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Police arrest husband of Chula Vista mother who disappeared in January; body still missing
10/19/21
CHULA VISTA —
Maya “May” Millete wanted a divorce. Her husband did not.
Authorities say Larry Millete sought help from spellcasters — he wanted magic to make his wife want to stay.
Then, according to San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan, his wishes grew darker. He asked that she be incapacitated, that she have an accident, broken bones to keep her at home.
In January, 39-year-old May Millete vanished.
On Tuesday, nine months after his wife disappeared, Larry Millete was arrested on suspicion of murder. He was jailed without bail in a case that has drawn wide media attention from national talk shows to People magazine.
Millete, 40, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon in Chula Vista Superior Court.
No body has been found, but prosecutors said they have enough to charge him with murder.
“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.
Millete’s 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.
“We have speculation right now,” Martinez said. “Without a body, it’s just mere speculation. They have to have some proof that she is dead.”
California law allows prosecutors to charge a person with murder even when the victim is presumed dead and no body has been recovered, Stephan said during the news conference.
“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 the fact that a person is missing and there is no proof of life is circumstantial evidence of foul play and murder.
Aside from murder, Larry Millete is charged with illegal possession of an assault weapon, a felony. His attorney said Millete “is a good man.”
“There is no evidence of any proof of any violence of any sort,” Martinez said.
10/19/21
CHULA VISTA —
Maya “May” Millete wanted a divorce. Her husband did not.
Authorities say Larry Millete sought help from spellcasters — he wanted magic to make his wife want to stay.
Then, according to San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan, his wishes grew darker. He asked that she be incapacitated, that she have an accident, broken bones to keep her at home.
In January, 39-year-old May Millete vanished.
On Tuesday, nine months after his wife disappeared, Larry Millete was arrested on suspicion of murder. He was jailed without bail in a case that has drawn wide media attention from national talk shows to People magazine.
Millete, 40, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon in Chula Vista Superior Court.
No body has been found, but prosecutors said they have enough to charge him with murder.
“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.
Millete’s 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.
“We have speculation right now,” Martinez said. “Without a body, it’s just mere speculation. They have to have some proof that she is dead.”
California law allows prosecutors to charge a person with murder even when the victim is presumed dead and no body has been recovered, Stephan said during the news conference.
“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 the fact that a person is missing and there is no proof of life is circumstantial evidence of foul play and murder.
Aside from murder, Larry Millete is charged with illegal possession of an assault weapon, a felony. His attorney said Millete “is a good man.”
“There is no evidence of any proof of any violence of any sort,” Martinez said.
