https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/south-bay-news/husband-fears-for-missing-chula-vista-wife-mom-of-three?fbclid=IwAR21kcvcUCdywj5xteuU9Jxhb0jvxAEptSDJFO--54tK_sxsRz_cjSMJnLI
s as a defense contractor at Naval Base San Diego and didn't show up for work on Monday.
"I called her boss, she didn't even log in. And that's the other alarming part, because work for her is like a party ... that's her outlet," Millete says.
Millete says he will continue to search, anxiously waiting.
"Trust me, I've been emotionally, physically, mentally drained," Millete said. "No sleep, I'm not eating ... The main thing is I can't really think straight."
Husband has stopped cooperating with police.
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For a minute I was skeptical he's been emotionally, physically, mentally drained. But he tells us to trust him he has been. So I'll trust him ;-)
Timeline:
Mother of three May “Maya” Millete was last seen at her home in Chula Vista on Jan. 7.
The search continues for her – but where is she?
The CVPD’s investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on Millete’s whereabouts can reach out to detectives at (619) 691-5139 or Crime Stoppers at (888)580-8477. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
The Disappearance of May 'Maya' Millete & The Search
Jan. 7, 2021
According to Chula Vista police, Maya Millete, 39, was last seen by her family at her home on Paseo Los Gatos at around 5 p.m. on Jan. 7. This was two days before the family was set to travel on a planned trip to Big Bear for Millete’s daughter’s birthday. The mother has three children, ages 4, 9 and 11.
Jan. 10, 2021
On Jan. 10, at around 1 a.m., police were called to a report of a missing person in the 2400 block of Paseo Los Gatos in Chula Vista. That’s when investigators learned that Maya Millete had vanished three days prior. The search for the missing mom began.
For the next two weeks, Maya Millete's family, the community, and police searched for her.
Investigators described Maya Millete as 5-foot-2 and 105 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and freckles. Her family said she has a tattoo on her wrist.
Jan. 23, 2021
On Jan. 23, Foxx said investigators had served a search warrant at Maya Millete’s home. Foxx said the goal was to “obtain any evidence and clues to her current whereabouts.”
“The Chula Vista Police Department’s focus will continue to be locating May safe and in good health,” Foxx said on Jan. 23.
Police said Maya Millete’s family had been and continued to be cooperative in the search for the missing woman.
Feb. 4, 2021
Nearly a month into the search for Maya Millete, her family -- including her sister, Maricris Drouaillet, told NBC 7 they continued to search for her day in, day out.
“We feel so helpless and also so desperate for answers,” Millete’s sister, Maricris Drouaillet, told NBC 7 on Feb. 4.
The family had plastered posters of the missing mother all over Chula Vista. Searches continued along the hills near her home, near Mt. San Miguel Park.
Maricris Drouaillet said detectives had told her that her sister’s husband, Larry Millete, had retained a lawyer and was no longer cooperating with the investigation.
Police have never named Larry Millete a suspect in the disappearance of his wife. Drouaillet told NBC 7 Larry Millete was the last person to see her sister.
In recent weeks, she said he had been distancing himself from his wife’s side of the family.
“We can’t imagine him doing anything to our sister,” Maricris Drouaillet said.
She said the situation has been hard on everyone.
Feb. 5, 2021
Chula Vista police and Maya Millete’s family held a media briefing on Feb. 5, 2021, to make emotional pleas to the public to keep the search going and help bring the missing mom home.
Maricris Drouaillet spoke between sobs about the family's mission to find Maya Millete.
“I'm pleading: Anyone out there, please, anybody, somewhere, somehow might know where my sister's whereabouts is,” she pleaded. “Please, bring her home…her kids, they need their mom. Please, help us find my sister. Anyone out there, if you have any information at all, please help me, help us find my sister. And from the bottom of our hearts, please, we thank you, we thank you, and we thank you.”
CVPD Chief Roxanna Kennedy said detectives are working around the clock on Maya Millete’s case and details couldn’t be shared so as not to compromise the investigation.
The chief also said the Maya Millete case had hit a nerve with the department.
"I want you to know that I'm a mother," an emotional Kennedy said. “And my children are my world, and I know that May's children meant everything to her. And I want you to know that to hear that May missed her daughter's birthday hit home with many of our officers and our detectives here at this department that are also parents.”
