

The search for Maya followed many leads but never resulted in any discoveries. Days later, the family returned to the house and demanded Millete open the bedroom door-only to find it empty. Especially since we had a plan to go on a trip that day for her daughter’s birthday,” Drouaillet, 47, told The Daily Beast in March.ĭrouaillet said that when her older brother went to Maya’s Chula Vista home to check in, Larry Millete told them she’d locked herself in their room after an argument and had not spoken to him or their three children all day. “It was extremely unusual for my sister to be off her phone for that long-let alone turn it off and not be in communication with us at all.

Drouaillet said that the family began to worry after May’s phone was going directly to voicemail and texts to arrange plans were left unanswered. She gave him three kids.” Police did not specify the whereabouts of the three children, only that they were “safe.”Īs previously reported by The Daily Beast, May was a defense contractor at the Naval Base in San Diego who had been planning a family trip to Big Bear to celebrate her daughter’s 11th birthday. It’s hard to go against your family,” Drouaillet said.

Authorities said he misidentified the beach he had visited on a map. The story Larry told May’s family allegedly changed-first he said he had been at work, then he said he had taken their daughter to the beach. Authorities believe he spent that time disposing of May’s body. The next day, Larry pulled his black Lexus into his garage and out of view of any security camera, left his phone in the house, and drove roughly two-and-a-half hours away, disappearing for 11 hours in all with his 4-year-old daughter. Security cameras in neighboring houses detected nine loud bangs the night May’s phone ceased its activity, though the FBI could not determine if the noises were gunshots, according to the district attorney. Stephan said that, despite a previous court order, Larry had not turned over a. Larry allegedly sent an ominous text the last night May was seen alive: “I think she wants me to snap, and I’m shaking inside ready to snap.” He was asking for May to become incapacitated, to be in an accident, to have broken bones so she would have to stay at home,” Stephan said. “These spellcasters were asked to make May want to stay in the relationship. He allegedly sent daily messages to so-called “spellcasters” to bewitch May and bring harm to her and a man he believed had ruined their marriage. While laying out the charges, Stephan outlined evidence that included the lengths Larry allegedly went to in order to stop his wife from leaving him. Although she said it was “for a friend,” her older sister said she had been considering a divorce for the past year. It was her final phone call, Chula Vista police said. "He sent text messages to his boss that this was final, that it was coming.” “When she called the attorney on Jan 7, we know that Larry was aware," said San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan. On the day she vanished, May made an appointment with a divorce lawyer for the following week-and Larry was aware of it. Let the kids know where their mommy is at,” she said through tears. On October 19, 2021, Larry Millete was charged with Maya's murder.“We made a promise to her 11-year-old daughter that we will bring her mom home. In July 2021, Larry was named a person of interest in Maya's disappearance. In February 2021, Larry stopped cooperating with authorities, and stopped searching for his wife. Despite all of the searches, Maya was not found. Over the next few months, the Millete's home and the area were searched several times looking for Maya. The search for her began immediately there after. They then learned that Maya had already been missing for three days. on January 10, police arrived at the Millete home to investigate the disappearance. On January 9th, Maya's sister, Maricris Drouaillet, calls the Chula Vista police department to report her missing. The surveillance footage from that night shows her husband positioning a car to a place that would not be shown on camera. The family had planned a trip for one of the children's birthday's that was supposed to take place a few days later. Later on, an audio clip from January 7th at Maya's house was released, and several gunshots can be heard. Maya was a victim of domestic abuse, and was seeing a divorce after Larry discovered that she had an affair.

She had called a divorce lawyer earlier that day. at her house on 2400 block of Paseo Los Gatos in Chula Vista. Maya was last seen on January 7 at 5 p.m. Navy, and moved to San Diego to start a family. As a teenager, she met her husband, Larry Millete. She graduated from the University of Hawaii. Maya was born in the Philippines, and was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.
