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Ashley Buzzard was arrested on Tuesday, December 23 for the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, Melody. Missing since early October in California. A girl was found dead in rural Utah with a gunshot wound to the head. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff announcedin California.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said investigators have found enough evidence that the 40-year-old mother killed her daughter. “The filicide Motherhood is rare and always difficult to understand,” the sheriff commented. “The evidence in this case clearly indicates a premeditated, deliberate and callous act,” he said.
Ashley Buzzard has been arrested more than two months after the girl, who was last seen alive on Oct. 9 near the Colorado-Utah border, went missing. NBC News.
Little Melody’s body was discovered Dec. 6 by a man and woman who were taking photos in Wayne County, Utah, Brown said. A DNA analysis The FBI confirmed that the body with a gunshot wound to the head was indeed that of a nine-year-old girl.
A wig and a changing license plate
Authorities searched his mother’s home, as well as a storage unit and a car he had rented. While the murder weapon was not found, authorities found shell casings matching the ammunition found at the crime scene.
An investigation into Melody’s disappearance began on October 14 when a member of the school district she attended reported her “extended absence” to authorities.
Authorities determined that Melody and Ashley Buzzard left their home in Lompoc, California on October 7 for a three-day trip by rental car to Nebraska. Ashley Buzzard then returned to Lompoc on October 10 without Melody, who had been found alive the day before near the Colorado-Utah border. The sheriff’s office clarified that the mother was wearing a wig and changed hers License plates During his tour.
Despite overwhelming evidence, authorities said Tuesday that Ashley Buzzard, who acted alone, remains uncooperative.
