missing girl

Grainy surveillance footage shows an adult woman with long hair and a young girl whose face is obscured by a hoodie. They're standing at a service counter.

Mother of missing Central Coast girl enters not guilty plea in court to unrelated criminal charge

Lance Orozco

Ashlee Buzzard was released but ordered to wear a GPS monitor. Her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee, is still missing after last being seen a month ago.

Mother of missing Central Coast girl arrested, but not in connection with the disappearance

Lance Orozco

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's detectives say the arrest was on an unrelated charge to the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard.

Melodee Buzzard (left) and her mother Ashlee Buzzard picking up a rental car October 7.

Central Coast girl still missing nearly a month after her disappearance

Lance Orozco

Melodee Buzzard was last seen on a road trip to Nebraska. Investigators have recently discovered that the license plates on the rental car used were changed during the trip.

A young girl is seen in a grainy video still. She wears a hoodie and appears to have a wig.

New twist in the search for a missing Central Coast girl: She may have been wearing a disguise

Lance Orozco

The last documented sighting of Buzzard was on October 7.

Public's help sought in search for missing Central Coast girl

Lance Orozco

Melodee Buzzard, 9, was last seen in August.

An impromptu memorial has popped up at the Thousand Oaks intersection where a pro-Israeli demonstrator was fatally injured Sunday.

Teen who disappeared from Central Coast found in Mexico; Two adults arrested

Lance Orozco

Detectives say a man posed as a teenager online, and then urged the 15-year-old girl to run away with him to Mexico.

Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a missing teen on the Central Coast, who was last seen on Friday.

Search continues for missing teen on Central Coast

Lance Orozco

15-year-old girl last seen in Nipomo on Friday.

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Parents Of Missing Ventura County Girl Now Accused Of Her Murder

Lance Orozco

The parents of a missing three year old Ventura County girl are now accused of murdering her.Mayra Chavez and Omar Lopez of Oxnard have been charged with…