Ashlee Buzzard, California mother charged with daughter’s death, pleads not guilty

Melodee Buzzard’s grandmother shreds possible insanity defense for accused killer mom: ‘planned everything’

The mother charged with murdering 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard returned to court this week, as the child’s grandmother said she believes the killing was planned, weeks after Melodee’s body was found in a remote area of Utah with gunshot wounds to the head.Ashlee Buzzard appeared in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Lompoc on Jan. 7 to set a date for her preliminary hearing in the murder case involving her daughter, according to the Santa Barb…

Courtroom gasps as Ashlee Buzzard pleads not guilty to murder of 9-year-old Melodee

Ashlee Buzzard, the California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, pleaded not guilty Friday morning during a brief but emotional arraignment in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.

Mom Accused of Killing Daughter, 9, Enters a Plea

A California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter in Utah has formally denied the charge and will remain behind bars as the case moves forward. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, of Lompoc, entered a not-guilty plea on Friday to a first-degree murder charge with special allegations in the death of her...

Ashlee Buzzard pleads not guilty in connection to daughter's death

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (NBC, KYMA) - In a California courtroom Friday, Ashlee Buzzard pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder of her daughter, Melodee Buzzard. She was ordered to be held without bail. In the courtroom, there seemed to be an audible response following the plea given by Buzzard's attorney. The body of nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard was found in Utah, nearly two months after she went missing in October. A Santa Barbara Count…

Ashlee Buzzard denies murdering daughter Melodee, won’t face death penalty

California mom Ashlee Buzzard pleaded not guilty in the murder of her daughter Melodee during a Friday court hearing in which Santa Barbara prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty. The 40-year-old defendant is accused of fatally shooting the 9-year-old girl, whose body was found in a remote area of southern Utah on Dec. 6 following a search that lasted nearly two months. Investigators said Buzzard took the girl on a multi-state ro…

Ashlee Buzzard pleads not guilty to first-degree murder; judge issues temporary gag order

Ashlee Buzzard pleaded not guilty in a Santa Maria courtroom packed with media and family members Friday morning during a tense arraignment hearing on a felony first-degree murder charge stemming from the shooting death of her 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard.