Family Speaks Out as FBI Investigates Missing 9-Year-Old Melodee Buzzard

Ongoing Investigation and Family's Lack of Information

• 🔍 Authorities are conducting a K-9 search at Ashley Buzzard's house, a storage locker, and a rental car in the search for missing 9-year-old Melodee.
• 🗣️ Melodee's sister, Karina Mesa, and aunt, Lizabeth Meza, express frustration at being kept in the dark, with detectives not returning their calls.
• ❓ They have no idea why Ashley Buzzard was moved out of the home but acknowledge authorities must have probable cause for the search.

Disturbing Behavior and Missing Posters

• 💔 The family found it extremely hard to watch video of Ashley Buzzard tearing down missing child posters that her family and others had put up.
• 📌 The posters were intended for the community to see and for Ashley to remember her daughter, Melodee, making her actions heartbreaking.
• 🚫 Ashley did not put up any posters herself, only to rip them down.

Past Incidents and Attempts at Contact

• ⚠️ Lizabeth Meza recalls that Ashley Buzzard's other child was previously taken away due to Ashley's attempted suicide and unstable mental state.
• 📞 Karina Mesa has repeatedly tried to make contact with Ashley to get answers about Melodee's whereabouts and well-being, but has received no response.
• 🚪 During one interaction, Ashley emerged to do laundry and spoke with Karina, but refused to answer questions about Melodee, stating everything was hard on her mental health.

Unexplained Travel and Trafficking Concerns

• ✈️ The family is shocked by the possibility that a rental car was driven from California to Nebraska and back, as Ashley never mentioned connections to Nebraska.
• 🗺️ The mention of Nebraska and Kansas is particularly surprising, as Ashley rarely spoke of family or friends outside of her mother and daughter.
• 🚨 While not suggesting it as the reason, the mention of Nebraska as a hub for human trafficking raises concerns, and the family questions if police are fully investigating Ashley Buzzard's connections.

Lack of Police Cooperation

• 📞 Lizabeth Meza spoke briefly with a detective about two weeks prior and was told they would be kept updated, but has received no further communication.
• ✉️ Attempts to forward tips to the Omaha Police Department have also gone unanswered, with voicemails left unreturned.
• 🏛️ Melodee's mother-in-law has visited the detective and sheriff's departments but has also received no replies.