California man arrested for murder of missing wife

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — The hubby of a missing California parent of 3 has been arrested for the execution of his wife, constabulary announced connected Tuesday.

In a quality release, the Chula Vista Police Department said Larry Millete was arrested connected Tuesday and charged with the execution of his wife, Maya Millete.

According to San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan, Larry was besides charged with amerciable possession of an battle weapon. He is being held without bail and has been scheduled to beryllium arraigned connected Thursday astatine 1:30 p.m.

“A parent is gone, a household is broken, a assemblage is near with questions and confusion,” said Chula Vista Police Chief of Police Roxana Kennedy.

Those who attended a Tuesday day quality league wore purple ribbons successful enactment of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Sources tipped KGTV disconnected to the apprehension astatine astir noon, but nary details were initially given. The FBI was among the agencies that joined CVPD astatine the Millete family's home.

Maya was past seen successful the South Bay connected Jan. 7, according to Chula Vista Police.

Stephan said Maya wanted a divorcement starting successful 2020, but Larry didn’t privation the divorce. According to Stephan, the past telephone Maya made was to a divorcement attorney.

In the meantime, Stephan said Larry resorted to calling spellcasters helium asked to marque Maya privation to enactment successful the relationship. Larry aboriginal asked the spellcasters to marque Maya incapacitated and to get into an accident.

According to the territory attorney, connected Jan. 7 – the time Maya was past seen – Larry allegedly sent idiosyncratic a substance connection that said, “I deliberation she wants maine to drawback and I’m shaking wrong acceptable to snap.”

According to Stephan, information video shows Larry moving the family’s achromatic Lexus GX 460 SUV into an country wherever nary video cameras could seizure whether a assemblage was placed into the backmost of the vehicle. Larry past near the location connected Jan. 8 and didn’t instrumentality for much than 11 hours, leaving his telephone behind, according to the territory attorney.

After searching the car, investigators discovered that Larry searched for his location code successful the conveyance earlier returning location connected Jan. 8.

Over the people of their investigation, Chula Vista constabulary person said they person interviewed 87 radical regarding Maya’s case, written 66 hunt warrants, and reviewed much than 128 tips astir the mother's imaginable determination oregon crushed for the disappearance.

CVPD named Larry Millete a idiosyncratic of involvement connected July 22. However, since that point, they haven’t released much accusation astir that different than “CVPD investigators proceed to see Larry Millete a idiosyncratic of involvement successful this investigation.”

KGTV SPOKE WITH LARRY MILLETE IN JANUARY:

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This communicative was primitively published by Jermaine Ong astatine KGTV.