CA MELODEE BUZZARD: Missing from Vandenberg Village, CA - 9 Oct 2025 - Age 9 (11 Viewers)

https://ktla.com/news/california/california-authorities-launch-search-for-girl-who-hasnt-been-seen-in-at-least-1-year/

California authorities launch search for girl who hasn’t been seen in at least 1 year​

Authorities in Santa Barbara County launched a search for a 9-year-old girl who has not been seen in a year, and who has not been seen in a photograph in two.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office began searching for Melodee Buzzard on Tuesday after a school administrator reported she hadn’t been at school in quite some time.

Deputies attempted to contact Melodee and her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, at their home in Lompoc, but the elementary school student was not there, and “no clear explanation was provided for her whereabouts.”

Although the missing persons case is only one-day-old, detectives have been unable to confirm a single recent sighting in about a year. The most recent photograph they were able to locate was taken at least two years ago, officials said.

The Sheriff’s Office is urging anyone with information about Melodee, potential sightings or contact in the past year, to come forward.

“Even small details may be critical in helping investigators ensure her safety,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a news release.


Media - MELODEE BUZZARD: Missing from Vandenberg Village, CA - 2024 - Age 9

 

[Guess Who]

Not sure why some are so hung up on whether the guy is a process server or not. It's irrelevant at this point. Why not question any of his other qualifications he states? I don't understand.

 

[RoundPeg]

Not sure why some are so hung up on whether the guy is a process server or not. It's irrelevant at this point. Why not question any of his other qualifications he states? I don't understand.

I don't either. You cannot just announce you're a process server OR paralegal in California and ramble on. It requires licensing with approved education.

I'm really confused why we're making fun of an alleged victim.

 

[Tresir]

So it does seem she invited him in as somebody she knew and trusted but then "something" happened and it all went south.

Possibly her trust in him made her say things she then regretted saying or she is just possibly cycling in her moods and suddenly became paranoid?

Glad she can't go anywhere or do anything for a bit, no matter if it's related or not.

I don't see anyone making fun - we are just discussing the information.

Is he a frIend or just helping LE.

I am now wondering if he provided the NY plates.

 

[Guess Who]

I don't either. You cannot just announce you're a process server OR paralegal in California and ramble on. It requires licensing with approved education.

I'm really confused why we're making fun of an alleged victim.

I am far from making fun of him. He is very relevant to this case at the moment. (not saying you are saying I am making fun of him)

 

[Guess Who]

Yes but this was before she took Melodee on the road trip so she must have partly shared what she was about to do if she mentioned Utah. Where was Melodee on this date of the 6th?

I don't see anyone making fun - we are just discussing the information. If this happened on the 6th, she hadn't even left with Melodie at this point, so this guy's visit seems to have prompted it, if anything. Is he a frIend or just helping LE. IMO It almost seems like it encouraged her to flee with Melodie the very next day.

I am now wondering if he provided the NY plates.

Ignore this i am going to edit it - I am getting the dates mixed up.

No he wasn't. He was there AFTER she went missing. She went missing in October. This happened in November, a month later. How can he provide her plates in November for a trip she took in October?

Per article previously posted

On November 6th, during an interaction at her residence, the situation escalated. Ms. Buzzard became visibly distressed after sharing information she appeared to regret disclosing. A box cutter was produced, and despite multiple requests to be allowed to exit the home, I was not immediately permitted to leave. The door was secured by several locks, which delayed my ability to exit. This incident was reported to law enforcement.

 

[Tresir]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/melodee-buzzard-alive-alleged-victim-ashlee-buzzard/

Ashlee Buzzard accuser says daughter Melodee may be alive​

Tyler S. Brewer, who filed charges against Buzzard on Friday, told NewsNation she revealed to him where Melodee is and who she was left with.

He did not share any further details of her whereabouts with NewsNation, except to say he suspects the girl is in Utah. Brewer also shared concern about whether what Buzzard told him was true, given her state of mind and recent behavior.


Brewer alleges Buzzard began acting irrationally on Oct. 6 while he was visiting her home, accusing him of working with the police and the paternal side of her family to take Melodee away from her.

He said Buzzard kept shutting her eyes and making fists, and blocked the door, preventing him from leaving. She then slammed the front door and engaged four locks on that door. He said she eventually let him leave, and he went straight to the authorities to report what happened.

This says Oct 6th but I think it must be wrong. The original link I posted stated Nov 6th.

