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The subject of my investigation, the disappearance of nine-year-old Melody Buzzard, a girl

went on a road trip with mom, but never came home. Here's the story.

Nine-year-old Melody Buzzard vanished without a trace after leaving California with her mother,

Ashley. What began as a quiet road trip from Santa Barbara County turned into a mystery that has gripped the nation.

Investigators say Ashley rented a car and drove halfway across the country to Nebraska, but somewhere along the way,

Melody disappeared. Days later, Ashley was found alone, and now she's refusing to cooperate.

Detectives are retracing every mile of that haunting drive, collecting

surveillance footage, questioning witnesses who saw the pair together before Melody was gone.

Search teams scouring highways, fields, and rest stops for any sign of the missing girl.

What happened on that cross-country journey and why won't her own mother help find her?

Extremely frustrating case.

You know, this is a nine-year-old girl and her mom is saying absolutely nothing.

I want to walk through a timeline here to get a

better feel for how this all transpired. We start in October 7th and that's when

Ashley Buzzard took her nine-year-old Melody on a trip and you see this video. This is at

the car rental agency and that's the moment that they're

renting the car to take this drive.

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