October 22, 2025 • 27 mins
CASE 1: WHERE IS MELODEE BUZZARD?
Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard vanished from Vandenberg Village, California, and her mother refuses to tell investigators where she is. We explore the troubling circumstances surrounding her disappearance, including a mysterious 1,500-mile road trip to Nebraska, years of systematic family isolation, and the lack of educational oversight. Evidence suggests Melodee was last seen on October 7th, 2025. The FBI has joined the search, but her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, remains completely uncooperative. Why won't she tell authorities where her daughter is? What happened during that cross-country trip? And most importantly, is Melodee safe?
CASE 2: THE DEATH OF JACQUELINE "MIMI" TORRES-GARCIA
In October 2025, the body of 11-year-old Jacqueline Torres-Garcia was found in a storage bin outside an abandoned house in New Britain, Connecticut. Her mother and her mother's boyfriend admitted to police that they starved the child, restrained her with zip ties, and left her to die while other family members watched.
These are stories of systemic failures, community activism, and the urgent need for better protections for vulnerable children.
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Keywords: Melodee Buzzard, Jacqueline Torres-Garcia, Mimi Torres-Garcia, missing child, California missing person, New Britain Connecticut, child abuse case, true crime podcast, FBI investigation, child welfare failures, homeschooling regulations, family isolation, child neglect, systemic failures, DCF investigation, child protection, mandatory reporters, Vandenberg Village, Santa Barbara County, Karla Garcia, Ashlee Buzzard, child safety awareness, invisible children, active investigations, current cases, child starvation, uncooperative parent, community activism, child cruelty.
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Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard vanished from Vandenberg Village, California, and her mother refuses to tell investigators where she is. We explore the troubling circumstances surrounding her disappearance, including a mysterious 1,500-mile road trip to Nebraska, years of systematic family isolation, and the lack of educational oversight. Evidence suggests Melodee was last seen on October 7th, 2025. The FBI has joined the search, but her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, remains completely uncooperative. Why won't she tell authorities where her daughter is? What happened during that cross-country trip? And most importantly, is Melodee safe?
CASE 2: THE DEATH OF JACQUELINE "MIMI" TORRES-GARCIA
In October 2025, the body of 11-year-old Jacqueline Torres-Garcia was found in a storage bin outside an abandoned house in New Britain, Connecticut. Her mother and her mother's boyfriend admitted to police that they starved the child, restrained her with zip ties, and left her to die while other family members watched.
These are stories of systemic failures, community activism, and the urgent need for better protections for vulnerable children.
Resources:
- Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office: 805-681-4150
- Anonymous Tip Line: 805-681-4171
- Online Tips: SBSheriff.org
Keywords: Melodee Buzzard, Jacqueline Torres-Garcia, Mimi Torres-Garcia, missing child, California missing person, New Britain Connecticut, child abuse case, true crime podcast, FBI investigation, child welfare failures, homeschooling regulations, family isolation, child neglect, systemic failures, DCF investigation, child protection, mandatory reporters, Vandenberg Village, Santa Barbara County, Karla Garcia, Ashlee Buzzard, child safety awareness, invisible children, active investigations, current cases, child starvation, uncooperative parent, community activism, child cruelty.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-a-true-crime-podcast--4433638/support.
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We Saw the Devil? Hey guys, you're listening. We Saw
the Devil. This is Robyn and I am here with
a quick episode on two cases that are unfolding in
the news. Well, one is active and unfolding and the
other just came to an unfortunate conclusion. They're incredibly sad,
and they both actually involve children. Before we get into that, though,
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I am looking for a new topic or series to cover.
If you've been listening for a while, you know that
I've done everything from Marilyn Monroe, various cults, musicians with
criminal histories, Lori Valo, random serial killers, dark Web. What
do you want me to cover? Obviously, Patreon patrons get
first DIBs at choosing topics, but yeah, always feel free.
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I want to know what you want me to cover.
Need some inspo here, guys. In terms of upcoming episodes,
I did just record with Iris this evening where we
covered two more recent horror films as we are in
the month of October, and guys, is it just me
or is it slim Pickens out there? Because all I
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want is to sit down with a well made horror
movie that I have not seen yet, and I feel
like it's just been bust after bust after bust. So
if you listen to the last episode, Iris and I
decided to watch Zach Kraiger films that would include Weapons,
which you've been living under a rock if you haven't
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heard of weapons, and also Barbarian, which was really big
when it hit the scene too, So did we like them?
I think that my tone probably gives away my sentiment,
but we recorded an episode discussing them. And if you
know me, especially in person, you know that I am
one of the most laid back individuals known to man
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go with a flow type of person, you know what
I mean, which is pretty much the antithesis of my
career as a project manager. But I digress, the point
being I may or may not have been a little
bit sassy in the episode because I got worked up,
So that will be coming soon and then all also,
I do have another episode of Red White and Bruce
coming as well. Again in the previous episode, I did
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is the only one left. It is finalizing, and then
Red White and Bruce will be off of We Saw
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see it, you won't have to anymore if you haven't
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not sorry, that is your right. Also a side note,
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because it's that kind of night, I'm a massive fan
of Greek yogurt. I love Greek yogurt. Do you guys
remember they used to make a yogurt you could bite
in a cup, I believe, or buy it in a tub,
and it had big ass chunks of chocolate chips in it,
like shave chocolate, but they were there. Have you seen that?
I have looked at every grocery store for probably the
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last fifteen years. Every time I go get Greek yogurt.
I look for it like a long lost lover. I
look for that fucking Greek yogurt and I can never
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are listening and know where I can buy that if
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but if you know what I'm talking about and you
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have seen it in your area, let me know and
I will give you a finder's fee. Help a sister
out please. Also, also, guys, guys, TMI and I don't
care because I've been posting about it. I'm relatively open.
