Jonathan Vigliotti: What drives you to do this for a total stranger, somebody you don't even know? And she was very good at it. Get our email alerts straight to your inbox. 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. Maricris Drouaillet: At that time, we knew that my sister is ready to move on. Billy Little: On a school night and it's cold outside and the weather -- I believe it was in the high 40s that night. Maya's friend Claudia spent time with the couple socially. 2 months since missing Chula Vista mom disappeared - FOX 5 San Richard Drouaillet: Larry had no concern whatsoever on his face for his missing wife. 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. (Find It was May Milletes last recorded phone call, Stephan said. Billy Little obtained numerous texts from Maya and Larry's friends and family indicating the couple was having trouble in the marriage. On January 7, the last day she was heard from, Maya filled out a divorce intake form and made an appointment with a divorce attorney. / CBS News. Our free newsletter is delivered at 8 a.m. daily. According to the family, the police had come. She started crying. Larry Millete, Husband of Missing Chula Vista Woman Maya, Allison Alexander: What those children will go through, all those moments in life when they need their mom and she's not going to be there. Maya and Larry moved to Southern California and built their careers working for the Navy. A San Diego judge had a defendants 13-year-old daughter handcuffed. On the day of the alleged slaying, the suspect sent a really telling text message, according to Stephan. Whatever it takes, were never going to give up on you.. She says without a body, the prosecution may be at a disadvantage. Jonathan Vigliotti: It was just beginning. ', San Diego Neo-Nazi Robert Wilson Suspected in Anne Frank House Incident, Tax Deadlines Extended to October for Most Californians Due to Storms, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. Evelyn Rodriguez: He knew what Maya's pressure points were. Its been two months too long, two Larry's family had also immigrated from the Philippines. Fiery tanker crash kills driver, burns Maryland homes, Padres notes: Juan Soto to be held out of weekend games; veteran pitcher Julio Teheran makes push, Appreciation: David Lindley, dead at 78, an arresting music great who was nearly arrested on stage in San Diego, Opinion: Tijuana sewage spill fixes dont take the citys growth rate into account. We cant imagine him doing anything to our sister, Maricris said last week. Richard Drouaillet: At this point, unfortunately, I hate to say it, but we're probably just looking for clothing or bones. On New Year's weekend, Maya told her family her decision. Another camera recorded Larry backing their Lexus into the garage at 5:58 a.m. the next morning. The law is so crystal clear that we cannot let someone murder someone and gain a benefit by hiding the body in a way that we cannot discover it, she said. 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.. Not long after Maya's disappearance, Maricris and Richard say Larry cut off contact between the children and Maya's side of the family. I want to give them a hug again, Drouaillet said. He doesn't realize that all of that stuff is pointing the finger at him. 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. In January, 39-year-old May Millete vanished. An FBI analysis was inconclusive. Missing California woman issued ominous warning to family - New We're always out camping We're always outdoors. IBT Fast Start - Let the best of International News come to you. Allison Alexander: I think she told him that she was going to file for divorce. By the fall of 2020, Billy Little says Larry was growing increasingly desperate to hold onto Maya. Vn phng chnh: 3-16 Kurosaki-cho, kita-ku, Osaka-shi 530-0023, Nh my Toyama 1: 532-1 Itakura, Fuchu-machi, Toyama-shi 939-2721, Nh my Toyama 2: 777-1 Itakura, Fuchu-machi, Toyama-shi 939-2721, Trang tri Spirulina, Okinawa: 2474-1 Higashimunezoe, Hirayoshiaza, Miyakojima City, Okinawa. The Chula Vista Police Department is looking for any information that could lead to Millete's whereabouts. Its been really hard, Maricris Drouaillet said. 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. At least 12 dead after winter storm slams South, Midwest, The Saturday Six: Dental device controversy, scientist's bug find and more, Indonesia fuel depot fire kills 18; more than a dozen missing, 3 children killed, 2 others wounded at Texas home, Man charged for alleged involvement in 2 transformer explosions, Nikki Haley slams potential GOP contenders, and Trump and George W. Bush, Duo of 81-year-old women plan to see the world in 80 days, Tom Sizemore, actor known for "Saving Private Ryan" and "Heat," dies at 61, Alex Murdaugh trial: What to know about the double murder case. Maricris Drouaillet: I still have hope. I used to you know joke around with her because she had a photographic memory. Jonathan Vigliotti: Where are we right now? Aleida Wahn: The problem with this case is you don't have a body. Stephan told reporters Tuesday that since the disappearance, there has been no money withdrawn from May Milletes savings account, and no communication since Jan. 7. Ken Blum, Jud Johnston, Atticus Brady and Gary Winter are the editors. In November 2021, Larry's attorney filed documents with the San Diego Superior Court with more allegations about Maya. Richard Drouaillet: They didn't find any evidence of her having an affair. Billy Little: I went straight to where the last place she was seen, which was that house. 