Billy Little: So, you can't see what's going on, but you can see it going in the garage. Family of missing mom Maya Millete reacts to Petito case - Cbs8 Richard Drouaillet: It seemed like there was no urgency from the police department to investigate it properly. On Jan. 7, she contacted a divorce attorney to schedule a meeting to begin the dissolution proceedings, and investigators believe that her husband killed her that evening, after it became clear that she fully intended to end their marriage. Billy Little: It's coming from Larry and Maya's house. She talked about security video from early Jan. 8 that showed Larry Millete backing his Lexus SUV into the garage at his home before 6 a.m. That night, Claudia got the distressing news that Maya was missing and drove over to the Millete house. Allison Alexander: I think she told him that she was going to file for divorce. Jonathan Vigliotti: When you left the house that day after collecting those puzzle pieces, what were you thinking? Maya had never shared that with Maricris. Little says after he showed Larry his naval civilian ID, he let him in. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Jonathan Vigliotti: Larry and his parents claim in court documents that Maya was essentially a party girl. CHULA VISTA . This story previously misidentified the missing woman as Maya May Millete. Police search home of missing Chula Vista woman Billy Little: Larry accused her of having affairs with several men at work, wrote emails to her boss at work he knows that, if he tells the boss that she's having an affair with somebody at work, that she will get fired. Police Searching for Woman, 39, Who Went Missing From Chula Attorney Aleida Wahn says a "no body" defense has worked before in other cases. On New Year's weekend, Maya told her family her decision. And that's why we're out here. A Chula Vista man accused of murdering his wife planted a cell phone in his wife's vehicle in order to track her whereabouts about six months before she In a direct message to Maya Millete, Richard wanted to remind It sounds like from a movie. Richard Drouaillet: Hiking. Larry Millete has largely declined to address the media regarding his wifes disappearance, though he did speak briefly to 10News San Diego by phone a few days after she was reported missing. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Jonathan Vigliotti: What was that message that was coming out of those speakers under the bed? One out of every 8.1 residents of Chula Vista lives in poverty. She was reported missing to authorities two "We certainly have people who remain crucial witnesses to her disappearance. Over the months, droves of volunteers have responded to her family's calls to the community and have joined Team Maya. Maricris Drouaillet: Very caring, loving mother. Jonathan Vigliotti: Claudia, what was your reaction? He says a camera from a neighboring house recorded the voices of the Millete children playing in the yard, at 1030 p.m., on the night their mom was last heard from. Richard Drouaillet: They didn't find any evidence of her having an affair. But in December 2020, the messages he sent became a lot more threatening. In at least one of the messages he asked for an accident and injury to keep her at home. Previously, the department has said they have no leads or any signs of foul play. (Find Aleida Wahn: They believe that she had this wild lifestyle, that she was out there having affairs, she's dating different men off the internet that she's drinking excessively, that she's become this completely different person. May Millete called a divorce attorney Jan. 7, and made an appointment for the following week, after her daughters birthday. Good job spellcaster.". But Larry would not have it.. Claudia Julao: His relationship was very, kind of to the side and just very watchful. Stephan said Larry Millete also sent someone a text that day: I think she wants me to snap and Im shaking inside, ready to snap., According to Stephan, the focus of Milletes spellcaster messages on Jan. 9 turned from his wife to wanting to punish a man he blames for his failed relationship.. Billy Little: It's just not in me to quit, so I don't. and they found that he was in possession of an illegal assault weapon. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. Jonathan Vigliotti: How did the police react? Claudia recalls an instance when Larry couldn't get a hold of Maya at work. Among the reasons: investigators had found an image of guns on Larry's phone. Jonathan Vigliotti: So, Larry says Maya's been where? He's got to clean up, and he's got to move the body so he needs to send those kids outside on a school night at 10:30. As Billy Little continued investigating, Maricris and Richard turned to local media and organized the first search for Maya on the hiking trails behind her house. Missing; Monday Mystery Movie; My Happy Ending; My Neighbor Totoro 35th Anniversary: Studio Ghibli Fest 2023 No showtimes found on March 1, 2023. In a press conference, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan laid out some of the details of the months-long law enforcement investigation. As the case gathered steam in the media, on January 23, 2021, two weeks after Maya's disappearance, the Chula Vista Police Department searched the Millete house. A missing California woman warned family members to blame her husband should anything happen to her days before vanishing. They seized two Glock handguns, a rifle and a shotgun. Missing California woman's husband contests gun violence Aleida Wahn, an attorney and true-crime author, saw Maya's case on the news and started following it closely. CHULA VISTA More than 100 people searched a Chula Vista parks trails on Wednesday in hopes of finding a 39-year-old mother of three who has been missing And it's the proverbial needle in a haystack. May was committed to her three young children. The 39-year-olds husband, Larry Millete, initially speculated that Maya had left Chula Vista to get some alone time. These bangs are being reviewed and analyzed by investigators in the hope of determining if they were gunshots, police Lt. Dan Peak said in a statement. On October 19, nine months after the disappearance of Maya, investigators did just that. 47 Witness Interviews, 12 Search Warrants in Investigation Chula Vista Police release new information in the case of missing By the fall of 2020, Billy Little says Larry was growing increasingly desperate to hold onto Maya. If convicted, Larry could face up to 25 years to life in prison. Jonathan Vigliotti: Time was of the essence. Learn more about how we use cookies in our cookie policy. Now the incident is under review. "Sau mt thi gian 2 thng s dng sn phm th mnh thy da ca mnh chuyn bin r rt nht l nhng np nhn C Nguyn Th Thy Hngchia s: "Beta Glucan, mnh thy n ging nh l ng hnh, n cho mnh c ci trong n ung ci Ch Trn Vn Tnchia s: "a con gi ca ti n ln mng coi, n pht hin thuc Beta Glucan l ti bt u ung Trn Vn Vinh: "Ti ung thuc ny ti cm thy rt tt. With Maya's alleged killer