Investigators are releasing surveillance video they say was taken at the start of a road trip Ashlee Buzzard took with her 9-year-old daughter, who was last seen on the Utah-Colorado border last month. Authorities say the trip involved multiple states, lasted three days and ended with the California mother returning alone.

The newly-released, 10-second-long video starts off with Ashlee and her daughter, Melodee Buzzard, looking at each other on Oct. 7 at a Lompoc (Calif.) car rental business. Ashlee then turns away, her cell phone and wallet appearing to be on the rental car counter and a credit card-shaped item in her hand.

New surveillance video below shows mother, daughter ahead of road trip: Missing girl seen in surveillance video

Authorities previously released surveillance phot

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