Search intensifies for missing 9-year-old California girl The search for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard intensifies after she went missing last month during a road trip with her mother, Ashley, who police allege held a man captive and switched license plates on a rental car. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! The grandmother of missing Melodee Buzzard says she was in the process of adopting the child when the 9-year-old's mother "took her away" shortly after being released from a mental