behind bars, her family knew their work was not done. No? Millete was last seen at her Chula Vista home on Jan. 7. Family, friends search park for missing Chula Vista woman Her last text was also that day, at about 8:15 p.m., to her family via Facebook Messenger. Maricris says when their brother J.R. drove over to check on Maya the next day, her husband Larry told him Maya had been in the bedroom for several hours. Claudia Julao: I will say March or so of 2020, the obsession became obvious. J.R. knocked on the door but got no response. The group called itself the Maya Millete Search Warriors. Billy Little: I started looking for things that I thought might be suspicious in the house. Millete, a 39-year-old contract specialist with the Navy, was reported missing to Chula Vista police on Jan. 10. She was Going from hangin' out, hugging 'em, jumping on my back seein' them at least once or twice a month -- at least, to not seein' them at all for nine months. Investigators also downloaded images from Larry's phone. But Maya's loved ones say that Maya was changing. The investigation is ongoing. Allison Alexander: She was like this little, tiny person but she was a big personality. Chula Vista missing mom search hits 8 months as family spars over Richard Drouaillet: It's been a really, really tough year for the whole family we still don't have answers yet. she has some videos with her son singing with her. That's who Maya is. Claudia Julao: Relieved, yet at the same time, sad and so although you keep that hope up now it became real. Cindy Cesare is the development producer. The multi-agency group which includes the FBI, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the county District Attorneys Office will work together to bring May Maya Millete home to her family or bring justice to Mays family, the Chula Vista Police Department said. / CBS News. Milletes attorney, Bonita Martinez, said before the news conference that she was very, very surprised after learning of the arrest because neither May Millete, nor her remains, have been found. In this case, the last call recorded that May made was to a divorce attorney. Missing California woman issued ominous warning to family - New We could get wherever we wanted, didn't matter where we came from. Among information that detectives still hope to glean from the public is where the couples black Lexus GS460 believed to have transported the victims body to wherever it allegedly was disposed of was driven on Jan. 8. Richard Drouaillet: Just laid back, wearing his Navy sweats on a Sunday, no shoes. Billy Little [referencing photo]: That is the picture that he took of the altar An old photo of them with blood thrown on it. ", Aleida Wahn: The day Maya went missing, Larry sent countless emails to spellcasters. Xin cm n qu v quan tm n cng ty chng ti. that's why I went straight to the last place she was seen, which was that house I had no idea that it would turn into what it was. Tuesday, Larry Millete, the husband of missing Chula Vista mom Maya Millete, was arrested and charged with his wife's murder. And so he weaponized her work He weaponized her children, her family, her religion before he got desperate enough to try these other means of controlling her and keeping her in that marriage. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Chula Vista Police Department at 619-691-5139 or the San Diego Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 888-580-8477. According to the family, the police had come. Maricris Drouaillet: We believed Larry they had an argument and she just, she just wanna be left alone. The search parties are made up of dozens of friends, family members, colleagues of Maya's and also strangers. According to Little, Larry first tried spells to get Maya to fall back in love with him. She gave him three kids. Her family gathered at her home to celebrate her daughter's birthday, hoping against hope. Brings us to tears every time we watch it. Millete disappeared just before a family trip to Big Bear that was planned around the same time as one of her childrens birthdays. Larry's family had also immigrated from the Philippines. Little says Larry contacted numerous spellcasters and even wrote a review for one. SUMMER STEPHAN: In homicide cases, there's often a triggering event. I used to you know joke around with her because she had a photographic memory. Like, "Oh, five stars. Maricris said last week that the situation has been tough because Larry is a part of the family. , somebody asks for help, you just do it, right? Maya, a mother of three, disappeared on Jan. 7, the same day she was scheduled to meet with a divorce lawyer. A spokesperson for the local police department said authorities have been aware of the information revealed by the family, but noted they have not found evidence of any foul play. Please enter valid email address to continue. Maya Millette disappearance: Family hopes search for Chula Vista Xin hn hnh knh cho qu v. Police said Larry Millete, Mayas husband, has retained an attorney and is no longer assisting in the investigation. Richard Drouaillet: Word by word. Maricris Drouaillet: She's ready for divorce, she's finally made up her mind. You can't just search the entire world. He repositioned it to where no video camera (could) capture (images showing) whether a body was put in the back of the Lexus or not, she said. She added that he has had little participation in search efforts. Larry Millete also wrote that he was "detained illegally" by Chula Vista police officers during a May 7 search of his home, according to an 80-page response to the May left our home and our family, and (her parents) wrongly put the blame on me, he said in the four-page declaration filed Sept. 9. Maricris Drouaillet: It's joy to see them, you know that they have their own family, too. And it's very sad to even talk about but you have to do it. On May 1, friends and relatives celebrated her 40th birthday in her absence. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Police on Saturday searched the home of a Chula Vista mother who has been missing for two weeks, looking for This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Investigators say the couple had been having marital troubles and shortly before Maya's disappearance, Larry had been contacting spellcasters to try and put a hex on his wife so that she would stay in the marriage. Police have previously said that the missing womans purse and car remained at her home. Help us grow with a monthly contribution. Maya, if for some reason, somehow, you see this, just remember and just know that were looking for you, Richard said. Billy Little: I was looking to see if there's any damage in the house that would indicate some domestic violence. Missing Chula Vista Mom Family Speaks to NBC San Diego NBC 32,204 of 262,262 Chula Vista residents reported income levels below the poverty line in Chula Vista The family of missing Chula Vista mom, Maya Millete, held a prayer vigil and march to keep her disappearance top of mind.