Apologies to the men's who are listening, because y'all, I'm
forty one and a couple weeks ago, out of nowhere,
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in the middle of the day, I got this overwhelming
I'm going to pass out. My vision started narrowing. I
was like, WTF. I got the worst anxiety, just dread,
existential dread. All the anxiety and the entire world hit
me all at once. I felt like I was going
to pass out. It lasted twenty seconds and then disappeared,
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and then I started to feel better. Okay, that's happened
like three times in the last couple weeks. Talk to
the doctor. You, guys, I'm going through perimenopause. I don't
know how I feel about that. I wasn't quite prepared
for this. And furthermore, as a woman who did your
mothers sit down and tell you, Okay, here's what you're
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going to feel like this, and dah da da da
da da dah No, Like I've only heard bits and
peaces hot flash, right, That's all I knew is hot flash.
And I was not and am not prepared. And then
I went down the rabbit hole on Reddit and started
reading about it and other women's experiences. And as I
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was reading it, I was slowly losing the will to live.
So keep me in your thoughts, taughts and pairs and
all of that, because guys, I can already tell that
this is going to be very interesting and not in
a fun way. That being said, quick housekeeping again, you're
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I guess if you want at Robin underscore WSTV. Okay, okay,
So let's get into it. We're going to start with
the current active case of Melody Buzzard, and before we
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dive in, I just want to note again that this
is an active investigation and that the primary goal here
is to locate Melody, ensure and ensure that she is safe.
That being said, if you have any information about this case,
please contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. It is
not outside the realm of possibilities that someone listening to
a podcast sees the victim or see you know, somehow
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stumbles across it. It's happened a handful of times. So again,
if you have any information about this case, please contact
the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. And with that, let's
start at the beginning. On October fourteenth, quite literally a
week ago, authorities were alerted that Melody Buzzard was missing.
The report came from a school administrator with the Lumpac
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Unified School District who noticed that the nine year old
girl had been absent from an independent studies program she
had enrolled in back in August. Lieutenant Chris Gotschall from
the Sheriff's Criminal Investigations Division specifically praised the school district
for their vigilance, stating, Lumpac Unified School District deserves credit
for recognizing that something wasn't right, reaching out and continuing
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to assist with this investigation. The district followed proper procedures
when Melody failed to pick up assignments. According to their
statement in their independent study program, if a student fails
to pick up assignments, they're referred back to their school
of residents, which then contacts the family. If attendance doesn't begin,
the school follows mandatory truancy procedures like phone calls, letters, emails,
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and home visits. When a student or a family cannot
be reached. After these efforts, the school requests a welfare
check from law enforcement. Now here's where things get a
little complicated. When authorities began investigating, they initially stated that
Melody hadn't been seen since October twenty twenty four, meaning
she would have been missing for about a year. But
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as the investigation progressed, that timeline shifted. The Santa Barbara
County Sheriff's Office later confirmed that the last verified sighting
of Melody was actually in August of twenty twenty five,
when her mother brought her to enroll in the Mission
Valley Independent Study School program. But even that timeline has
now evolved. As of this week, evidence suggests that Melody
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may have been with her mother as recently as October seventh,
just days before she was reported missing. In a recent update,
Lieutenant Gotschall stated, this important update helps narrow a significant
gap on the timeline of which she was last known
to be seen, and because of that, were closer to
understanding what happened to Melody. And at this center of
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this entire mystery is Melody's mother, Ashley Buzzard, and this
is also where the case becomes particularly troubling. According to
the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, Ashley has been completely
uncooperative with the investigation. She hasn't provided authorities with any
information about Melody's whereabouts or well being. Again, this is
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her mother. Deputies have served a search warrant at the
family home on Mars Avenue in Vandenberg Village, but it
yielded no answers about where Melody might be. When deputies
first responded to the home on October fourteenth, neither Melody
nor Ashley were there, and no clear explanation was provided
for where Melody was. Deputy's return the next day, Ashley
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was home, but Melody was not. Neighbors have reported seeing
signs of activity in the home, including the garage door
being opened for extended periods of time smoke rising from
the chimney, leading some to believe Ashley was inside, though
deputies have stated they don't believe she has been home
in recent days. On Thursday, a KSBOI reporter attempted to
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contact Ashley Buzzard after she was seen getting out of
her car and going into the home that she did
not respond. The Sheriff's office has been collecting surveillance footage
from neighbors in an effort to piece together the timeline
of events. Interestingly, court records reviewed by news outlets revealed
that Ashley Buzzard is in the midst of several civil
cases with creditors who alleged she had unpaid debts. Some
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of the most recent legal proceedings included a May twenty
twenty five collections case from Capital I. The same company
also sued her in civil court in December twenty twenty four,
alleging she owed two thousand, seven hundred and seventy eight dollars.
The same company also sued her in civil court in
December twenty twenty four, alleging she owed twenty seven hundred dollars.
In twenty twenty four, a Duck collection agency filed a
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case against her, seeking foury one hundred and eighty two
dollars in damages that she allegedly owed to Discover Bank,
though that case has since been dismissed, and more tellingly,
in November of twenty twenty four, a process server attempted
to contact a Buzzard at her Mars Avenue home on
behalf of Crown Asset Management, but was unable to find her.
Last month, a different process server attempting to reach a
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Buzzard for the same case, told the court they were
unable to find her. In Lompoc. On Monday, CPS and
authorities could be seen at Ashley's home, and a neighbor
reported that she was in fact served with papers. But
here's where the investigation takes a bit of a dramatic
geographic turn. Authorities now believe that Ashley and Melody may
have traveled far outside Santa Barbara County. We're talking about
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a potential trip all the way to Nebraska that's roughly
fifteen hundred to sixteen hundred miles from their home in California.
