Detectives on Thursday served a fresh round of search warrants related to the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard.

The search warrants were served at the home of Melodee's mother, Ashlee Buzzard, as well as at a storage locker in an undisclosed location and in the rental car that Ashlee Buzzard rented from a local business earlier this month.

With the assistance of the FBI, Ashlee Buzzard was escorted out of the area during the searches to ensure that her presence would not "interfere with their ability to conduct a thorough search."

Melodee Buzzard has been considered a missing person since Oct. 14, after school administrators noted the home-school student had a prolonged absence.

When authorities questioned her mother at their home in Va

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