The Union-Tribune regrets the error. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. 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. I didn't know how to comfort her. Peak said detectives continue to review evidence and are going over thousands of pages of data. More than three months after a Chula Vista mother of three disappeared, police announced the formation of a formal partnership with other investigative agencies and acknowledged they are trying to determine if a neighbors home security system captured the sound of gunshots the night she disappeared. It's time to take the gloves off. Maricris Drouaillet: He kinda just thinks, "OK, maybe she's just, maybe she's sleeping" Larry did say that they had an argument. But it just seemed like it was too long. Anyone with information about Maya Millete's disappearance are encouraged to call the Chula Vista Police Department or Crime Stoppers. May Milletes sister reported her missing Jan. 9, two days after the last known sighting of her. A SWAT team took 40-year-old Larry Ibarreta Millete into custody late Tuesday morning at the eastern Chula Vista home he had shared with May Maya Millete, whose whereabouts have been a mystery since early this year, according to police. The missing woman's brother-in-law, Richard Drouaillet, said Larry was constantly contacting Millete's family seeking help with their relationship, but he "was more of an aggressor, trying to get us involved.". Over the months, droves of volunteers have responded to her family's calls to the community and have joined Team Maya. The incident was reported on Cactus Road south of Otay Mesa Road about 6 a.m.; the victim was uncooperative with police. Billy Little: I thought Larry killed her and we need to find out what he did and what he did with the body. She doesn't have any privacy. Billy Little: No. Evelyn Rodriguez: He knew what Maya's pressure points were. 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. In the summer of 2021, investigators named Larry Millete a person of interest in his wife's case. Oh, I was mad. Billy Little: So, he's not quite as smart as he thinks he is. Billy Little: So, I knew we had to get that quickly and preserve it quickly. Jonathan Vigliotti | CBS News correspondent: They were so young. Billy Little: I went straight to where the last place she was seen, which was that house. All Rights Reserved. He was the last person known to have seen Maya before she went missing. But those close to Maya say none of this is true. Amongst other things, he had found it odd that Maya's husband wasn't the one who initially called the Chula Vista Police Department. Maricris Drouaillet: I still have hope. Aleida Wahn: The thing that this case really needed was to be able to know where to search. Maricris and Richard say NCIS launched an investigation. Weeks after Maya Millete disappeared, a group of volunteers some of whom met the family during a prayer vigil began leading searches for the missing woman. She described him as distancing himself and their children from her side of the family recently. Yet when Maya's husband Larry Millete was arrested for her murder in October 2021, it was still a mixed range of emotions. Authorities also served her husband with a gun-violence restraining order. Billy Little: There are people on the internet that'll sell you for five bucks, you know, how to make a spell that will get her to be attracted to you to bind your marriage in blood. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. (Find 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. CHULA VISTA, Calif. Six weeks after a Chula Vista mom went missing, her familys search is shifting to the Glamis Sand Dunes, about 150 miles east of San On Tuesday, Stephan shared several details about the case. Word by word. She says without a body, the prosecution may be at a disadvantage. She was We're always out camping We're always outdoors. Its hard to go against your family. The husband of a Chula Vista woman who remains missing more than nine months after disappearing from her home pleaded not guilty Thursday to her murder. Her That's who Maya is. Maya and Larry decided to wait 10 years before starting a family. Learn more about how we use cookies in our cookie policy. Larry Millete largely avoided the media, but he did give a few interviews early on. 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. About 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, members of Chula Vista police SWAT team arrested him at his home on Paseo Los Gatos. On January 11, 2021, four days after Maya Millete was last heard from, attorney Billy Little a former criminal defense investigator for the U.S. Navy decided to step into the missing person's case. Surveillance footage of the home of a still-missing Chula Vista woman allegedly murdered by her husband does not show any signs of her ever leaving the Tam International phn phi cc sn phm cht lng cao trong lnh vc Chm sc Sc khe Lm p v chi tr em. 2022 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Claudia Julao: You know when somebody might be agitated or you overhear their voice I did hear, you know "Where are you? Nm 1978, cng ty chnh thc ly tn l "Umeken", tip tc phn u v m rng trn ton th gii. The incident was reported on Cactus Road south of Otay Mesa Road about 