Timeline: The disappearance of Maya Millete

This nonfiction was primitively published connected Feb. 18, 2022.

Maya Millete, 39, went missing successful January 2021. What was happening betwixt her and her hubby earlier she disappeared and what does spellcasting person to bash with it?

January 7, 2021: Maya Millete past seen

Mother of three, Maya (May) Millete was 39 erstwhile she was past seen connected surveillance video arriving astatine her location successful Chula Vista, California.

January 8-9, 2021: Where's Maya?

Maya's hubby of 21 years, Larry Millete, was the past idiosyncratic to spot Maya. When asked astir Maya, helium told her household antithetic stories astir wherever she mightiness person gone. 

January 9, 2021: "Help Find Maya"

After not proceeding from Maya for 2 days, her sister Maricris Drouaillet reported her missing to the Chula Vista Police Department. Family and friends made flyers to dispersed consciousness astir her disappearance. 

January 10, 2021: A disquieted family

Maya's older sister, Maricris and her hubby Richard Drouaillet were hoping against anticipation that Maya was someway OK, but they accidental they knew thing unspeakable had truly happened erstwhile Maya didn't amusement up for her daughter's birthday.

January 11, 2021: Extra help

Attorney Billy Little, a erstwhile transgression defence researcher for the U.S. Navy, heard astir Maya's disappearance and wanted to help. On January 11, 2021, Little went to the Millete location and looked for clues. He says Larry Millete seemed unconcerned astir his woman and it looked similar helium was airing retired the house.

January 13, 2021: Staying hopeful

"I emotion you honey, conscionable travel backmost home," said Larry Millete during a telephone interrogation with section media. "I'm inactive precise hopeful that volition (with) each this media coverage, she'll crook up and say, 'Hey, I'm OK.'" On that aforesaid time friends, family, and neighbors searched for Maya astatine Mount San Miguel Park.

January 23, 2021: Search warrant issued

The Chula Vista Police Department issued a hunt warrant astatine Maya and Larry Millete's home. The extremity was to get grounds that would pb to uncovering Maya. Investigators seized immoderate of Larry's guns.

February 5, 2021: "Bring her home"

The Chula Vista Police Department and Maya's household held a property league pleading for assistance to find Maya. "Please bring her home." Maricris Drouailett cried. "If you person immoderate information, delight assistance america find my sister …"

February 2021: Dedicated hunt volunteers

Since Maya's disappearance, a radical called "Help Find Maya" has been retired searching for her astir weekends. The radical has searched areas successful Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Otay Lakes and Marron Valley Road.

March 2021: Spellcasting

Billy Little says helium recovered grounds that Larry Millete purchased spells online. According to Little, Larry archetypal tried spells to get Maya to autumn backmost successful emotion with him. But arsenic the couple's marital problems worsened, constabulary say, Larry yet wanted to harm her. He aboriginal asked a spellcaster, "Please punish May and incapacitate her capable truthful she can't permission the house. It's clip to instrumentality the gloves off."

May 7, 2021: Firearms surrendered

During the probe by the Chula Vista Police Department, aggregate hunt warrants were served astatine the Millete home. On May 7,2021, Larry Millete was served with a weapon unit restraining bid and had to surrender much firearms to authorities.

October 19, 2021: Larry Millete arrested

Nine months aft her disappearance, Larry Millete was arrested for the execution of his woman Maya. He has pleaded not blameworthy and continues to accidental she willingly near and abandoned the family. 

October 30, 2021: #TeamMaya

Many dedicated hunt volunteers similar Keri Park person ne'er met Maya. She and others thrust for hours to get to the hunt locations and person spent days looking for Maya. "It's conscionable hard. I mean, you conscionable privation closure for this household truthful much," Park told "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti. "And I conscionable privation to bring her home."

January 7, 2022: One twelvemonth later

After a twelvemonth without Maya, the Help Find Maya assemblage has created merchandise, held vigils, rallies, and raised much than $50,000 for hunt efforts. They enactment QR codes connected flyers for radical to scan for much accusation and to enlistee volunteers.

Justice for Maya

In August 2024, a justice granted custody of Maya's 3 children to her sister, Maricris.    

On July 9, 2026, a assemblage recovered Larry Millete blameworthy of first-degree execution successful the decease of Maya Millete. 

On Nov. 2, 2026, Larry Millete was sentenced to 25 years to beingness successful situation for the execution of his wife. He besides received a two-year condemnation to beryllium served consecutively for a weapon charge. Parole was denied.  

Maya Millete has ne'er been found.

Anyone with accusation astir Maya's disappearance is asked to interaction San Diego County Crime Stoppers astatine 888-580-8477 oregon the Chula Vista Police Department astatine 619-691-5139.  

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