Authorities investigating the disappearance of 8-year-old Melodee Buzzard have made a chilling discovery that’s left even veteran detectives shaken.
According to law enforcement sources, a routine 911 test call automatically placed from Ashlee Buzzard’s phone—Melodee’s mother—was found to contain a faint child’s voice in the background, recorded three days after the girl vanished.
The test call, which was part of the phone’s emergency services calibration, lasted only 18 seconds. Analysts initially dismissed it as static—until enhanced audio revealed what sounded like a young girl whispering “Mom, don’t” just before the line disconnected.
“It’s the most haunting audio we’ve ever analyzed,” one investigator told reporters under condition of anonymity. “There’s no reason that voice should be there. The call was made automatically. No one should have been speaking.”
The FBI’s digital forensics unit is now assisting in confirming the authenticity of the voice and determining where the phone was located when the test call occurred.
What makes the discovery even more unsettling is that Ashlee’s phone was officially logged as inactive at the time of the call. Authorities are now trying to determine whether it had been reactivated—or if someone else had access to it.
As the search for Melodee continues, the recovered audio has reignited public speculation and raised a terrifying question:
Was Melodee still alive after her disappearance?
