Key Highlights
- The mother charged with murdering 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard returned to court this week, as the child’s grandmother said she believes the killing was planned, weeks after Melodee’s body was found in a remote area of Utah with gunshot wounds to the head.
- Ashlee Buzzard appeared in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Lompoc on Jan.
- 7 to set a date for her preliminary hearing in the murder case involving her daughter, according to the Santa Barbara Independent. Buzzard is charged with first-degree murder in Melodee’s death.
- The girl was reported missing in October after leaving California on a road trip with her mother.
- Her body was recovered in Wayne County, Utah, on Dec.