According to investigators, Ashley was driving a rented white Chevy
Malibu with the license plate n mn G one zero one.
The vehicle was a rental and is no longer in
Buzzard's possession, but authorities are trying to piece together where
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they went in what happened during this cross country journey.
One of the most heartbreaking aspects of this case is
that we're hearing from Melody's extended family. Her relatives have
been very vocal about the fact that they haven't been
allowed to see Melody in years. One of her aunts,
Elizabeth Masa, says the family hasn't seen the little girl
in about four and a half years. Melody's half sister,
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Corina Mesa, has been among those gathering outside the family
home demanding answers. She described Melody as having a beautiful
smile and being very loving and welcoming. The family remembers
a little girl who loved being around her relatives, but
they've been systematically cut off from her life completely. Melody's father,
rubyel Mesa, died in a motorcycle accident in twenty sixteen,
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shortly after Melody was born. At that time, Ashley was
living in Santa Maria with Rubiel and his mother, but
according to Melody's aunt Vicky Shade, after Rubiel's death, Ashley
moved away and cut off all contact with the family.
Quote she just kept Melody away from us, and then
she up and moved. Shade told reporters she would never
let us see her. Vicki Shade also describes Ashley as
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quote extremely mentally unstable, and revealed that Melody's grandmother had
tried to get custody or at least grandparent writes to
visit Melody because Ashley wouldn't allow their side of the
family to see her. Now, Melody's maternal grandmother, Ashley's own mother,
has spoken out publicly for the first time. Laurie Miranda
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told reporters that she first learned her granddaughter was missing
when law enforcement called, asking if she knew where the
child was. He said, did you know that your granddaughter
was missing? And I said missing. He goes, when's the
last time you talked to your daughter? I said, I
don't know, two years, a year and a half ago.
Even Melody's own grandmother again, Ashley Buzzard's mother hadn't spoken
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to her daughter in well over a year. Miranda, whom
Melody apparently calls Luna, has a message for Melody. She said,
please tell somebody I'm Melody Buzzard. My grandma Luna is
looking for me. Please call the police. Another aunt told
the La Times, I'm horrified for my little niece. I
can't imagine what she's gone through. This does not sound good.
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I just want to know if she's okay. We need
to find her. Prior to enrolling in the Independent Studies
program in August, Melody was most recently enrolled at Buena
Vista Elementary before being pulled out for homeschooling. Authorities say
that Melody was homeschooled for at least the past few years,
possibly several years. But here's a critical detail. According to
California's Department of Education spokesperson Scott Rourke, there's no record
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of Ashley Buzzard filing a private school affidavit, which is
required for homeschooling in California. In California, parents who went
to homeschool their children have specific legal requirements that they
need to follow. The fact that no application was filed
raises serious questions about Melody's education and welfare during these
missing years. State law, the California Department of Education doesn't
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assess or physically inspect private or homeschools. Filing an annual
affidavit is the only requirement, and that was not done.
It wasn't until August of this year that Melody was
enrolled in the Mission Valley Independent Studies program through the
Lampac Unified School District. After Melody failed to pick up
classroom assignments for several weeks, the district reached out to
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her mother and then to law enforcement, which is what
triggered this entire investigation. The community response has been immediate
and passionate. What started with dozens of residents has exploded,
and now there's a Facebook group called in Search of
Melody and has more than five thousand members. People share
theories and organize efforts to find her. On Sunday, October nineteenth,
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about two dozen people gathered outside the Buzzard home on
Mars Avenue, holding signs that read where is Melody, enchanting
demands for answers. The scene was emotional and tense, with
a shouting match even erupting between a neighbor and residence
worried about her, including some relatives. They're not doing nothing.
Police ain't doing nothing, Law enforcement ain't doing nothing thing.
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Somebody got to do something, one woman at the gathering said.
Another protester said, it's about time, Like organization is going
to be key in this. Like if they're not going
to press her until she cracks, I'm sorry. It's time.
Some people have knocked on the door, but it's never answered.
Many believe Ashley was inside the home, pointing to smoke
rising from the chimney as evidence of her being there.
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A memorial for Melody was placed outside the house and
community members say that they plan to continue gathering daily
until she's found. One organizer, Candice Valerie of Lompoc, said,
I felt like nobody was doing anything like actually moving,
so I wanted to reach the community and a lot
of us have daughters. It's heartbreaking. So what's law enforcement's
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response been through this? The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
is treating this as a missing person's investigation. While they've
described Melody's disappearance as suspicious, it's not currently classified as
a criminal investigation. This past Sunday night, October twentieth, the
FBI's Los Angeles Field Office announced on social media that
it's assisting the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office with the case,
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and that brings additional federal resources to the search for Melody.
When this announcement was made, Elizabeth Masa, one of Melody's aunts,
said it made her feel hopeful knowing that there were
more teams searching for her niece. Authorities have conducted a
thorough search of the family's residents and continue to follow
verified leads in a coordinated manner. Authorities have conducted a
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thorough search of the family's residents. But let's talk about
what makes this case so concerning. First, there's the issue
of documentation. The most recent photo authorities have of Melody
is at least two years old. For a growing child,
that's a significant gap. No one outside the immediate household
has recent images of what this little girl looks like now.
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Neighbors have said that Melody now may have shorter hair
and be even thinner than she appears in the photo. Second,
there's the pattern of isolation. Family remembers report being si
sematically cut off from Melody for about the last four
and a half to five years, and this isn't just
a gradual drift. After Melody's fathers died, Ashley moved away
from Santa Maria and refused to let the paternal side
of the family see her whatsoever. Melody's grandmother even tried
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to get custody or grandparent visitation rights, but was unsuccessful
in her petition. Even Ashley's own mother, Laurie Miranda, hasn't
spoken to her daughter in over a year and a half.