Also on this day, right after the briefing, Maya Millete’s family held a “Find Maya” rally in Chula Vista. The group wanted to make sure there was no lag in the investigation and keep the interest high on the case.
Maricris Drouaillet said her sister and her husband had been "having marital issues" but nothing more than the “ups and downs” experienced by most couples/
“They break up, or, you know, they have arguments and they try to reconcile for the sake of the kids,” Maricris Drouaillet said.
Feb. 7, 2021
Maya Millete’s family spoke in-depth with NBC 7 about their heartache and the ongoing search for the missing mom.
“It’s unthinkable. It’s agonizing. Every day it’s just a terrible feeling,” said Richard Drouaillet, Millete’s brother-in-law said.
The woman's family said her abrupt disappearance and lack of communication is uncharacteristic of her. Maricris Drouaillet, deep in her heart, said she's still hoping for the best.
“I don’t want to lose that hope, that she’s still OK and that she’s still with us,” Maricris Drouaillet said. “I know that there’s a lot of possibilities and they can happen, but I want to think, still in my heart, that she’s still with us.”
I don't want to lose that hope, that she's still OK and that she's still with us.
Maricris Drouaillet, sister of May "Maya" Millete
False Alarms
On Feb. 3, 2021, hikers found human remains on a trail in Santee. This prompted many questions to Chula Vista police and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department about the identity of those remains and if they were those of Maya Millete. Both agencies said they had no reason to believe the remains were those of the missing mother.
On Feb. 7, 2021, law enforcement officials found the body of a woman in Lake Murray in San Diego’s East County. The San Diego Police Department was handling that investigation.
NBC 7 reached out to Foxx with the CVPD to see if there were any links to Maya Millete’s case. Foxx said that based on initial reports, investigators did not think the body was that of Maya Millete.
Contains VT's of pleas..
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/timeline-the-disappearance-of-chula-vista-mom-may-maya-millete/2515453/
I transcribed a little of the husbands interview -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mUPjUuf9qY
5min 20s into clip -
Interviewer: So just tell me, you know you got into an argument and then umm, the last time you saw her was actually in the house?
LM: Yes Thursday.
Interviewer: So, and she didn’t take a vehicle?
LM: No
Interviewer: No one saw her leave?
LM: Err… no, but on Friday… err, I could still hear her, but I didn’t physically see her when I got home. But that’s like normal too, because we, you know we have lots of bedrooms and it’s a two story house, and you know we kinda like… well I give her space. So, but that’s why every time someone says err Thursday, yes that’s physically… you know, or visually see her, but err for me its err Friday, Friday night. You know I can hear her like rustling around making dinner for herself in another bedroom, and sleeping with the kids in another bedroom. So upstairs, and she’s downstairs kinda deal, like kinda like a roommate err thing. It’s kinda like giving each other space, well I don’t need the space, she always wants the space.
The husband has a need to justify what is “normal”. That being that he doesn’t see his wife often even though they live in the same house. Time is sensitive also. He says “[every time] someone says err Thursday”. We see he is aware and sensitive to the number of times Thursday has been mentioned by other/s in relation to the last time his wife was heard from. He goes on to say “[for me] its err, Friday, Friday night.” By saying “for me” he avoids using the pronoun “I” showing a lack of commitment to the words which follow.
“but [err] [for me] its [err] [Friday], [Friday] night.”
There are pauses “err” x2, the time repeated “Friday” x2 and the missing pronoun “I” all occurring at this crucial point where he could have simply told us “I heard/saw her”. He continues this theme when he next says -
“You know [I can] hear her like rustling around”
He is in present tense with “I can” which suggests possible story telling. Expected is
“I heard her” which would be a strong statement but he fails to make it.
It doesn’t look promising that his wife will be found. She has been missing a while now, and her failing to contact any family members doesnt bode well.
Adrian.
“Maybe she’s wine tasting or hiking with a friend.... “.
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ABC10 News - Missing Maya - husband, Larry Millete, ten minute phone interview:
https://omny.fm/shows/abc-10news-san-diego/phone-call-with-husband-of-missing-chula-vista-mom
Maya’s YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxg1c5gkXosx7AjXePcftLg
I think Larry Milette would be disappointed if anyone was left thinking well of his wife. He seems very resentful - so much disparagement, so little concern, besides for himself and how he is ageing. He did not report Maya missing.
