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Speaker 1: Crime Alaric hourly update, breaking crime news. Now, I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: Here's the latest on the disappearance of nine year old

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Speaker 1: Melody Buzzard, a case that's now taken a disturbing turn.

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Speaker 1: The search began October fourteen, when school officials reported Melody

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Speaker 1: had been absent for an extended time. Investigators soon learned

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Speaker 1: her mother, Ashley Buzzard, had taken her on a thousand

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Speaker 1: mile road trip from California to Nebraska. When Ashley returned,

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Speaker 1: Melody was gone. Authorities say the last confirmed sighting of

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Speaker 1: Melody was October nine, near the Colorado Utah state line.

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Speaker 1: Surveillance shows her traveling with her mother in a rented

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Speaker 1: white Chevy Malibu. Investigators believe Ashley tried to disguise both

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Speaker 1: herself and Melody, wearing wigs and even swapping license plates

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Speaker 1: to avoid detection. The FBI joined the case October eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Since then, authorities have released surveillance images and video and

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Speaker 1: warn the public not to conduct independent searches. Now a

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Speaker 1: shocking development. Ashley Buzzard was arrested November seven on an

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Speaker 1: unrelated felony charge false imprisonment by violence. Investigators say she

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Speaker 1: allegedly held a man against his wheel inside her home

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Speaker 1: after he offered to help find Melody. According to a

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Speaker 1: statement the man posted online which was later removed, Buzzard

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Speaker 1: became distressed during their conversation, produced a box cutter and

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Speaker 1: locked multiple doors, delaying his ability to leave. Authorities have

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Speaker 1: not confirmed all the details, but they say the incident

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Speaker 1: was serious enough to warrant immediate action. Buzzard is being

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Speaker 1: held on a one hundred thousand dollars bill. Meanwhile, her daughter,

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Speaker 1: Melody remains missing. She's described as four six about sixty pounds,

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Speaker 1: with brown, curly hair and brown eyes. If you have

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Speaker 1: any information, contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office or

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Speaker 1: the FBI right away. More crime and justice news after

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Speaker 1: this and now to a disturbing case out of Kentucky.

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Speaker 1: A man has been accused of allowing his mother to

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Speaker 1: suffer in a filthy, decaying home for two months, during

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Speaker 1: which she suffered from severe health issues and infestations. According

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Speaker 1: to law enforcement officials, Jeremy Cook, he's thirty eight, faces

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Speaker 1: charges of willfully neglecting an adult in relation to his

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Speaker 1: mother's alarming state and the unsanitary conditions of their residence.

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Speaker 1: A criminal complaint obtained by local NBC affiliate WLX details

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Speaker 1: the disturbing allegations. Emergency medical services in Rockcastle County found

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Speaker 1: Cook's mother in their Mount Vernon home with a soiled

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Speaker 1: diaper that had not been changed for more than a week.

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Speaker 1: The living space was cluttered with trash. The floor was

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Speaker 1: described as having rotten wood and holes. EMS reports that

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Speaker 1: the woman was discovered sitting in a reclining chair infested

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Speaker 1: with maggots that were crawling all over her chair, crawling

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Speaker 1: on her in and out her body, her ears, around

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Speaker 1: her eyes, and in open wounds. Cook, who is responsible

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Speaker 1: for her care, called for help on October twenty after

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Speaker 1: she reportedly had trouble breathing. Upon her arrival at the hospital,

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Speaker 1: medical personnel noted the presence of dried insects on her

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Speaker 1: skin and inside numerous wounds. EMS indicated that it appeared

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Speaker 1: she had been left in the recliner for more than

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Speaker 1: two months. After his mother was admitted to the hospital,

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Speaker 1: police spoke with Cook, who allegedly stated that he changed

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Speaker 1: her diapers three times a day and bathed her twice

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Speaker 1: a week, claiming he began caring for her in August

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Speaker 1: police officials said there's no way that could be factual.

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Speaker 1: An investigation was initiated, leading to Cook's arrest on October

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Speaker 1: thirty one. Judge has set his bell at fifty thousand dollars.

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Speaker 1: He is currently awaiting his next court appearance. His mother

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Speaker 1: remains in the hospital. Police in Florida are seeking the

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Speaker 1: public's help and locating a missing elderly man. The Collier

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Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office is looking for sixty eight year old

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Speaker 1: Matthew Thomas Bailey. He was last seen near the area

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Speaker 1: of Bayshore Drive and Holly Avenue around three pm on Friday.

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Speaker 1: According to deputies, Bailey is six to one, weighing about

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Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy pounds. He has gray hair and

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Speaker 1: green eyes. He may be wearing a black jacket with

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Speaker 1: white shorts. Bailey has a traumatic brain injury and could

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Speaker 1: be disoriented. According to his family, Police fear the man

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Speaker 1: to be in danger. Anyone with information is asked to

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Speaker 1: contact the CCSO at two three nine two five two

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