New video has been released of the missing girl last seen at the Utah border last month. Investigators now say the mother changed wigs (and license plates) during the road trip, but is still not cooperating with police. | FOX 13 News

The mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee, a case that has been gripping America, has been arrested in connection with an unrelated case. Melodee went missing after cops say her mother, Ashlee Buzzard disguised the girl in a wig and rented a car in Lompoc, California, taking Melodee on a cross-country road trip. The mom made the entire 3,000-mile trip in just three days and returned home, cops say, without Melodee one month ago. Authorities arrested Buzzard on a felony charge of false imprisonmen

9-year-old Melodee Buzzard was first reported missing by staff at her elementary school in California on October 14. They said she had not been seen since August, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. On Wednesday, Melodee’s mother, Ashlee Buzzard, appeared in court after she allegedly falsely imprisoned a man a month after her daughter’s disappearance. Prosecutors said the charge is not directly related to the search for the young girl, which is ongoing across multiple states.