Kevin Jiang, 26, was a graduate student at the Yale School of the Environment, as a member of the class of 2022. (Yale University Police Department)
"Over the weekend we experienced multiple violent acts in our community, including those involving a New Haven Public Schools teacher, a New Haven Public Schools administrator, and a graduate student at Yale. I am deeply saddened that we lost Yale School of Environment student Kevin Jiang last night to gun violence," Elicker said in a statement provided to Fox 61.
He continued, "To those who continue to perpetrate these crimes: you undermine the safety of our residents and yourselves. You continue to promote fear for our safety in our everyday lives. We, as a community, will not stand for this and we will be relentless in efforts to provide justice for all of the victims, their families and loved ones. Addressing and eradicating gun violence takes serious action both in the short-term and the long-term—and the City of New Haven is committed to that."
Trinity Baptist Pastor Greg Hendrickson told the New Haven Independent that he had just agreed earlier in the week to officiate Jiang’s wedding, but, "now, we will be officiating his funeral instead."
😞
First couple of minutes of husband’s phone interview - I will do more later.
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I: When did you first notice that May was missing?
LM: Uh, Saturday morning
I: Okay - and tell me
LM: Her parents came by
I: Just tell me, kinda walk me through like the last time you saw her and what was going on
LM: Uh, Thursday, Thursday night, um you know like we got into uh, a kind of an argument um and you know - ih we’ve been having uh you know, like problems for about a year, kind of like been up and down and stuff like that, but after that I give her space
I: Tell me - so you got into an argument - um, the last time you saw her was actually in the house?
LM: Yes, Thursday
I: She didn’t take a vehicle.
LM: No
I: No-one saw her leave?
LM: um, no, but on Friday um I could still hear her but I didn’t physically see her- when I got home, but that’s like normal too because we, you know, we have lots of bedrooms and it’s a two storey house - and, you know, we kinda like - well, I give her space, so - but that’s why every time someone saysThursday - yes, it’s physically, you know, visually didn’t see her, but for me, it’s Friday, Friday night, you know, I can hear her rustling around making dinner for herself - in another bedroom, I’m sleeping with the kids in another bedroom, so upstairs, and she’s downstairs - kind deal, kinda like a roommate thing - kinda like giving each other space. I don’t need the space - she always wants the space.
I: Got it. So it was like Friday, and then you left and went somewhere and then came back and she wasn’t there, right?
LM: Yes. I left her with my two girls, ,cause they you know, they um, they do their home - home school , and then I just had my son with me, so when I came back she was still there. Friday, um, we can hear her downstairs, you know, like after done giving the kids baths and feeding them and everything, and um, on Saturday morning when her parents came, came by, uh her door was locked, uh I found the keys to the bedroom and I opened it and she was already gone, so [inaudible] maybe she went for a morning’s [inaudible] hike, you know, because she didn’t go jeepimg, because that’s one of her other hobbies, uh, the Jeep group. And um, you know, she would’ve taken that, so assumed maybe one of her friends picked her up- and um, you know, they went hiking or wine tasting, she likes to go wine tasting to [?] - that’s her other favourite brunch - early morning - yeah. After that, you know, like - at night, well, okay, she hasn’t come home yet, which is sometimes okay, you know, she’d go out maybe for drinks or something - uh, she usually doesn’t drink a lot, but recently she’s been, you know, uh doing that, you know, the latest she’d be home like two-thirty, or three-thirty in the morning. After that, that’s kinda like out of the ordinary
I: Sure
LM: so my sister-in-law was recommending hey, you know maybe we should call the cops now. I was like give her some time, um, but, we initially got to the police report, you know they’re like hey, you got to check the hospitals first so this is like about twelve o’clock at night.
Phone call with husband of missing Chula Vista mom, Maya Millete
Husband's whole interview here:
https://omny.fm/shows/abc-10news-san-diego/phone-call-with-husband-of-missing-chula-vista-mom
Doors locked (bedroom), water, space,. Possible DV?
Police use K9s, forensic lights to search home of missing Chula Vista woman
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Police used K9s and forensic lights to search the home of a missing Chula Vista woman Saturday, the family tells 10News.
