The disturbed mother of lacking 9-year-old Californian Melodee Buzzard allegedly held a buddy hostage with a boxcutter as a result of she regretted dishing on the place she left her long-missing daughter, in line with the court docket paperwork.
Ashlee Buzzard — who has refused to assist investigators discover her daughter — was arrested Friday in California on false imprisonment prices, which authorities initially mentioned had been separate from her lacking daughter case.
Now the accuser, Tyler Brewer, has come ahead, alleging that his buddy turned on him when he went to her house final month and supplied to assist discover her daughter.
The mother instructed him the place she left Melodee, and with whom, Brewer instructed NewsNation‘s “Banfield,” solely saying it was someplace in Utah, a whole lot of miles from house in Lompac, CA.
“Buzzard turned visibly distressed after sharing data she appeared to remorse disclosing,” Brewer acknowledged in a legal grievance filed Monday and obtained by the LA Instances.
“A field cutter was produced, and regardless of a number of requests to be allowed to exit the house, I used to be not instantly permitted to go away,” alleged Brewer, who mentioned he’s identified the mother since 2014
Buzzard stored shutting her eyes, making fists and blocked him from leaving, utilizing a number of locks to safe the door, he instructed NewsNation.
“The way through which the crime was carried out signifies planning, sophistication, or professionalism,” the court docket docs mentioned.
Brewer ultimately managed to go away and instantly reported the encounter to authorities.
He confused that he’s not completely satisfied the knowledge the mother gave him about her daughter’s attainable whereabouts was correct, given her clearly troubled psychological state.
Brewer claimed Buzzard, 40, suffers from psychological well being points and is extraordinarily paranoid — issues additionally raised by her household.
Her mom, Lori Miranda, instructed native information shops she has not seen her granddaughter in additional than two years. Her daughter’s psychological well being took a drastic dive in 2016 when Melodee’s father was killed in a crash and the lady was simply 6 months previous, Miranda mentioned.
A message to an lawyer listed for the mother was not instantly returned on Wednesday.
Melodee’s final confirmed sighting was close to the Utah-Colorado border on Oct. 9, in line with police.
The younger lady was first reported lacking on Oct. 14 after faculty officers in Lompoc instructed authorities that the lady had not attended her homeschooling program in additional than a yr.
The mother has emerged as a key determine within the investigation, which now contains federal authorities, after she and Melodee left on a mysterious street journey to Nebraska on Oct. 7. Buzzard returned house alone on Oct. 10.
In the course of the 1,500-mile journey, Buzzard switched license plates on her rental automobile and wore wigs in what investigators an try and keep away from detection, in line with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Haunting safety footage exhibits the final identified photographs of the younger lady earlier than she apparently vanished.
Since investigators started in search of Melodee, Buzzard has been “uncooperative and has not supplied detectives with any details about Melodee’s present location or situation.”
