Buzzard’s Preliminary Hearing Set, Sheriff’s Gag Order Maintained

Melodee Buzzard’s Mother Makes Court Appearance on Charges in Girl’s Death

A mother charged with killing her 9-year-old daughter in Utah appeared in Superior Court in Lompoc on Wednesday morning for a brief hearing, and her attorney filed a motion to unseal search warrants in the case. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, of Vandenberg Village has been charged with murder plus use of a firearm and lying in wait. Authorities believe the killing occurred in early October. After weeks of investigators trying to locate Melodee Buzzard, 9, …

California mother accused of killing her daughter appears in court

Ashlee Buzzard is charged with first-degree murder in the death of nine-year-old Melodee. Buzzard waived her right to a preliminary hearing within 60-days, so that hearing will be held in April at the earliest.

Ashlee Buzzard's defense requests permanent gag order

LOMPOC, Calif. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) — The Vandenberg Village woman charged with the planned killing of her daughter last fall appeared before a judge and a packed courtroom in Lompoc on Wednesday. Ashlee Buzzard appears in court for a hearing on Jan. 7, 2026. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) It was Ashlee Buzzard’s second court appearance since her Dec. 23 arrest. The 40-year-old is being held without bail in the Northern Branch Jail in …

Preliminary hearing delayed for Ashlee Buzzard; time waived through March

A preliminary hearing for Ashlee Lynn Buzzard, charged with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, was delayed Wednesday after defense counsel waived statutory time limits during a brief court appearance in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.

Buzzard’s Preliminary Hearing Set, Sheriff’s Gag Order Maintained

LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) - The Lompoc Division of Santa Barbara Superior Court was packed to standing room only Wednesday morning. Many of the seats were filled with family members of the late 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, reporters and media representatives, as well as spectators from the Vandenberg Village neighborhood where she lived with her mother Ashlee. 40-year-old Ashlee Buzzard is accused of killing her daughter Melodee in October by shootin…

Ashlee Buzzard Appears in Lompoc Court After Pleading Not Guilty to Daughter Melodee’s Murder

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