Maya Millete’s family says authorities searched the home for nearly seven hours.
“There were search dogs in the house. They were searching the yard the garage searched everything,” said Maya’s sister Maricris Tabalanza.
The mother of three has been missing since early January. Her car is still in the driveway of the home and her phone and credit card haven’t been used.
Police say they won’t discuss the direction of the investigation or reveal any leads. Maya’s husband has remained cooperative while caring for the couples three children. He says he last saw her on January 7 at their Chula Vista home.
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/police-use-k9s-forensic-lights-to-search-home-of-missing-chula-vista-woman
Police use K9s, forensic lights to search home of missing Chula Vista woman
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Police used K9s and forensic lights to search the home of a missing Chula Vista woman Saturday, the family tells 10News.
Maya Millete’s family says authorities searched the home for nearly seven hours.
“There were search dogs in the house. They were searching the yard the garage searched everything,” said Maya’s sister Maricris Tabalanza.
The mother of three has been missing since early January. Her car is still in the driveway of the home and her phone and credit card haven’t been used.
Police say they won’t discuss the direction of the investigation or reveal any leads. Maya’s husband has remained cooperative while caring for the couples three children. He says he last saw her on January 7 at their Chula Vista home.
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/police-use-k9s-forensic-lights-to-search-home-of-missing-chula-vista-woman
I: Just tell me, kinda walk me through like the last time you saw her and what was going on
LM: Uh, Thursday, Thursday night, um you know like we got into uh, a kind of an argument um and you know - ih we’ve been having uh you know, like problems for about a year, kind of like been up and down and stuff like that, but after that I give her space.
Of all the things he could have said this is the first thing that enters his mind. Order speaks of priority. Note all the qualifiers, vague and minimising language.
Continued - Transcript of Larry Millete phone interview with ABC10 News - up to 6.45 minutes of 10.09
And it was like, okay, they started checking hospitals, uh, two-thirty we finally filed the police report and I was like, well, you know, maybe give her some time, because I’d call about four thirty, because you know, give her some time, if it’s really, really out of the ordinary - yeah, so after that you know, they started an investigation and three cops came and then searched the house, they looked at all the houses, all the cars, you know and didn’t - we’ve just been waiting, and then I got - the NCS called me and then [?] , you know, he was able to search the house and everything - my in-laws have been here the whole time - uh, they start doing the neighbours, you know, the cameras and everything - tryinga - uh figure out if - wh-when she left - you know, like they can see her but they can’t really because it was night time, kinda deal. Uh, we’re just basically trying everything, and anything - tryinga, tryinga find her.
I: Larry, Larry, just tell me - how worried are you and what do you think happened? Where do you think she is?
LM: Uh, before I wasn’t really worried - uh you know, I was kinda like worried, but you know, I wasn’t - like totally worried until the birthday. I was thinking, okay, maybe, you know like she’s blowing off steam - tr-doing like what she told me before where she wants everybody to leave her alone because before I used to get her family involved like, hey, she’s not coming home- you know, and then, why did you call my family? you know, I just want everyone to leave me the - thing alone. But, you know, like this time I think she stepped up her game, you know like she’s blocking everyone. Now that she missed our daughter’s birthday, and like with all this pressure, with the media and everything, uh there’s something keeping her from contacting us, so, um, my sister-in-law is - I don’t really try to think about that stuff because it’s like mind-numbing, but I’m trying to stay positive, but you know, when people are telling me hey, you know, maybe she got into an accident while she was hiking, you know, and she can’t get to her phone - well, her phone would be right next to her, you know what I mean- she wears [?] - it’ll be in her pocket. So worse case scenario, I don’t know what - what’s keeping her from, you know, contacting anyone but this pressure should be enough pressure to say hey, you’ve got to - I’m okay.
I: Right.
LM: So. I’m - I’m not quite sure what to think- but, you know, I’m still tryinga, you know, keep my head up, trying say, hey, you know, keep positive and say - I’m hoping, you know like, she’d just come home - even though this whole situation is embarrassing - I don’t know what to think, but the longer it’s going, the more like surreal it gets because you know what they say is like the first forty-eight, seventy-two hours is most critical - you know, I’ve seen enough uh movies and you know, documentaries about this kind of stuff so, I think, you know, the - the worst case scenario’s basically, you know, something’s happened, like very terrible, you know what I mean? So.