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 So, he killed her. In a press conference, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan laid out some of the details of the months-long law enforcement investigation. Maricris Drouaillet: They sent -- three officers went through the house. and they found that he was in possession of an illegal assault weapon. But the spells they discovered went beyond more than asking Maya to be attracted to him. Richard Drouaillet: According to the information that we have now he was about two-and-a-half hours out from his house when he put his address in. Do you believe that? Chula Vista police and family have been searching for her since. Billy Little: He tells all of Maya's family, she's cheating, she's sinful, help me get her back on the Christian religious way starts forcing her to go to church. Maya Millette was last seen 9 months ago in the Chula Vista home she shared with her husband and three children. 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. "He was trying to get us on his side, when we felt like it was a lot of lies that he was telling us," Richard Drouaillet said. WebPablito and Noemi Tabalanza [6] Relatives. A San Diego judge had a defendants 13-year-old daughter handcuffed. The Union-Tribune regrets the error. But Maya's loved ones say that Maya was changing. Richard Drouaillet: It's tough there was very minimal details. 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. Authorities are searching for a 39-year-old Chula Vista mother of three who has been missing since last week. the family is concerned would you help them? Drouaillet reported her sister was missing to police on Jan. 9, 2021, and Chula Vista police Officer Ryan Culver was one of the officers who responded to the It marked the 11th week since anyone has heard from her. By January 10, Maya had now been missing for three days. When later asked by detectives where he went that day, he claimed that he took his child on an outing to Solana Beach. Little says after he showed Larry his naval civilian ID, he let him in. Larry was an optician at the Naval Medical Center, and Maya worked as a supervisor contract specialist at Naval Base San Diego. How many people in Chula Vista, California live in poverty? Little knew from Maya's family that the couple had had a fight on the day she was last heard from. BONITA MARTINEZ [to reporters]: his wife was used to leaving the house in the past. But Rodriguez points out that it is important not to lose sight of what the issue is here. May Maya Millete wanted a divorce. By now the birthday party had turned into a search party. Maricris said last week that the situation has been tough because Larry is a part of the family. Trust me, Ive been emotionally, physically, mentally drained, he told the news station. Billy Little: I started looking for things that I thought might be suspicious in the house. 2022 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Maricris and Richard were upset with what they say was a lack of concern from the police. Whoops! He left it at that. Aleida Wahn: They need strong evidence And the question is what do they have? He pleaded not guilty. She, hands on. Chula Vista missing mom search hits 8 months as family spars over He was jailed without bail in a case that has drawn wide media attention from national talk shows to People magazine. Little wanted to talk to Larry Millete. Missing California Woman Warned Family Days Before Here are some last-minute, Best last-minute Valentines Day gifts for him, SD Co. Sheriff: 2022 inmate death now ruled a homicide, A new pirate-themed speakeasy has washed ashore in, CA bill could add weight fees for SUVS, trucks, Lights in the sky lead to 911 calls across NorCal, This SD campground is among the best in America, Cat spends 6 days alone in Vegas hotel room, CA extends tax deadline to Oct. 16 for disaster areas, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. That's who Maya is. In May, Larry Millete was ordered to surrender at least 20 firearms and a cache of ammunition he kept in his home, and he was told not to purchase any new weapons, according to court records. Aleida Wahn: They couldn't definitively say those were gunshots because the sound quality was not good enough. Maya Millete's family and friends have looked for her on a weekly basis since she went missing, most recently searching east Chula Vista on Saturday. Volunteers walk a trail at Mother Miguel Mountain Jan. 13 in search of Maya May Millete.