Then there's the lack of educational oversight. But big props
to the school for following policy and actually triggering this
entire investigation. You know, there's been an absence of proper
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homeschooling documentation for years for Melody. Now, so that means
that Melody may not have had regular contact with mandated
reporters like teachers, administrators, or other professionals who potentially could
have noticed if something was going on. For all intents
and purposes, she was essentially invisible to the system. Then
there's financial troubles. Ashley's been involved in multiple debt collection
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casesultiple process servers have been trying to serve for for years.
And then most obviously is Ashley Buzzard's complete refusal to
cooperate with authorities who are just simply trying to verify
that Melody safe. And I think we all know the
fact that when these situations happen, of the child has
disappeared and the parents refuse to cooperate, typically that is
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for a reason, and I absolutely hope not. If you
have any information about Melody Buzzard or have seen her recently,
please contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office at eight
zero five six eight one four one five zero. Anonymous
tips can also be submitted by calling eight zero five
six eight one four one seven one or online at
sbshriff dot org. If you saw a white Chevy Malibu
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around October seventh, particularly if it was traveling through or
near Nebraska, that information could also be crucial to this investigation.
And if you've had any contact with Ashley Buzzard since
October seventh, authorities need to hear from you. Even small
details may be critical in helping it investigators ensure Melody's safety.
I will obviously continue following this case and we'll bring
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you updates as they develop, And for now, all we
can do is hope that Melody is found safe and
that the questions surrounding her disappearance are answered soon. If
you guys ever, just reach the point of sometimes when
you just read about certain cases or the New Cycle,
especially if there's a lot of all, if there's a
lot of awful stuff that's happening, you just think, God,
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the world is just evil.
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You know.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
It's sometimes really hard to find the rainbow in the
clouds at times when we're just under a constant bombardment
of death and destruction and chaos in the New Cycle
all the time. I swear like reading about these two
cases and preparing and writing this episode just just had
one of those moments of God, you know, how awful
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do you have to be as a mother? How awful?
I just I don't get at you guys. So now
we're moving on to another case. This is the case
out of New Britain, Connecticut that's absolutely devastating. This is
the story of eleven year old Jacqueline Torres Garcia, who
everyone called Mimi. So On October eighth, just a couple
weeks ago, New Britain police get this anonymous tip about
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a possible body in an abandoned house on Clark Street,
and the caller wasn't vague. They gave specific details. They
said a guy named Jonathan Nanita picked up a storage
toad from the woods near a cemetery, threw it in
the back of his Zacura and dumped it at this
abandoned property on eighty Clark Street. So police show up,
They investigate and find exactly what the caller described. Inside
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that storage ben was the body of eleven year old Jacqueline.
According to the warrants, she didn't have recent injuries or
trauma that killed her, that she was severely malnourished, starved
to death. And here's where it gets even more disturbing,
Jacqueline's mom, Karla Garcia, and her aunt Jacqueline Garcia, both
talked to police, and what they said is horrific. Carla
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told investigators that she and her boyfriend Jonathan Nanita, who's
also the father of her three other children, stopped feeding
Jacqueline about two weeks before she died. They were living
in Farmington at the time on Wellington Drive. But it
wasn't just withholding food. Carla admitted that they were restraining
this little girl with zip ties as punishment when she
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was acting badly. And get this, Carla's sister, Jacqueline, was
actually sending her photos of Jacqueline tied up with zip
ties lying on the floor on peapads, documenting the abuse.
Like actively documenting the abuse. According to what Carla told police,
most of this was happening under Nanita's direction. He was
calling the shots on the punishments. Jacqueline, the aunt, told
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police she lived with her sister in Nanita from June
to August of twenty twenty four, and during those months
she watched this child being abused over and over and
over again. Jacqueline was confined to a corner of room,
tied up with zip ties and denied food. And here's
what really gets me. Jacqueline tried to run away twice.
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Can you imagine being that desperate? But each time a
family member found her and brought her back. And what happened.
She was tied up again and punished for trying to escape.
In mid August, Jacqueline left the house, and according to
the warrant, she told police that when she left, she
knew this child was going to die. She knew it,
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and Carla later told her that Jacqueline died on September nineteenth,
twenty twenty four. After Jacqueline died, Carla said Nanita carried
the body downstairs. She claimed she didn't know what he
did with it at first, which come on, but that's
what she told police. As the body started decomposing, the
smell got so bad that they couldn't stay in the
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house anymore. So instead of calling police or reporting that
their child had died, they just left. They bounced around,
staying with friends or in hotels to get away from
the smell of their daughter's decomposing body. Eventually, Carla admitted
that she knew the body had been put in that
storage tote loaded into Anita's car and moved to New Britain.
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When they relocated to a different address on Clark Street
at the end of March twenty twenty five. The property
management company said Carla was supposed to move out of
the Farmington Place on March first, but asked for extra
time to clean. She finally turned in the keys on
March twenty eighth, almost seven months after her daughter died,
and weeks after they'd already moved the body. But there's
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one detail that absolutely floors me in all of this.
During her interview with police, Carla told them that she
was about to go on a podcast to talk about
what happened to her daughter. She had notes written on
her phone and everything ready to go tell this story
on a podcast. I mean, think about that for a second.
She was planning to go on a show and talk
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about her daughter's death like it was just some story
to share, not calling police, not confessing, not seeking help,
going on a podcast. Karla Garcia and Jonathan and Nita
are both facing murder charges plus additional charges. Jacqueline Garcia,
the aunt who watched this happen for months and admitted
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she knew the child was going to die, has been
charged with child cruelty and unlawful restraint. The Connecticut Office
of the Chief Advocate put out a statement saying they're
going to do a comprehensive investigation. They specifically said they're
looking into DCF's involvement with the family and the whole
situation with Jacqueline being pulled out of school for homeschooling.
