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More than five weeks after Alycia "Aly" Yeoman went missing, the last person believed to have seen the 20-year-old is breaking his silence. Michael Lizarraga owned the home where authorities said Yeoman visited the night she disappeared. ++Download the KCRA 3 News app for iOS and Android Yeoman was last seen or heard from at 7:51 p.m. on March 30 while driving to a home on the 1800 block of Romero Street in Yuba City, according to the Sutter County Sheriff's Department. Lizarraga spoke first with KCRA 3 Saturday about the disappearance and the search for Yeoman. Q: How long have you known Aly? Lizarraga: For a little over a year. She came over here with my nephew and were barbecuing, swimming, listening to music and that's how I originally met her. We kept in touch maybe two to three times a month-- just Snapchat, a little talk. So I really didn't know her that well, we weren’t the best of friends. I've been around her twice, but she was a good friend. And she was always positive, so I appreciated that. Q: What happened the night Aly disappeared? Lizarraga: She was coming in to town and she mentioned she wanted to talk about this new guy that she kind of had a crush on and asking for my opinion. I told her I'm going to Taste of India if you want to go for a bite. Q: Was it a date? Lizarraga: No. Not at all. I mean a lot of people make up their own stories, ‘Oh they went on a date or dinner date.’ Nothing like that. Totally just friends, having a bite to eat and that was it. Q: Aly went to your house after the restaurant? Lizarraga: She asked me, ‘What you do after this?’ and I said, ‘I'm going to go back to my house and just hang out. She said, ‘Do you mind if I come too I got a bottle of wine?’ And I said, yeah that's fine. My son was there, my nephew was there, who used to talk to her. Q: But Aly was 20 years old, why did you let her drink? Lizarraga: I didn’t know that at the time. I thought honestly that she was of age and she walked in with a bottle of wine, so I didn't say ‘Hey hold on, let me see your I.D.’ Q: What happened before she left? Lizarraga: Usually with my friends, I like to create memories. So I told Aly, ‘You've got to create this memory, Write on the cork'. I used to call her Asian Aly all the time, so she put ‘Asian Aly.’ ‘Positivity.’ I think she said ‘Keep grinding,’ ‘Motivation,’ or something like that. So I said, ‘Right on’ and boom I put it up there with the corks and when she left she was like just happy. Happy about life. Q: If Aly was drinking, why did you let her drive? Lizarraga: She wanted to leave. I kept saying, ‘Sleep on the couch. Pass out. At least a couple hours, and then go home.' She said no. So I walked her out, and made her promise me like three times-- Text me when you get home, and she was like, ‘I will.’ And I said, pinky promise and then she drove off. Q: Some believe you had something to do with her disappearance. Lizarraga: People are always going to point the finger, and I'll accept that. I understand it. People want to point fingers and go, ‘Hey blame him.’ But if you don't know, you don't know. So for people to sit here and point the finger at me and cast their stones, I tell them all, 'Cast their stones and you can believe whatever you want.' Q: What happened when authorities issued a search warrant at your home? Lizarraga: They took all my computers. My daughter's tablet, my son's laptop - any kind of cameras. It wasn't a surprise, but you know it did bother me the way that my son had to go through this, being handcuffed and they had guns pointed at them. I mean that hurt me the most. Q: Do you believe you are a person of interest in Aly’s disappearance? Lizarraga: No, I don't. I don't believe that at all. If they ever thought that I wouldn't be here, and all the evidence-- I have the truth on my side. So, all the evidence that they took—computers, my carpets, my rugs-- they're just doing their job. Q: Have you spoken with Aly’s family? Lizarraga: I've talked to Aly’s father and uncle. There are some family members, some friends, that have message me, called me and have said some awful things. Q: Do you believe Aly’s father looks at you as a suspect? Lizarraga: I think at first he probably did. But after meeting with him, and the way that we parted ways, walking away from each other, I don't feel that one bit. In my opinion, I feel like whoever's behind this has got to be watching and seeing what this family's going through. Seeing the finger pointing at me and obviously they don't have a conscience. And obviously, they have no heart to allow this to keep going on to the family in so much pain. When I met Daniel, that's what bothered me the most what I seen his eyes and I seen the way that he looked. He's hurt. And I'm a father. Every time I put myself in his shoes, it hurts. Q: What do you think happened to Aly? Lizarraga: I got a million things going on in my brain. Who did she meet up with? Who was she texting? Did she stop? Something was wrong her truck? I don't know. Q: Do you think you will one day be arrested in connection to his crime? Lizarraga: No. I don't believe that at all. I will never be placed under arrest because, like I said, I have truth on my side. I just hope and I pray that Aly comes home soon and this nightmare ends. Q: Do you think Aly is still alive? Lizarraga: I believe that she's alive. I just sit here and I think, and I pray. And I feel like I talk to her sometimes. Just like, ‘Be brave be strong. Whatever you’re in.’ I hope she gets that window of opportunity to escape from wherever you’re at.