 

[Guess Who]

This says Oct 6th but I think it must be wrong. The original link I posted stated Nov 6th.

That is a reporter error. HE states, in his own words, it was November and the case was filed in November. I am sure they wouldn't have waited for over a month to have a reason to formally detain her.

 

[Tresir]

No he wasn't. He was there AFTER she went missing. She went missing in October. This happened in November, a month later. How can he provide her plates in November for a trip she took in October?

Per article previously posted

On November 6th, during an interaction at her residence, the situation escalated. Ms. Buzzard became visibly distressed after sharing information she appeared to regret disclosing. A box cutter was produced, and despite multiple requests to be allowed to exit the home, I was not immediately permitted to leave. The door was secured by several locks, which delayed my ability to exit. This incident was reported to law enforcement.

I've already edited my post. Shewho article stated Oct 6th. My original posted article stated Nov 6th so when i saw Shewho's post, i took that as the correct date as it was the most recent. Not sure which is correct now.

I got the impression he knew her though.

 

[Guess Who]

Plus, that article also states HE filed the charges against her. That would be a civil case that would not require her to be jailed or post bond. The STATE filed the charges against her. The article shows Ashleigh Banfield as co author of the article. She would know that this is not how it works, so evidently her name is just attached to it or she has learned absolutely nothing about how the law works in all her years doing the news.

 

[Tresir]

No he wasn't. He was there AFTER she went missing. She went missing in October. This happened in November, a month later. How can he provide her plates in November for a trip she took in October?

Per article previously posted

On November 6th, during an interaction at her residence, the situation escalated. Ms. Buzzard became visibly distressed after sharing information she appeared to regret disclosing. A box cutter was produced, and despite multiple requests to be allowed to exit the home, I was not immediately permitted to leave. The door was secured by several locks, which delayed my ability to exit. This incident was reported to law enforcement.

Is this the one I originally posted?

The one I posted stated he has known her since 2014.

 

[Tresir]

Ok from Shewho's link -

(If this is true why haven't LE found her?)


Tyler S. Brewer, who filed charges against Buzzard on Friday, told NewsNation she revealed to him where Melodee is and who she was left with.

He did not share any further details of her whereabouts with NewsNation, except to say he suspects the girl is in Utah. Brewer also shared concern about whether what Buzzard told him was true, given her state of mind and recent behavior.


Brewer alleges Buzzard began acting irrationally on Oct. 6 while he was visiting her home, accusing him of working with the police and the paternal side of her family to take Melodee away from her

 

[Kimster]

Ok from Shewho's link -

(If this is true why haven't LE found her?)


Tyler S. Brewer, who filed charges against Buzzard on Friday, told NewsNation she revealed to him where Melodee is and who she was left with.

He did not share any further details of her whereabouts with NewsNation, except to say he suspects the girl is in Utah. Brewer also shared concern about whether what Buzzard told him was true, given her state of mind and recent behavior.


Brewer alleges Buzzard began acting irrationally on Oct. 6 while he was visiting her home, accusing him of working with the police and the paternal side of her family to take Melodee away from her

Looks like even Brewer isn't sure that she was telling him the truth.

 

[Guess Who]

Looks like even Brewer isn't sure that she was telling him the truth.

That's how I take it. Plus, he might also be aware of any habit of lying she might have had when he knew her before. He tried, at least, and got her jailed, so I would say what he did was at least partially successful. At least she can't take off to parts unknown or hide evidence now.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Yeah anyone can be those things. I worked alongside a paralegal when i did internal review.

He probably was just wanting his name in print for the advertising LOL.

Exactly. I've been around "paralegals" here and it is now a thing for firms to call what would formerly have been a legal secretary or legal assistant a paralegal whether they have been to school for it or not. It actually amused me when schooling for it came around because it is what I did already for four years and my sister did her entire life.

I've also served papers lol. Anyone can. Could be different in CA.

Regardless, it resulted in her arrest though.

I just think like you said the "name in print" to me he is hyping himself, why do you even need to announce it in a mouthful like that of all the things you are? Lol.

Just saw something where there is a newspaper article from something decades ago where Ashlee's mom and her left and went into hiding when Ashlee was NINE. The woman confirmed it through Newspapers.com and had the article. I don't have a link to the article. Ashlee was even quoted in it at the age of nine saying she was scared I think and something else.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Oh AND allegedly the father's side also has a PI working for them.

