Maya Millete's family, friends continue the search for missing mom: "I want her to be found"

This article was originally published on Feb. 18, 2022. It was updated on July 22, 2023. CHIEF KENNEDY (press conference): Today at 11:42 a.m., the Chula Vista Police Department SWAT team … arrested Larry Millete for the murder of his wife Maya Millete. SUMMER STEPHAN: In homicide cases, there's often a triggering event. In this case, the last call recorded that May made was to a divorce attorney. SUMMER STEPHAN: I've never had a case where that was involved. BONITA MARTINEZ [to reporters]: … his wife was used to leaving the house in the past. … And you cannot rule out that she's alive.

Maya Millete, a young wife and mother of three disappeared from her Southern California home in January 2021. From almost the beginning, Maya's family and friends grew suspicious of her husband Larry.  Investigators say the couple had been having marital troubles and shortly before Maya's disappearance, Larry had been contacting spellcasters to have a hex put on his wife so that she would stay in the marriage. Where is Maya Millete?