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1/13/22
Live Blog. Friday-- PART 1, AM
11:58 a.m.: Judge calls for 90-minute recess for lunch.
11:52 a.m.: Tabalanza said during a family trip in September 2020 to Lakewood, he noticed during stops that Maya would be getting phone calls from Larry, who was not on the trip.
Tabalanza told the court that his sister would tell Larry where they were and what they were doing. Tabalanza found it unusual that Maya would be getting phone calls at the stops, like she was “being tracked, in a way.”
Asked by Bowles to describe his conversations with Larry in 2020, Tabalanza said his brother-in-law did not want to separate from Maya and he loved her.
11:45 a.m.: Tabalanza said Maya lived at his home in May 2020 because she wanted to separate from Larry. She lived with him for about six weeks.
During one conversation with his sister, Tabalanza said Maya told him she planned to co-parent.
According to Tabalanza, Larry did not like that Maya moved from their home to live with him.
11:40 a.m.: Tabalanza described his sister as pretty private with him when it came to her personal life.
He said Larry started reaching out to him in the early months of 2020, and in one conversation he said Larry asked for his help because he believed Maya was going to leave him. Tabalanza said Larry asked him to try to convince Maya to not leave him.
Tabalanza told the prosecutor that Larry would sometimes call him multiple times in a day. Some calls were missed because Tabalanza said he was at work.
11:32 a.m.: Tabalanza said he and his siblings are fairly close, spent holidays and birthdays together, and took trips together.
Tabalanza told the court he moved into Larry and Maya’s Chula Vista home in 2015 and lived there for a few months.
He described his relationship with Larry as good, talked to him mostly about firearms and, most recently, cryptocurrency.
11:23 a.m.: Paredes excused, next witness to the stand will be Jay-R Tabalanza, Maya Millete's youngest brother.
11:11 a.m.: Martinez opened her cross-examination by asking Paredes when he examined the weapon, and he responded it was examined on April 9, 2021, and he was with detectives from the Chula Vista Police Department.
Paredes noted that he did not inspect the firearm to see if it was used. He did say that a function test was performed on the firearm, but it was not test fired.
11:05 a.m.: Paredes said the firearm obtained from Larry Millete’s home had specific characteristics that he identified, leading him to determine that the firearm was a semiautomatic rifle and an illegal weapon under the state’s penal code.
“The owner of this firearm failed to comply with California law …," Paredes said.
10:57 a.m.: After 15-minute break, California Department of Justice Special Agent Francisco Paredes has been called to the witness stand. Paredes, with the department's Bureaur of Firearms, specializes in firearms laws and identifying illegal firearms.
Paredes told the court that he was asked to examine a specific firearm obtained from Larry Millete’s home.
10:35 a.m.: After Martinez said she had no further questions for Drouaillet, prosecutor Christy Bowles asked Drouaillet if she knew if Larry helped post fliers or assist in the searches for Maya, and Drouaillet said not that she was aware of.
10:25 a.m.: Asked if she noticed a change in Maya’s lifestyle in 2020, Drouaillet said she noticed her sister was shopping more. She also confirmed she saw her sister had gotten tattoos.
10:21 a.m.: Martinez asked, “Did you ask Mr. Millete if he was responsible for your sister’s disappearance?
Drouaillet said, “I don’t remember.”
10:17 a.m.: Drouaillet said it was not true when asked if her husband went on TV and alleged that Larry was responsible for Maya’s disappearance.
10:10 a.m.: Martinez asked Drouaillet, “Did you know your sister went to Mexico on Jan. 4, 2021?”
Drouaillet responded, “No.”
Martinez then asked Drouaillet that when she was at the Millete residence on Jan. 9, 2021, if she recalled seeing any guns in the house. She answered no.
10:03 a.m.: Martinez asked if family members showed up to Larry and Maya’s home on Jan. 11, 2021, to celebrate Lara Millete’s birthday.
Drouaillet confirmed there was a gathering, but noted it was an “indication that [Maya] is not coming back. She doesn’t do that; it’s her daughter’s birthday. We tried to celebrate her birthday the best way we can as we always do.”
9:55 a.m.: Martinez asked Drouaillet if she recalled telling a Chula Vista Police officer on Jan 10, 2021, that she was unsure if Maya carried U.S. currency. Drouaillet said no.