And that's the question that keeps coming up in cases
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like this. How does a child just disappear from the system.
Jacqueline was taken out of school for homeschooling, which meant
she had no daily contact with teachers or other adults
who might have noticed something was seriously wrong, no mandated reporters,
no one checking on her welfare. She became invisible. And
when kids become invisible, terrible things can happen. Melody Buzzer,
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who I was just talking about, the Office of the
Chief Advocate said in their statement, our hearts go out
to all who loved and cared for Mimi. No child
should ever have to endure what she endured, and they're right,
no child should endure being starved, restrained, confined, and ultimately
left to die, all while the adults around them either
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inflicted the abuse or watched it happen and did nothing.
Jacquelin Torres Garcia was eleven years old. She should be
in school right now, playing with friends, being a kid. Instead,
she tried to escape, tried to survive, and ultimately lost
her life to the very people who were supposed to
protect her. This case is also ongoing and I will
continue to cover it as more information comes out. But
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that's it for today, guys. That's all that I have.
I just wanted to cover those really two quick news pieces.
One is active, one is unfortunately solved, but working its
way through slowly through the court system. But that is
all that I have for you today. Guys. Again, don't
forget to follow the podcast, especially on Instagram. You can
do that at we saw the Double podcast on Facebook
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a quick episode on two cases that are unfolding in
the news. Well, one is active and unfolding and the
other just came to an unfortunate conclusion. They're incredibly sad,
and they both actually involve children. Before we get into that, though,
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I am looking for a new topic or series to cover.
If you've been listening for a while, you know that
I've done everything from Marilyn Monroe, various cults, musicians with
criminal histories, Lori Valo, random serial killers, dark Web. What
do you want me to cover? Obviously, Patreon patrons get
first DIBs at choosing topics, but yeah, always feel free.
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I want to know what you want me to cover.
Need some inspo here, guys. In terms of upcoming episodes,
I did just record with Iris this evening where we
covered two more recent horror films as we are in
the month of October, and guys, is it just me
or is it slim Pickens out there? Because all I
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want is to sit down with a well made horror
movie that I have not seen yet, and I feel
like it's just been bust after bust after bust. So
if you listen to the last episode, Iris and I
decided to watch Zach Kraiger films that would include Weapons,
which you've been living under a rock if you haven't
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heard of weapons, and also Barbarian, which was really big
when it hit the scene too, So did we like them?
I think that my tone probably gives away my sentiment,
but we recorded an episode discussing them. And if you
know me, especially in person, you know that I am
one of the most laid back individuals known to man
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go with a flow type of person, you know what
I mean, which is pretty much the antithesis of my
career as a project manager. But I digress, the point
being I may or may not have been a little
bit sassy in the episode because I got worked up,
So that will be coming soon and then all also,
I do have another episode of Red White and Bruce
coming as well. Again in the previous episode, I did
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tell you I have a new feed for that Apple
is the only one left. It is finalizing, and then
Red White and Bruce will be off of We Saw
the Devil and on its own feed. So politically, if
you disagree with me and you don't even want to
see it, you won't have to anymore if you haven't
stopped listening altogether. And then if that is the case, sorry,
not sorry, that is your right. Also a side note,
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because it's that kind of night, I'm a massive fan
of Greek yogurt. I love Greek yogurt. Do you guys
remember they used to make a yogurt you could bite
in a cup, I believe, or buy it in a tub,
and it had big ass chunks of chocolate chips in it,
like shave chocolate, but they were there. Have you seen that?
I have looked at every grocery store for probably the
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last fifteen years. Every time I go get Greek yogurt.
I look for it like a long lost lover. I
look for that fucking Greek yogurt and I can never
find it. Twenty dollars gift card. If any of you
are listening and know where I can buy that if
they still make it. I haven't even let check Chaboni's website,
but if you know what I'm talking about and you
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have seen it in your area, let me know and
I will give you a finder's fee. Help a sister
out please. Also, also, guys, guys, TMI and I don't
care because I've been posting about it. I'm relatively open.
Apologies to the men's who are listening, because y'all, I'm
forty one and a couple weeks ago, out of nowhere,
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in the middle of the day, I got this overwhelming
I'm going to pass out. My vision started narrowing. I
was like, WTF. I got the worst anxiety, just dread,
existential dread. All the anxiety and the entire world hit
me all at once. I felt like I was going
to pass out. It lasted twenty seconds and then disappeared,
(04:55):
and then I started to feel better. Okay, that's happened
like three times in the last couple weeks. Talk to
the doctor. You, guys, I'm going through perimenopause. I don't
know how I feel about that. I wasn't quite prepared
for this. And furthermore, as a woman who did your
mothers sit down and tell you, Okay, here's what you're
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going to expect, here's everything that's going to happen. You're
going to feel like this, and dah da da da
da da dah No, Like I've only heard bits and
peaces hot flash, right, That's all I knew is hot flash.
And I was not and am not prepared. And then
I went down the rabbit hole on Reddit and started
reading about it and other women's experiences. And as I
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was reading it, I was slowly losing the will to live.
So keep me in your thoughts, taughts and pairs and
all of that, because guys, I can already tell that
this is going to be very interesting and not in
a fun way. That being said, quick housekeeping again, you're
listening to We Saw the Devil. I am your very
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I guess if you want at Robin underscore WSTV. Okay, okay,
So let's get into it. We're going to start with
the current active case of Melody Buzzard, and before we
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dive in, I just want to note again that this
is an active investigation and that the primary goal here
is to locate Melody, ensure and ensure that she is safe.