 

[Guess Who]

Exactly. I've been around "paralegals" here and it is now a thing for firms to call what would formerly have been a legal secretary or legal assistant a paralegal whether they have been to school for it or not. It actually amused me when schooling for it came around because it is what I did already for four years and my sister did her entire life.

I've also served papers lol. Anyone can. Could be different in CA.

Regardless, it resulted in her arrest though.

I just think like you said the "name in print" to me he is hyping himself, why do you even need to announce it in a mouthful like that of all the things you are? Lol.

Just saw something where there is a newspaper article from something decades ago where Ashlee's mom and her left and went into hiding when Ashlee was NINE. The woman confirmed it through Newspapers.com and had the article. I don't have a link to the article. Ashlee was even quoted in it at the age of nine saying she was scared I think and something else.

No. not "anybody" can cal themselves a paralegal in California and other places. It's easy to find out that there are actual requirements.

How to become a paralegal in California - One Legal

There are several steps to becoming a paralegal in California, encompassing education, certification, skill development, and networking.

www.onelegal.com

clipped info

What is a paralegal?​

Since 2000, California has regulated paralegals. According to California Business and Professions Code section 6450(a), paralegal means:
“A person who holds himself or herself out to be a paralegal, who is qualified by education, training, or work experience, who either contracts with or is employed by an attorney, law firm, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity, and who performs substantial legal work under the direction and supervision of an active member of the State Bar of California, as defined in Section 6060, or an attorney practicing law in the federal courts of this state, that has been specifically delegated by the attorney to him or her.”

What are the requirements to be a paralegal in California?​

Under Business and Professions Code section 6450(c), a paralegal must possess at least one of the following:

1. A certificate of completion of a paralegal program approved by the American Bar Association.
2. A certificate of completion of a paralegal program at, or a degree from, a postsecondary institution that requires the successful completion of a minimum of 24 semester, or equivalent, units in law-related courses and that has been accredited by a national or regional accrediting organization or approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education.
3. A baccalaureate degree or an advanced degree in any subject, a minimum of one year of law-related experience under the supervision of an attorney who has been an active member of the State Bar of California for at least the preceding three years or who has practiced in the federal courts of this state for at least the preceding three years, and a written declaration from this attorney stating that the person is qualified to perform paralegal tasks.

 

[Guess Who]

Exactly. I've been around "paralegals" here and it is now a thing for firms to call what would formerly have been a legal secretary or legal assistant a paralegal whether they have been to school for it or not. It actually amused me when schooling for it came around because it is what I did already for four years and my sister did her entire life.

I've also served papers lol. Anyone can. Could be different in CA.

Regardless, it resulted in her arrest though.

I just think like you said the "name in print" to me he is hyping himself, why do you even need to announce it in a mouthful like that of all the things you are? Lol.

Just saw something where there is a newspaper article from something decades ago where Ashlee's mom and her left and went into hiding when Ashlee was NINE. The woman confirmed it through Newspapers.com and had the article. I don't have a link to the article. Ashlee was even quoted in it at the age of nine saying she was scared I think and something else.

YOU would not be allowed to officially serve anybody in California and lots of other states. There are requirements.

Become a Server - CALSPRO Process Server Association

Learn how to become a server from California Association of Legal Support Professionals (CALSPRO), including registration forms & fingerprint requirements.

calspro.org

 

[Kimster]

in Oregon, anyone who is at least 18 years old, is not a party to the lawsuit, and lives in the state where the papers are being served can serve papers. This means a friend or family member can serve documents, as long as they meet the qualifications and are a resident of Oregon. - AI

I know this to be true as it was told to a friend of mine who needed to have papers served to her estranged husband. So, it does appear to be state specific.

 

[GrandmaBear]

 

[Guess Who]

in Oregon, anyone who is at least 18 years old, is not a party to the lawsuit, and lives in the state where the papers are being served can serve papers. This means a friend or family member can serve documents, as long as they meet the qualifications and are a resident of Oregon. - AI

I know this to be true as it was told to a friend of mine who needed to have papers served to her estranged husband. So, it does appear to be state specific.

Yep, state specific, but California has regulations on it. My state is not a party to the lawsuit, GED or equivalent, and have Errors and Omissions insurance, so not quite just anybody. The insurance part is the only thing that keeps it from being basically "just anybody" here. There are also some local specific rules here, too.

Become a Missouri Process Server

Learn the starting steps to become a process server in Missouri. Rules vary across states but oftentimes you must be over 18 and not a party to the case.

www.serve-now.com