three days and ended with the Vandenberg Village mother returning alone.

Investigators are sharing another surveillance image of Ashlee Buzzard and daughter, Melodee, 9, they say is from a Lompoc rental car location and taken at the start of a road trip the two took on Oct. 7, 2025. Authorities say Ashlee returned home without her daughter and has been uncooperative with the investigation. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office)

The newly released, 10-second-long video starts off with Ashlee and her daughter, Melodee

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