That being said, if you have any information about this case,
please contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. It is
not outside the realm of possibilities that someone listening to
a podcast sees the victim or see you know, somehow
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stumbles across it. It's happened a handful of times. So again,
if you have any information about this case, please contact
the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. And with that, let's
start at the beginning. On October fourteenth, quite literally a
week ago, authorities were alerted that Melody Buzzard was missing.
The report came from a school administrator with the Lumpac
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Unified School District who noticed that the nine year old
girl had been absent from an independent studies program she
had enrolled in back in August. Lieutenant Chris Gotschall from
the Sheriff's Criminal Investigations Division specifically praised the school district
for their vigilance, stating, Lumpac Unified School District deserves credit
for recognizing that something wasn't right, reaching out and continuing
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to assist with this investigation. The district followed proper procedures
when Melody failed to pick up assignments. According to their
statement in their independent study program, if a student fails
to pick up assignments, they're referred back to their school
of residents, which then contacts the family. If attendance doesn't begin,
the school follows mandatory truancy procedures like phone calls, letters, emails,
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and home visits. When a student or a family cannot
be reached. After these efforts, the school requests a welfare
check from law enforcement. Now here's where things get a
little complicated. When authorities began investigating, they initially stated that
Melody hadn't been seen since October twenty twenty four, meaning
she would have been missing for about a year. But
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as the investigation progressed, that timeline shifted. The Santa Barbara
County Sheriff's Office later confirmed that the last verified sighting
of Melody was actually in August of twenty twenty five,
when her mother brought her to enroll in the Mission
Valley Independent Study School program. But even that timeline has
now evolved. As of this week, evidence suggests that Melody
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may have been with her mother as recently as October seventh,
just days before she was reported missing. In a recent update,
Lieutenant Gotschall stated, this important update helps narrow a significant
gap on the timeline of which she was last known
to be seen, and because of that, were closer to
understanding what happened to Melody. And at this center of
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this entire mystery is Melody's mother, Ashley Buzzard, and this
is also where the case becomes particularly troubling. According to
the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, Ashley has been completely
uncooperative with the investigation. She hasn't provided authorities with any
information about Melody's whereabouts or well being. Again, this is
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her mother. Deputies have served a search warrant at the
family home on Mars Avenue in Vandenberg Village, but it
yielded no answers about where Melody might be. When deputies
first responded to the home on October fourteenth, neither Melody
nor Ashley were there, and no clear explanation was provided
for where Melody was. Deputy's return the next day, Ashley
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was home, but Melody was not. Neighbors have reported seeing
signs of activity in the home, including the garage door
being opened for extended periods of time smoke rising from
the chimney, leading some to believe Ashley was inside, though
deputies have stated they don't believe she has been home
in recent days. On Thursday, a KSBOI reporter attempted to
(10:01):
contact Ashley Buzzard after she was seen getting out of
her car and going into the home that she did
not respond. The Sheriff's office has been collecting surveillance footage
from neighbors in an effort to piece together the timeline
of events. Interestingly, court records reviewed by news outlets revealed
that Ashley Buzzard is in the midst of several civil
cases with creditors who alleged she had unpaid debts. Some
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of the most recent legal proceedings included a May twenty
twenty five collections case from Capital I. The same company
also sued her in civil court in December twenty twenty four,
alleging she owed two thousand, seven hundred and seventy eight dollars.
The same company also sued her in civil court in
December twenty twenty four, alleging she owed twenty seven hundred dollars.
In twenty twenty four, a Duck collection agency filed a
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case against her, seeking foury one hundred and eighty two
dollars in damages that she allegedly owed to Discover Bank,
though that case has since been dismissed, and more tellingly,
in November of twenty twenty four, a process server attempted
to contact a Buzzard at her Mars Avenue home on
behalf of Crown Asset Management, but was unable to find her.
Last month, a different process server attempting to reach a
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Buzzard for the same case, told the court they were
unable to find her. In Lompoc. On Monday, CPS and
authorities could be seen at Ashley's home, and a neighbor
reported that she was in fact served with papers. But
here's where the investigation takes a bit of a dramatic
geographic turn. Authorities now believe that Ashley and Melody may
have traveled far outside Santa Barbara County. We're talking about
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a potential trip all the way to Nebraska that's roughly
fifteen hundred to sixteen hundred miles from their home in California.
According to investigators, Ashley was driving a rented white Chevy
Malibu with the license plate n mn G one zero one.
The vehicle was a rental and is no longer in
Buzzard's possession, but authorities are trying to piece together where
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they went in what happened during this cross country journey.
One of the most heartbreaking aspects of this case is
that we're hearing from Melody's extended family. Her relatives have
been very vocal about the fact that they haven't been
allowed to see Melody in years. One of her aunts,
Elizabeth Masa, says the family hasn't seen the little girl
in about four and a half years. Melody's half sister,
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Corina Mesa, has been among those gathering outside the family
home demanding answers. She described Melody as having a beautiful
smile and being very loving and welcoming. The family remembers
a little girl who loved being around her relatives, but
they've been systematically cut off from her life completely. Melody's father,
rubyel Mesa, died in a motorcycle accident in twenty sixteen,
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shortly after Melody was born. At that time, Ashley was
living in Santa Maria with Rubiel and his mother, but
according to Melody's aunt Vicky Shade, after Rubiel's death, Ashley
moved away and cut off all contact with the family.
