(NewsNation) — Tyler S. Brewer, the man who accused Ashlee Buzzard of false imprisonment, tells NewsNation the mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard said she left Melodee in Utah with a couple she met at a zoo.

Brewer joined “Banfield” on Monday night, 42 days since Melodee was last seen near the Colorado-Utah border, to discuss what Ashlee, a long-time acquaintance, relayed to him about her daughter.

Brewer clarified he was merely relaying what Ashlee shared with him during his visits to her Lompoc, California, home, since Melodee’s disappearance, and he could not be sure what information, if any, was truthful.

He alleges that upon asking Ashlee whether Melodee had been killed or trafficked, she began fake-crying and did not answer the question.

“I don’t want to believe that she could have hurt Melodee at all, because I think that she does love Melodee in her own way, but the fact that she won’t give me a clear yes or no answer makes me extremely uncomfortable,” Brewer said.

According to Brewer, Ashlee and Melodee’s cross-country trip was “at the instructions of individuals that she barely even knows,” specifically a couple she met at a zoo with a daughter. He says Ashlee informed him they had a daughter of Melodee’s age, and Ashlee wanted the two to play together.

“But she doesn’t know these people’s names, their address, their phone number, their location, nothing. It’s bizarre. It makes no sense,” Brewer told NewsNation.

Brewer alleged Ashlee felt it necessary for Melodee to temporarily reside elsewhere due to an imminent outpatient surgery she is receiving.

“In her mind, it’s something that Melodee needs to be away from her for at least a month or two, an effort for Ashlee to do the surgeries, the medical care, and get back on her feet so she could take care of Melodee,” Brewer said.

He also alleged Ashlee has another daughter that “was taken away from her,” and Melodee has also been “taken from her” previously.