I: Right. Right. I mean, how worried are you? Do you think there’s still a chance that she could voluntarily have left and she just needs time - how worried are you?
LM: um, that’s what I’m hoping for and this is like really the like whoa, you know, come on, why did you have to do this - the whole thing? But I - I’m really worried and shaken, but agsin like most of the time I’m just numbing, like surreal kind of deal - I’m just worried about her and you know, tryinga keep things normal for the kids. I-I know they don’t show it but it’s really affecting them, so.
“about twelve o’clock” should read “around twelve o’clock” - end of my first transcript post. I’ll do the rest later.
Continued Transcript
I: When she didn’t surface for your daughter’s birthday, that was really unlike her -
LM: yes,that was the pinnacle - yes, that was like a gut wrenching feeling, and you know how you break down a little bit, it’s like, whoa, you know she would never never not even say, hey, honey, you know, happy birthday.
I: And your eleven year old’s old enough, has she asked - like are they asking?
LM: Yes, yes, she’s asking, um, she’s kinda like me, you know, she keeps stuff in her [shell?], don’t really wanna, you know - open up.
I; How many times has she left before, and how long has it been?
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[Just less than a minute left]
LM: um, In the past, like, before she would just like stay at the park, or park somewhere, like go in the parking lot, in the uh - you know, that’s years back - even, even this past year, you know, she’d just stay away. Um, this year she’d like, you know like, go out um, drinking with friends, or stay at a friend’s house, you know, and try to sleep it off. Um, months, couple of months she’s been you know like wanting her space so she’ll like go out with family to places, and she’ll just go out for days, and stuff like that, but at least I know where she’s at.
I: But when she has left - what’s the longest she’s been gone for?
LM: Like maybe a day, for like till two-thirty, or three o’ clock in the morning kind of deal - that’s about it.
I: Never more than a day or two.
LM: Oh, yeah, never more than a day.
I: Okay
LM: Or two. Yeah.
I: Never more than a day, and then you always kind of knew where she was at. Okay.
LM: Yeah, you know, not more than a day, basically - or the next day. You know again, I always tell her, we have three kids, you know, you can’t be doing this kind of stuff. And, um, yeah - she would never be that irresponsible not to say, hey, I’m okay.
I: was there anybody that wanted to hurt her? - was there any other guy? - I hate to ask
LM: Um, you know like, I don’t know, I told the police, you know, she really likes hiking - um you know wine-tasting in South Temecula,, and stuff like that, but I don’t know what else to think, like who would, y’know, kidnap her - or do something
I: Would she go hiking by herself?
LM: Um, she has, yes - but that’s the ones like close to the house. We have a hiking trail on San Miguel Park, on San Miguel over here, that’s the only time she would go by herself. And yes, she has, before, in the beginning, um, but she would take her car.
So - she would go to the one, oh no, the Santee one - or the one in the Mesa - I for- forgot there’s a mountain there, um but you know, yes - those ones she would go by herself, but most of the time she would go with Hiking Mommas, with [Shane ?] and then um, you know, she was like one of the leaders, and then everyone else was like whoever shows up, shows up to that group
I: So she was a pretty experienced hiker
LM: Um - not experienced - she was training for um, this hike, that we, me and her tried like ten years ago, before we had the kids. Down the Colorado River, and um -the Grand Canyon - anyway, it takes about a day to go down there, so she’s been hiking and hiking - it’s a kind of a stress release. And uh she wanted to do this, um like a s-s-seven hiking trail, you know, like Twin Sisters, Devil’s Peak, er Potato Chip Rock, and all the ones that she keeps mentioning, and I was like well -
Continued...
I: But she would have taken her car - like, or there would have been a friend.
LM: Yes, exactly, if she didn’t have her car a friend would have to pick her up
I: Okay
LM: so. That’s - that’s the only reason why I think maybe she’s wine tasting or hiking with a friend - ‘cause she’s not jeeping because her car’s here. You know, she has her own vehicle and she has a jeep, that she specifically goes for jeep groups.
