May ‘Maya' Millete's Husband Killed Her After She Sought Divorce: Prosecutor
10/19/21
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"Today, the Chula Vista Police Department is announcing the arrest of Larry Millete for the murder of his wife, May," Chula Vista Police said Tuesday in a news release, the first inkling that there had been a major development in the case.
Later in the afternoon, Chula Vista police chief Roxana Kennedy, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan and members of Chula Vista Police Department — many of whom were wearing purple ribbons to raise awareness for domestic violence awareness month — provided more details on the development, including the fact that
Larry was taken into custody at 11:41 earlier that day. He was alone at the time of the arrest, Kennedy told the crowd, which responded to the statements with loud cheers.
“The primary goal was to bring May back to her family or bring justice to the person or persons responsible for her disappearance,” Kennedy said.
Law enforcement officials tend to favor the victim's given name, May, while NBC 7 and other news outlets have adopted the usage of the name Maya that she called by friends and family.
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Millete faces two charges, said Stephan, who told those assembled outside CVPD headquarters that her office had filed the criminal complaint on Monday. Count 1, she said, alleged that Larry had killed Maya in violation of Penal Code 187 — murder. The second count had to do with the illegal possession of an assault rifle.
“Sometimes missing person's cases remain unsolved, but as the evidence unfolded in this case, meticulously and carefully, block-by-block, it pointed in one direction: May was murdered," Stephan said. "The only thing we can do in the face of this senseless violence is to bring justice.”
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The last activity recorded coming from Maya's phone was on Jan. 8 at 1:25 a.m., according to the prosecutor, who also said that the following day, Larry’s spellcaster messages turned their focus away from Maya and toward a man whom Larry blamed for his failed relationship.
Millete is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the South Bay courthouse. Suspects being held on murder charges are typically held without bail.