Overview
- Surveillance images from October 7 at a local car rental agency show Melodee in a gray hoodie and what appears to be a darker, straighter wig.
- Investigators say the girl traveled with her mother on a three-day rental-car trip and that the mother came back on October 10 without a verifiable explanation for the child's whereabouts.
- The FBI is assisting as detectives trace a route that reached the Nebraska area with the return trip passing through Kansas.
- Authorities classify Melodee as an at‑risk missing juvenile and are asking anyone who saw her between October 7 and 10 to contact investigators or the anonymous tip line.
- Family and neighbors held a candlelight vigil in Lompoc while relatives publicly appealed for information to help bring her home.