6 a.m.; the victim was uncooperative with police. The Chula Vista Police Department declined "48 Hours"' request for an interview, but in April 2021, they told local media that it had been an active investigation since mid-January, and they were keeping their cards close to the vest. In an interview with NBC 7, Drouaillet and his wife, Maricris Drouaillet, who is Milletes sister, said that even as the family is facing adversity, they are trying to remain positive. Larry's family had also immigrated from the Philippines. Richard Drouaillet: They didn't find any evidence of her having an affair. Little says after he showed Larry his naval civilian ID, he let him in. the Maya that I know was a devoted mother when she was not at work she was with her kids, her family. education -- it's very important to the family. He doesn't realize that all of that stuff is pointing the finger at him. 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. Accepte les cartes de crdit. Billy Little: He's quoting the Bible and it says "for the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey Her feet go down to death. Once we find her, then maybe well get some kind of normality in our lives, Richard said. Her car was parked outside the familys Eastlake home. With the generous support of readers like you, Times of San Diego publishes timely and accurate news coverage for a better-informed community. Richard Drouaillet: Hiking. The womans body was found in a utility building on southbound I-5 near the Palomar Street exit. (Kristian Carreon/For The San Diego Union-Tribune). Her steps lead straight to the grave" He's talking about Maya. In May 2021, the police served Larry Millete with a gun violence restraining order. Maya's family and friends anticipated the news of an arrest for months. Rodriguez suggests when Larry turned to spellcasting as another method to control Maya, he may have been inspired by an old-world form of folk magic in the Philippines. However, Mayas maternal family members say they just want the children to know they love them. They analyzed the car's navigation system. Copyright IBTimes 2023. Maricris Drouaillet: It's joy to see them, you know that they have their own family, too. 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. On Tuesday at Chula Vista police headquarters, sisters Maricris Drouaillet (right) and Jane Fetalvero (left) comfort each other as San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan briefed the news media on the arrest of Larry Millete. "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. According to the arrest warrant, Larry now wanted Maya to be harmed. Claudia Julao: Her kids were everything. Little says Maya found speakers in her room and confronted Larry. As of Wednesday, investigators had interviewed 55 individuals, written 16 search warrants and reviewed more than 40 tips on Milletes possible location and reason for disappearance. He had given them I guess the same story. I've always been so proud of her. Billy Little: In fact, when the family wanted to call 911, he discouraged it. This story previously misidentified the missing woman as Maya May Millete. Maya's friend Claudia spent time with the couple socially. By now the birthday party had turned into a search party. that's what I'm going to take with me, is a bright, shining star of a woman that gave every other woman, regardless of what she was going through an inspiration to be whoever they wanted. Billy Little: That would've been too high for Maya to punch because she was smaller and I said, "Larry, what about this hole?" Now the incident is under review. Contacts. A photo of Larry Millete's witchcraft altar. I still have that hope that we'll find her alive. That call was at 3:48 p.m. home security cameras captured Maya arriving at her house at 4:42 p.m. It was clear he was trying to air the house out. We told her, "Whatever your decision is, we're here to support you.". Maricris Drouaillet: She didn't share what she's going through, 'cause she didn't want the family to worry about her she was also protecting Larry and she was protecting the children. A devoted mother to her three young children ages 4, 9 and 11 Milletes sudden cease in communication and disappearance is uncharacteristic of her. On Tuesday, nine months after his wife disappeared, Larry Millete was arrested on suspicion of murder. the family is concerned would you help them? Previously, the department has said they have no leads or any signs of foul play. Now the incident is under review. But the police are not going to release a lot of information to the family. Another camera recorded Larry backing their Lexus into the garage at 5:58 a.m. the next morning. During the months-long investigation, detectives served 67 search warrants they looked at cellphones, vehicles, social media, financial records and more conducted 87 interviews and reviewed more than 130 tips, Chula Vista police Chief Roxana Kennedy said. Claudia Julao: I will say March or so of 2020, the obsession became obvious. In September, as part of a child visitation battle with his wifes parents, Millete filed a sworn declaration saying believed his wife voluntarily left him and their three young children, and he believes she is still alive. Millete, a 39-year-old contract specialist with the Navy, was