9:41 a.m.: Martinez asked about a conversation during a trip to Glamis between Drouaillet, Maya, and a sister-in-law, asking Drouaillet if her sister said, “If something happens to me, it’s Larry.” Drouaillet confirmed that’s what her sister said.
Drouaillet said she recalled telling her sister to “be careful.”
Martinez asked if Drouaillet relayed what her sister said about Larry to him, but Drouaillet said she did not see a reason to do that.
9:33 a.m.: Regarding the incident during the family snowboarding trip, Martinez noted that it was determined the parking lot attendant was at fault, and not Larry Millete, despite Larry striking him with the vehicle. Drouaillet said she was aware that Larry was not at fault.
9:27 a.m.: Martinez asked Drouaillet if she spoke to a member of the Chula Vista Police Department on Jan. 10, 2021, and asked if she told the officer she was suspicious of Larry.
Drouaillet said she told the officer that because her sister and Larry had an argument the previous Thursday.
Martinez asked Drouaillet if she mentioned to the officer that her sister was having an affair six months prior, but Drouaillet said she did not tell that to the officer and she did not believe her sister was having an affair.
9:20 a.m.: Drouaillet said she arrived at Larry and Maya’s home on Jan. 9, 2021, and asked him where her sister was. Larry said Maya was probably at the park or went hiking or may have been in Temecula with friends.
Martinez asked Drouaillet if Maya had canceled the planned trip to Big Bear on Jan. 8, but Drouaillet said that did not happen.
9:12 a.m.: Martinez asks Drouaillet about her and Maya’s alcohol consumption. Drouaillet said she never influenced her sister or others to drink.
Martinez asked Drouaillet about her sister’s drinking, including trips to Temecula wineries, but Drouaillet only recalled one specific time Maya went to Temecula to visit a winery with friends.
Drouaillet noted that she hardly saw her sister drunk.
9:05 a.m.: Drouaillet is asked by defense attorney Bonita Martinez about a trip in 2020 to Parker Dam that family members took without Larry Millete present, but as she begins to answer, the judge requests a sidebar.
8:50 a.m.: Larry Millete's defense attorney is set to continue questioning Maya Millete's sister, Maricris Drouaillet. Hearing is slated to resume at 9 a.m.
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Live Blog. Friday-- PART 1, AM
11:58 a.m.: Judge calls for 90-minute recess for lunch.
11:52 a.m.: Tabalanza said during a family trip in September 2020 to Lakewood, he noticed during stops that Maya would be getting phone calls from Larry, who was not on the trip.
Tabalanza told the court that his sister would tell Larry where they were and what they were doing. Tabalanza found it unusual that Maya would be getting phone calls at the stops, like she was “being tracked, in a way.”
Asked by Bowles to describe his conversations with Larry in 2020, Tabalanza said his brother-in-law did not want to separate from Maya and he loved her.
11:45 a.m.: Tabalanza said Maya lived at his home in May 2020 because she wanted to separate from Larry. She lived with him for about six weeks.
During one conversation with his sister, Tabalanza said Maya told him she planned to co-parent.
According to Tabalanza, Larry did not like that Maya moved from their home to live with him.
11:40 a.m.: Tabalanza described his sister as pretty private with him when it came to her personal life.
He said Larry started reaching out to him in the early months of 2020, and in one conversation he said Larry asked for his help because he believed Maya was going to leave him. Tabalanza said Larry asked him to try to convince Maya to not leave him.
Tabalanza told the prosecutor that Larry would sometimes call him multiple times in a day. Some calls were missed because Tabalanza said he was at work.
11:32 a.m.: Tabalanza said he and his siblings are fairly close, spent holidays and birthdays together, and took trips together.
Tabalanza told the court he moved into Larry and Maya’s Chula Vista home in 2015 and lived there for a few months.
He described his relationship with Larry as good, talked to him mostly about firearms and, most recently, cryptocurrency.
11:23 a.m.: Paredes excused, next witness to the stand will be Jay-R Tabalanza, Maya Millete's youngest brother.
11:11 a.m.: Martinez opened her cross-examination by asking Paredes when he examined the weapon, and he responded it was examined on April 9, 2021, and he was with detectives from the Chula Vista Police Department.
Paredes noted that he did not inspect the firearm to see if it was used. He did say that a function test was performed on the firearm, but it was not test fired.