Quote she just kept Melody away from us, and then
she up and moved. Shade told reporters she would never
let us see her. Vicki Shade also describes Ashley as
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quote extremely mentally unstable, and revealed that Melody's grandmother had
tried to get custody or at least grandparent writes to
visit Melody because Ashley wouldn't allow their side of the
family to see her. Now, Melody's maternal grandmother, Ashley's own mother,
has spoken out publicly for the first time. Laurie Miranda
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told reporters that she first learned her granddaughter was missing
when law enforcement called, asking if she knew where the
child was. He said, did you know that your granddaughter
was missing? And I said missing. He goes, when's the
last time you talked to your daughter? I said, I
don't know, two years, a year and a half ago.
Even Melody's own grandmother again, Ashley Buzzard's mother hadn't spoken
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to her daughter in well over a year. Miranda, whom
Melody apparently calls Luna, has a message for Melody. She said,
please tell somebody I'm Melody Buzzard. My grandma Luna is
looking for me. Please call the police. Another aunt told
the La Times, I'm horrified for my little niece. I
can't imagine what she's gone through. This does not sound good.
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I just want to know if she's okay. We need
to find her. Prior to enrolling in the Independent Studies
program in August, Melody was most recently enrolled at Buena
Vista Elementary before being pulled out for homeschooling. Authorities say
that Melody was homeschooled for at least the past few years,
possibly several years. But here's a critical detail. According to
California's Department of Education spokesperson Scott Rourke, there's no record
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of Ashley Buzzard filing a private school affidavit, which is
required for homeschooling in California. In California, parents who went
to homeschool their children have specific legal requirements that they
need to follow. The fact that no application was filed
raises serious questions about Melody's education and welfare during these
missing years. State law, the California Department of Education doesn't
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assess or physically inspect private or homeschools. Filing an annual
affidavit is the only requirement, and that was not done.
It wasn't until August of this year that Melody was
enrolled in the Mission Valley Independent Studies program through the
Lampac Unified School District. After Melody failed to pick up
classroom assignments for several weeks, the district reached out to
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her mother and then to law enforcement, which is what
triggered this entire investigation. The community response has been immediate
and passionate. What started with dozens of residents has exploded,
and now there's a Facebook group called in Search of
Melody and has more than five thousand members. People share
theories and organize efforts to find her. On Sunday, October nineteenth,
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about two dozen people gathered outside the Buzzard home on
Mars Avenue, holding signs that read where is Melody, enchanting
demands for answers. The scene was emotional and tense, with
a shouting match even erupting between a neighbor and residence
worried about her, including some relatives. They're not doing nothing.
Police ain't doing nothing, Law enforcement ain't doing nothing thing.
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Somebody got to do something, one woman at the gathering said.
Another protester said, it's about time, Like organization is going
to be key in this. Like if they're not going
to press her until she cracks, I'm sorry. It's time.
Some people have knocked on the door, but it's never answered.
Many believe Ashley was inside the home, pointing to smoke
rising from the chimney as evidence of her being there.
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A memorial for Melody was placed outside the house and
community members say that they plan to continue gathering daily
until she's found. One organizer, Candice Valerie of Lompoc, said,
I felt like nobody was doing anything like actually moving,
so I wanted to reach the community and a lot
of us have daughters. It's heartbreaking. So what's law enforcement's
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response been through this? The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
is treating this as a missing person's investigation. While they've
described Melody's disappearance as suspicious, it's not currently classified as
a criminal investigation. This past Sunday night, October twentieth, the
FBI's Los Angeles Field Office announced on social media that
it's assisting the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office with the case,
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and that brings additional federal resources to the search for Melody.
When this announcement was made, Elizabeth Masa, one of Melody's aunts,
said it made her feel hopeful knowing that there were
more teams searching for her niece. Authorities have conducted a
thorough search of the family's residents and continue to follow
verified leads in a coordinated manner. Authorities have conducted a
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thorough search of the family's residents. But let's talk about
what makes this case so concerning. First, there's the issue
of documentation. The most recent photo authorities have of Melody
is at least two years old. For a growing child,
that's a significant gap. No one outside the immediate household
has recent images of what this little girl looks like now.
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Neighbors have said that Melody now may have shorter hair
and be even thinner than she appears in the photo. Second,
there's the pattern of isolation. Family remembers report being si
sematically cut off from Melody for about the last four
and a half to five years, and this isn't just
a gradual drift. After Melody's fathers died, Ashley moved away
from Santa Maria and refused to let the paternal side
of the family see her whatsoever. Melody's grandmother even tried
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to get custody or grandparent visitation rights, but was unsuccessful
in her petition. Even Ashley's own mother, Laurie Miranda, hasn't
spoken to her daughter in over a year and a half.
Then there's the lack of educational oversight. But big props
to the school for following policy and actually triggering this
entire investigation. You know, there's been an absence of proper
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homeschooling documentation for years for Melody. Now, so that means
that Melody may not have had regular contact with mandated
reporters like teachers, administrators, or other professionals who potentially could
have noticed if something was going on. For all intents
and purposes, she was essentially invisible to the system. Then
there's financial troubles. Ashley's been involved in multiple debt collection
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casesultiple process servers have been trying to serve for for years.
And then most obviously is Ashley Buzzard's complete refusal to
cooperate with authorities who are just simply trying to verify
that Melody safe. And I think we all know the
fact that when these situations happen, of the child has
disappeared and the parents refuse to cooperate, typically that is
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for a reason, and I absolutely hope not. If you
have any information about Melody Buzzard or have seen her recently,
please contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office at eight
zero five six eight one four one five zero. Anonymous
tips can also be submitted by calling eight zero five
six eight one four one seven one or online at
sbshriff dot org. If you saw a white Chevy Malibu
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around October seventh, particularly if it was traveling through or
near Nebraska, that information could also be crucial to this investigation.
And if you've had any contact with Ashley Buzzard since
October seventh, authorities need to hear from you. Even small
details may be critical in helping it investigators ensure Melody's safety.
