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#595: Tragic Update

Real Crime Profile

Real Crime Profile / Wondery

Exhibit C, Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.210.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Kathy and Jim discuss the tragic conclusion to the melody Buzzard case

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0:48.4

Okay. Hello and welcome to Real Crime Profile.

0:51.7

This is Kathy Canning Mello, retired FBI profiler.

0:57.0

And with me is Jim Clement to retired FBI profiler, former New York City Prosecutor, and Ride, producer, Criminal Minds, and Bluebeard on Audible. And also,

1:00.5

FBI Profilers, Criminal Archives.

1:05.2

On Audible.

1:07.4

Yeah. So that was one of our favorite projects projects because we got to talk about 15 of our most heart wrenching and some successful, some very difficult cases.

1:25.1

Right. Yeah. Lots of interesting behavior to discuss. So we took some deep dives on

1:30.8

those offenders, so it was good. Yeah. But today we have a continuing saga, unfortunately,

1:39.1

more information about a Melody Buzzard case.

1:54.2

Yeah, I think our instincts, criminal minds, instincts, and our experience were right on, sadly, in this case. And our expectation that this was going to be a false allegation of child abduction or a missing child case that turns out to be a

2:03.2

homicide committed by Melody's mother, Ashley. Yeah. If you listened to our earlier episode

2:10.3

about this case, Ashley Buzzard rented a car with her daughter in tow. They both were wearing wigs and Melody was wearing a hoodie and looked like she was trying

2:22.4

to disguise herself or she was trying to be disguised.

2:25.5

And they rented a car and they drove almost constantly for three days.

2:30.7

Yes.

2:31.3

Yeah.

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