11:05 a.m.: Paredes said the firearm obtained from Larry Millete’s home had specific characteristics that he identified, leading him to determine that the firearm was a semiautomatic rifle and an illegal weapon under the state’s penal code.
“The owner of this firearm failed to comply with California law …," Paredes said.
10:57 a.m.: After 15-minute break, California Department of Justice Special Agent Francisco Paredes has been called to the witness stand. Paredes, with the department's Bureaur of Firearms, specializes in firearms laws and identifying illegal firearms.
Paredes told the court that he was asked to examine a specific firearm obtained from Larry Millete’s home.
10:35 a.m.: After Martinez said she had no further questions for Drouaillet, prosecutor Christy Bowles asked Drouaillet if she knew if Larry helped post fliers or assist in the searches for Maya, and Drouaillet said not that she was aware of.
10:25 a.m.: Asked if she noticed a change in Maya’s lifestyle in 2020, Drouaillet said she noticed her sister was shopping more. She also confirmed she saw her sister had gotten tattoos.
10:21 a.m.: Martinez asked, “Did you ask Mr. Millete if he was responsible for your sister’s disappearance?
Drouaillet said, “I don’t remember.”
10:17 a.m.: Drouaillet said it was not true when asked if her husband went on TV and alleged that Larry was responsible for Maya’s disappearance.
10:10 a.m.: Martinez asked Drouaillet, “Did you know your sister went to Mexico on Jan. 4, 2021?”
Drouaillet responded, “No.”
Martinez then asked Drouaillet that when she was at the Millete residence on Jan. 9, 2021, if she recalled seeing any guns in the house. She answered no.
10:03 a.m.: Martinez asked if family members showed up to Larry and Maya’s home on Jan. 11, 2021, to celebrate Lara Millete’s birthday.
Drouaillet confirmed there was a gathering, but noted it was an “indication that [Maya] is not coming back. She doesn’t do that; it’s her daughter’s birthday. We tried to celebrate her birthday the best way we can as we always do.”
9:55 a.m.: Martinez asked Drouaillet if she recalled telling a Chula Vista Police officer on Jan 10, 2021, that she was unsure if Maya carried U.S. currency. Drouaillet said no.
9:41 a.m.: Martinez asked about a conversation during a trip to Glamis between Drouaillet, Maya, and a sister-in-law, asking Drouaillet if her sister said, “If something happens to me, it’s Larry.” Drouaillet confirmed that’s what her sister said.
Drouaillet said she recalled telling her sister to “be careful.”
Martinez asked if Drouaillet relayed what her sister said about Larry to him, but Drouaillet said she did not see a reason to do that.
9:33 a.m.: Regarding the incident during the family snowboarding trip, Martinez noted that it was determined the parking lot attendant was at fault, and not Larry Millete, despite Larry striking him with the vehicle. Drouaillet said she was aware that Larry was not at fault.
9:27 a.m.: Martinez asked Drouaillet if she spoke to a member of the Chula Vista Police Department on Jan. 10, 2021, and asked if she told the officer she was suspicious of Larry.
Drouaillet said she told the officer that because her sister and Larry had an argument the previous Thursday.
Martinez asked Drouaillet if she mentioned to the officer that her sister was having an affair six months prior, but Drouaillet said she did not tell that to the officer and she did not believe her sister was having an affair.
9:20 a.m.: Drouaillet said she arrived at Larry and Maya’s home on Jan. 9, 2021, and asked him where her sister was. Larry said Maya was probably at the park or went hiking or may have been in Temecula with friends.
Martinez asked Drouaillet if Maya had canceled the planned trip to Big Bear on Jan. 8, but Drouaillet said that did not happen.
9:12 a.m.: Martinez asks Drouaillet about her and Maya’s alcohol consumption. Drouaillet said she never influenced her sister or others to drink.
Martinez asked Drouaillet about her sister’s drinking, including trips to Temecula wineries, but Drouaillet only recalled one specific time Maya went to Temecula to visit a winery with friends.
Drouaillet noted that she hardly saw her sister drunk.
9:05 a.m.: Drouaillet is asked by defense attorney Bonita Martinez about a trip in 2020 to Parker Dam that family members took without Larry Millete present, but as she begins to answer, the judge requests a sidebar.
8:50 a.m.: Larry Millete's defense attorney is set to continue questioning Maya Millete's sister, Maricris Drouaillet. Hearing is slated to resume at 9 a.m.
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