I will obviously continue following this case and we'll bring
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you updates as they develop, And for now, all we
can do is hope that Melody is found safe and
that the questions surrounding her disappearance are answered soon. If
you guys ever, just reach the point of sometimes when
you just read about certain cases or the New Cycle,
especially if there's a lot of all, if there's a
lot of awful stuff that's happening, you just think, God,
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the world is just evil.
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You know.
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It's sometimes really hard to find the rainbow in the
clouds at times when we're just under a constant bombardment
of death and destruction and chaos in the New Cycle
all the time. I swear like reading about these two
cases and preparing and writing this episode just just had
one of those moments of God, you know, how awful
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do you have to be as a mother? How awful?
I just I don't get at you guys. So now
we're moving on to another case. This is the case
out of New Britain, Connecticut that's absolutely devastating. This is
the story of eleven year old Jacqueline Torres Garcia, who
everyone called Mimi. So On October eighth, just a couple
weeks ago, New Britain police get this anonymous tip about
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a possible body in an abandoned house on Clark Street,
and the caller wasn't vague. They gave specific details. They
said a guy named Jonathan Nanita picked up a storage
toad from the woods near a cemetery, threw it in
the back of his Zacura and dumped it at this
abandoned property on eighty Clark Street. So police show up,
They investigate and find exactly what the caller described. Inside
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that storage ben was the body of eleven year old Jacqueline.
According to the warrants, she didn't have recent injuries or
trauma that killed her, that she was severely malnourished, starved
to death. And here's where it gets even more disturbing,
Jacqueline's mom, Karla Garcia, and her aunt Jacqueline Garcia, both
talked to police, and what they said is horrific. Carla
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told investigators that she and her boyfriend Jonathan Nanita, who's
also the father of her three other children, stopped feeding
Jacqueline about two weeks before she died. They were living
in Farmington at the time on Wellington Drive. But it
wasn't just withholding food. Carla admitted that they were restraining
this little girl with zip ties as punishment when she
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was acting badly. And get this, Carla's sister, Jacqueline, was
actually sending her photos of Jacqueline tied up with zip
ties lying on the floor on peapads, documenting the abuse.
Like actively documenting the abuse. According to what Carla told police,
most of this was happening under Nanita's direction. He was
calling the shots on the punishments. Jacqueline, the aunt, told
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police she lived with her sister in Nanita from June
to August of twenty twenty four, and during those months
she watched this child being abused over and over and
over again. Jacqueline was confined to a corner of room,
tied up with zip ties and denied food. And here's
what really gets me. Jacqueline tried to run away twice.
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Can you imagine being that desperate? But each time a
family member found her and brought her back. And what happened.
She was tied up again and punished for trying to escape.
In mid August, Jacqueline left the house, and according to
the warrant, she told police that when she left, she
knew this child was going to die. She knew it,
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and Carla later told her that Jacqueline died on September nineteenth,
twenty twenty four. After Jacqueline died, Carla said Nanita carried
the body downstairs. She claimed she didn't know what he
did with it at first, which come on, but that's
what she told police. As the body started decomposing, the
smell got so bad that they couldn't stay in the
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house anymore. So instead of calling police or reporting that
their child had died, they just left. They bounced around,
staying with friends or in hotels to get away from
the smell of their daughter's decomposing body. Eventually, Carla admitted
that she knew the body had been put in that
storage tote loaded into Anita's car and moved to New Britain.
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When they relocated to a different address on Clark Street
at the end of March twenty twenty five. The property
management company said Carla was supposed to move out of
the Farmington Place on March first, but asked for extra
time to clean. She finally turned in the keys on
March twenty eighth, almost seven months after her daughter died,
and weeks after they'd already moved the body. But there's
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one detail that absolutely floors me in all of this.
During her interview with police, Carla told them that she
was about to go on a podcast to talk about
what happened to her daughter. She had notes written on
her phone and everything ready to go tell this story
on a podcast. I mean, think about that for a second.
She was planning to go on a show and talk
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about her daughter's death like it was just some story
to share, not calling police, not confessing, not seeking help,
going on a podcast. Karla Garcia and Jonathan and Nita
are both facing murder charges plus additional charges. Jacqueline Garcia,
the aunt who watched this happen for months and admitted
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she knew the child was going to die, has been
charged with child cruelty and unlawful restraint. The Connecticut Office
of the Chief Advocate put out a statement saying they're
going to do a comprehensive investigation. They specifically said they're
looking into DCF's involvement with the family and the whole
situation with Jacqueline being pulled out of school for homeschooling.
And that's the question that keeps coming up in cases
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like this. How does a child just disappear from the system.
Jacqueline was taken out of school for homeschooling, which meant
she had no daily contact with teachers or other adults
who might have noticed something was seriously wrong, no mandated reporters,
no one checking on her welfare. She became invisible. And
when kids become invisible, terrible things can happen. Melody Buzzer,
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who I was just talking about, the Office of the
Chief Advocate said in their statement, our hearts go out
to all who loved and cared for Mimi. No child
should ever have to endure what she endured, and they're right,
no child should endure being starved, restrained, confined, and ultimately
left to die, all while the adults around them either
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inflicted the abuse or watched it happen and did nothing.
Jacquelin Torres Garcia was eleven years old. She should be
in school right now, playing with friends, being a kid. Instead,
she tried to escape, tried to survive, and ultimately lost
her life to the very people who were supposed to
protect her. This case is also ongoing and I will
continue to cover it as more information comes out. But
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that's it for today, guys. That's all that I have.
I just wanted to cover those really two quick news pieces.
One is active, one is unfortunately solved, but working its
way through slowly through the court system. But that is
all that I have for you today. Guys. Again, don't
forget to follow the podcast, especially on Instagram. You can
do that at we saw the Double podcast on Facebook
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