Detectives are continuing their search for a missing nine-year-old California girl, whose appearance police believe may have been altered with a wig.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives began their investigation on Oct. 14 when a school administrator reported Melodee Buzzard’s extended absence.

“Deputies attempted to contact Melodee and her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, at their residence in the 500-block of Mars Avenue in Lompoc, but Melodee was not home and there was no verifiable explanation of her whereabouts,” police said in a press release .

Through the ongoing investigation, detectives have found evidence that the young girl was with her mother as recently as Oct. 7.

“Investigators have also determined that Ashlee may have traveled with Melodee anywhere between Lompoc,

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