Tuesday marks one week since Melodee Buzzard was first reported missing. Authorities are not giving up making contact with Ashlee Buzzard, the 9-year-old’s mother. CPS and sheriff’s deputies have been to her door in Vandenberg Village repeatedly this week, but Ashlee has not answered the door.

Private investigator Bill Garcia says during his career, he hasn’t seen CPS arriving at a parent or guardian’s home very often as part of a missing person investigation.

“I've only seen that occur maybe two or three times in my 34 years, so that's not, that's not that common, but every county has a little bit different twist on how they handle things,” Garcia said.

“There's a number of reasons why child welfare may report to a home to assess safety of children and a number of reasons why law enfor

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