The most recent photo authorities have of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, dated in 2023. FBI

A school administrator reported a 9-year-old girl missing after she hadn’t been seen in months. When deputies went to Melodee Buzzard’s home to investigate, her mother was there – but the young girl was nowhere to be found.

Now, officials are investigating why her mom drove them in a rental car from California to Nebraska and why the 9-year-old was apparently wearing a wig in surveillance photos captured earlier this month.

The last person who was with Melodee was her mother, Ashlee, on October 7, possibly during the road trip to Nebraska, investigators have said .

But Ashlee “has been uncooperative with investigators” throughout the search for the missing child, authorities say.

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