Where is Melodee Buzzard?

Melodee Buzzard, the 9-year-old girl, has been missing since October 2025 after her mentally ill mother, Ashlee Buzzard, took her away from her grandmother who was in the process of adopting her.

Why did Ashlee Buzzard take Melodee Buzzard?

According to Melodee's grandmother, Lilly Denes, Ashlee Buzzard, who had been released from a mental hospital, deliberately took Melodee away in 2021 and has been isolating her "from the entire world" since then.

What is the status of the search for Melodee Buzzard?

The FBI is still searching for Melodee Buzzard, and her grandmother Lilly Denes is desperately pleading for the public's help, saying "Somebody has to know" where her granddaughter is.

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Grandmother Pleads for Missing Girl Taken by Mentally Ill Mother

16 Nov

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Summary

Grandmother was in process of adopting 9-year-old girl
Mother with mental illness took daughter away in 2021
Grandmother hasn't seen girl since and believes mother is isolating her

Grandmother Pleads for Missing Girl Taken by Mentally Ill Mother

In November 2025, the grandmother of a missing 9-year-old girl, Melodee Buzzard, is speaking out about the heartbreaking situation. Lilly Denes, Melodee's grandmother, was in the process of adopting the child when Melodee's mother, Ashlee Buzzard, "took her away from us" after being released from a mental hospital in 2021.

Denes says Ashlee is "mentally ill bad" and that she had a bad feeling about her from the first time they met. When Ashlee brought Melodee to Denes' house, Denes told her son that "something's wrong with this lady." Since Ashlee took Melodee back, Denes has not seen the girl and believes Ashlee deliberately isolated her "from the entire world."

Melodee was first reported missing on October 14, 2025, when school officials noticed repeated absences. Ashlee was later arrested on an unrelated felony charge of false imprisonment, but has refused to cooperate with the investigation or provide any information about Melodee's whereabouts. The FBI is still searching for the missing child.