FBI officials and Santa Barbara County investigators searched the home of a missing 9-year-old girl .
Melodee Buzzard was last seen with her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, as recently as Oct. 7, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. The search began on Oct. 14 when a school administrator reported that Melodee had been absent for a long time.
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Federal and local investigators Thursday served the search warrants at the home on Mars Avenue near Constellation Road in Lompoc. They also look through a storage locker and the rental car in which Melodee was last seen
Detectives also believe Buzzard and her daughter left Santa Barbara County in a white Chevrolet Malibu rental, driving out as far as the stat

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