reported missing to Chula Vista police on Jan. 10. Some family members said they refused to disclose more details than they could because they were afraid of Larry Millete. Larry then leaves the house at 6:45 a.m. and doesn't return home for almost 11-and-a-half hours. Her husband did not. And that's what he tried to do does a witchcraft blood altar. Please reload the page and try again. In court documents obtained by FOX 5, Larry petitioned the court to keep the families separate, writing in part, My children have told me that their cousins were asking them inappropriate questions regarding our situation at the direction of their parents.. You don't get to get away with murder because you're good at disposing of bodies. With Maya's alleged killer behind bars, her family knew their work was not done. , somebody asks for help, you just do it, right? When family members were unable to contact her after a couple of days, they called police. Allison Alexander: I had a lot of respect for her. What had happened in the house that night? Her family insisted from the outset that her absence was highly suspicious, telling news crews she would never abandon her three children, ages 4, 9 and 11, or voluntarily miss her eldest daughters birthday, which was days after her disappearance. May was committed to her three young children. Billy Little: I knew what had to be done, and I did it. Richard Drouaillet: He's like, "Well, she's been going out with her friends more often. Billy Little: His ego was so damaged by the fact his wife didn't want to be with him anymore and he couldn't handle it. "Its agonizing. Billy Little: And, so, what does he do? Just be careful.". He pleaded not guilty. In July, Milletes husband, Larry Millete, was named a person of interest in her disappearance. How could he do that? Her family gathered at her home to celebrate her daughter's birthday, hoping against hope. Allison Alexander: She was like this little, tiny person but she was a big personality. who was reported missing on Sept. 11 by Nine months into the investigation, it is clear there is no proof of life, Stephan said. We love you and with Gods help and everyones help, were going to find you. Larry was an optician at the Naval Medical Center, and Maya worked as a supervisor contract specialist at Naval Base San Diego. Larry was complaining that Maya was having a midlife crisis. On Oct. 19, Chula Vista Police announced that officers had taken Larry into custody in connection with her death. Maricris Drouaillet: At that time, we knew that my sister is ready to move on. Richard Drouaillet: We're desperate for answers We wanted action and we wanted to do something. 32,204 of 262,262 Chula Vista residents reported income levels below the poverty line in And he says, "Oh yeah, Maya punched a hole in the door there.". WebChula Vista, tats-Unis. Billy Little: Most of the windows in the house were open. Evelyn Rodriguez: And this is stuff of, like, the old world to our parents even. It marked the 11th week since anyone has heard from her. We cant imagine him doing anything to our sister, Maricris said last week. Maya was 13 years old when she immigrated to the United States from the Philippines with her parents and five siblings in 1995. Claudia Julao: His relationship was very, kind of to the side and just very watchful. "I want her to be found. James Shelby | Volunteer searcher: I'm San Diego City retired firefighter I got a team, and we go out and we systematically cover areas where someone could possibly hide a body. Millete, 40, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon in Chula Vista Superior Court. Its been really hard, Maricris Drouaillet said. Claudia Julao: There were already incidents that were huge red flags that if we all knew it at the same time, it would have been a bigger picture. 4.6 Ouvert en ce moment 9 avis. Jonathan Vigliotti: Claudia, what was your reaction? We do not have a vicinity where the body may be, Stephan said. Every day its just a terrible feeling.". Help us grow with a monthly contribution. The statement was the first made on the case since the department pledged to update the public on the case every two weeks. Investigators had found this image of Larry's guns on his phone. The back of the car was out of the camera view. The Union-Tribune regrets the error. Umeken t tr s ti Osaka v hai nh my ti Toyama trung tm ca ngnh cng nghip dc phm. CHULA VISTA, Calif. Its now been eight months since Chula Vista mom Maya May Millete seemingly vanished without a trace. Jonathan Vigliotti: It was just beginning. The group called itself the Maya Millete Search Warriors. Its unthinkable, said Richard Drouaillet, the brother-in-law of missing woman Maya May Millete. The couple eventually welcomed two daughters and a son. The department assured the community that Larry Millete told her family she locked herself in a room after the couple had an argument. There is no evidence of any proof of any violence of any sort, Martinez said. she has some videos with her son singing with her. Let them know the truth.. Good job spellcaster.". Maya's advocates argue that Maya was a devoted mother who was dedicated to her job and family and would never leave her children. I want to give them a hug again, Drouaillet said. It may be out two and a half hours, or