
Melodee Buzzard’s mom plotted to ‘cut off’ missing 9-year-old from ‘entire world,’ grandma says
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Grandmother says adoption process was underway for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard before mother took her from Santa Barbara County school in 2021 after release from mental hospital.
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Authorities said that Ashlee has "remained uncooperative and has not confirmed Melodee’s location or welfare." Melodee is considered missing and "at risk" by the sheriff's office, which is receiving help from the FBI to locate the missing girl.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Melodee’s paternal grandmother, Lilly Denes, said social services contacted her while Ashlee was in a mental hospital and asked if she would take in Melodee to avoid foster care.













