Ashlee Buzzard has been charged with murder with special allegations in the shooting death of her 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard, according to court documents.The special allegations charge claims that Ashlee Buzzard personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing death and committed the murder by means of lying in wait.

Ashlee Buzzard was arraigned Friday on a charge of first-degree murder with special allegation after the body of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee, was found in a rural area of Utah more than two months after she went missing. An attorney for Buzzard, 40, of Lompoc, California, said she pleaded not guilty. She was ordered to be held without bail.

The body of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard was found by authorities in Utah on Dec. 6 after she went missing in October.

(Gray News) - The mother of Melodee Buzzard, whose disappearance sparked a two-month search, was arraigned on a murder charge Friday in connection with the 9-year-old’s death. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge with a special allegation, according to NBC News. She pleaded not guilty to the charge, CNN reported.

Melodee, of Lompoc, was reported missing in early October as school district officials noted her "prolonged absence," they said.

Ashlee Buzzard was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard.

Ashlee Buzzard, who is accused of murdering her 9-year-old daughter and disposing of her body in Utah, pleaded not guilty during her arraignment this week.

Ashlee Buzzard pleaded not guilty after being arraigned on a first-degree murder charge days after the body of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee, was found more than two months after she went missing.

The remains of 9‑year-old Melodee Buzzard were found in Utah. Her mother Ashlee now faces first-degree murder charges in connection to this.