even further, or closer, and thats why we need the publics help., According to Stephan, May Millete was committed to her children the center of her life, the district attorney said and didnt want to subject them to a toxic relationship., Larry was trying to hold onto May, and he resorted to contacting what are called spellcasters, Stephan said. She never did. This is potentially a murder investigation. and they found that he was in possession of an illegal assault weapon. Billy Little: In my mind, my job wasn't nearly complete. Maya messaged a friend and said her marriage was definitely over. The main thing is I cant really think straight.. Maya May Millete was last seen Thursday evening (GoFundMe) Milletes case is still being investigated as a missing persons case and no Billy Little: In his own words he said that he was "getting desperate" And he felt that the "devil was tempting him.". A mother is gone, a family is broken, and a community is left with questions and confusion, Kennedy said. And it's the proverbial needle in a haystack. Richard Drouaillet: Just laid back, wearing his Navy sweats on a Sunday, no shoes. Maricris Drouaillet: Yes She's the first one to get married so it was a shock for everyone, but we respected her decision. First published on February 19, 2022 / 11:03 PM. There is only one shot. 2:52 p.m. Oct. 21, 2021This story previously misidentified the missing woman as Maya May Millete. The husband of a South Bay mother of three who went missing nine months ago was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murdering her, despite the fact that investigators have not recovered a body. Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our NewslettersSite Map, Copyright 2023, The San Diego Union-Tribune |. Stephan and Chula Vista Police Chief Roxana Kennedy emphasized that authorities remain committed to finding May Milletes body, urging anyone who might be able to help to report what they know. Volunteers have regularly searched parks and other areas for the missing woman. Those loud bangs recorded on the neighboring security camera may not be proof of anything. When later asked by detectives where he went that day, he claimed that he took his child on an outing to Solana Beach. Larry Millete was booked into county jail on suspicion of murder and illegally possessing an assault weapon. Claudia Julao: He had no interest in helping. I used to you know joke around with her because she had a photographic memory. Maya had never shared that with Maricris. 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. Meanwhile, Maya's friends had been revealing details about the couple's relationship. Chula Vista police said they were notified the woman was missing early Jan. 10. We won't use your email for any other purpose, and you can opt out at any time via an unsubscribe link. The crash was reported about 5 a.m. on San Vicente Road near Wildcat Canyon Road, said Officer Enrique Rivera in an email Thursday. ", Aleida Wahn: The day Maya went missing, Larry sent countless emails to spellcasters. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Watch He (wrote), I think she wants me to snap, and Im shaking inside, ready to snap, the district attorney told reporters. Maya deserves it. Jonathan Vigliotti: One of Maya's friends said that Maya told her Larry choked her, to the point where she was unconscious. Stephan said she hopes witnesses will come forward with information, including anyone who may have seen the husbands black 2015 Lexus GX460 with personalized plates on the side of a road on Jan. 8. I wasn't able to help her And I will forever live with that. He was jailed without bail in a case that has drawn wide media attention from national talk shows to People magazine. She was reported missing to authorities two Khch hng ca chng ti bao gm nhng hiu thuc ln, ca hng M & B, ca hng chi, chui nh sch cng cc ca hng chuyn v dng v chi tr em. Do they have something that they're going to bring out in a courtroom that definitely ties Larry to murder? We want to bring her home and thats just keeping us going.. Get our email alerts straight to your inbox. ", It was evidence, they say, of his "unbalanced mindset" and "homicidal ideation. Without a body, its just mere speculation. What little found was a treasure trove of clues. Little knew from Maya's family that the couple had had a fight on the day she was last heard from. Millete, a 39-year-old contract specialist with the Navy, was reported missing to Chula Vista police on Jan. 10. Claudia Julao: He snapped when he found out that he was finally losing her. CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) -- Maya Millete, a Chula Vista mother of three, has now been missing for 11 weeks. 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. 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. Do you believe that? Jonathan Vigliotti: The neighbors, do they say, oh yeah, we heard gunshots? As the evidence unfolded in this case, it pointed in one direction that May was murdered, Stephan said at an afternoon news conference announcing the development in the case. She went hiking. Cindy Cesare is the development producer. Maya Millete, a mother of threee, was last seen in January 7, 2021 in Chula Vista, California. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune).