After a mysterious, two-month-long missing persons case, 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been found dead in Utah, and her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, has been arrested for allegedly killing her daughter.Here's the timeline of the case:Oct.

Authorities have revealed that 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, whose October disappearance sparked a weeks-long search spanning several states, died from gunshot wounds to the head. Melodee was last seen on Oct. 9 with her mother Ashlee Buzzard at the Colorado-Utah border, according to the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office .

The discovery of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard's dead body in Utah led to the arrest of her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, by local police on Tuesday.

Then, on December 22, DNA evidence from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab determined that the body found was a familial match to Ashlee Buzzard, confirming it to be that of Melodee Buzzard. Police arrested Buzzard for first degree murder this Tuesday morning.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office will announce “major developments" in the case of missing child Melodee Buzzard on Tuesday afternoon.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner Bill Brown breaks down the series of events that led to the discovery of Melodee Buzzard’s remains. Melodee’s mother, Ashlee Buzzard has been taken into custody and his being held at Santa Barbara County’s Southern Branch Jail without bail,