I: So, what has this been like, Larry, just emotionally for you? I know you said you’re kind of just numb and you’re trying to take care of three children, but I mean, how are you doing emotionally with this?
LM: I’ve been emotionally, physically, mentally drained - um there’s no sleep - uh not eating - um, you know, jus’ my face look like it just aged, like, I don’t know. But, you know - the main thing is I can’t really think straight.
END
Thanks for doing the transcript Hey Jude, its much appreciated.
Adrian.
@Hey Jude
Thank for the transcript.
He sure is pushing the alcohol ("wine") and hiking scenario. Is it possible she may be found in a ditch (hiking) and alcohol (wine) is to blame according to her husband.?
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Maricris Drouaillet, Maya's sister, says she was shocked to learn Maya's husband - Larry Millete - had retained a lawyer and was no longer cooperating with cops
Drouaillet and her husband, Richard, said Larry and Maya had been arguing over a Jeep Wrangler during a New Years trip
'For a year or two, it has been kind of rocky relationship,' Maricris said of her sister's marriage with Larry. 'They even tried marriage counseling'
Richard added: 'They were done. The relationship was done. You could just tell.'
Snipped:
In an interview with DailyMail.com, Maricris - the oldest of six siblings - said their large family had been planning to take a trip up to the mountains to go snowboarding for Maya's daughter's 11th birthday before Maya disappeared.
'At that time, they should have been packing,' Maricris said, adding that Maya would have sent a message to their group chat if the trip had been cancelled or changed.
Maricris had previously shared with local reporters that Larry had retained a lawyer and was no longer cooperating with police in their investigation into the disappearance. She also told reporters that the couple had been arguing in the days leading up to Maya's disappearance.
'For a year or two, it has been kind of rocky relationship,' she said of her sister's marriage with Larry. 'They even tried marriage counseling.'
'When we do have a get together they would be there arguing... and then another time, they would be close again. Like oh ok, they worked it out. So it had been like that for the last year.'
Richard added: 'They argued a lot and it was a little bit uncomfortable. It was weird because Larry was acting different. He wasn't acting like Larry. He was acting different... They were done. The relationship was done. You could just tell.'
Richard describes Larry as 'always quiet' on the trips, typically staying near the camp or with his car 'in his own business.'
'He was always quiet but on this last trip he was having fun and he was having a lot of fun but with her vehicle,' Richard stated.
'During the day, he wasn't really at the camp. He was always driving around and then he would come and ask her a question and then they would argue. Not argue in front of the family but you could tell that there was no communication between them. No positive communication between them.'
Both Richard and Miracris noted that Larry had been having a lot of fun with the Jeep Wrangler, which had been purchased by the mother.
'He was having more fun than my sister considering it was my sister's Jeep,' Miracris said. 'He wanted to take the Jeep and he wanted to drive it and my sister wanted to drive it. So they had been arguing about that.'
Richard added: 'You would think that they would have ridden together but that never happened. The relationship was done. She wanted to get out of the relationship.
'She was having a good time but I know that in the back of her mind she just wanted her Jeep. She was becoming a different person and starting a new chapter.'
Maricris and Richard expressed their grief over Maya's disappearance and the lack of time they have had with the couple's children, their nieces and nephew.
Since retaining a lawyer, Larry has only let Maricris and members of her family see the three children once, this past Monday.
'Larry has not been, again, responding to our text messages or answering our phone calls,' Maricris said. 'So we got worried... Me and my sister-in-law went to go check on the kids Monday and to make sure that they were ok and that was a lot.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9231885/Mother-three-whos-missing-month-no-positive-communication-husband.html
“You know [I can] hear her like rustling around”
In reference of the last time he saw her, or rather "heard" her. Leakage? Will she be found in underbrush or leaves?
consider she went missing the day before. the last time he saw her not heard her is likely the day she went missing.
consider hearing her is sensitive to him. did he want to shut her up?
I: No-one saw her leave?
LM: "um, no, but on Friday um I could still hear her but I didn’t physically see her- when I got home, but that’s like normal too because we, you know, we have lots of bedrooms and it’s a two storey house - and, you know, we kinda like - well, I give her space, so - but that’s why every time someone says Thursday - yes, it’s physically, you know, visually (X) didn’t see her, but for me, it’s Friday, Friday night, you know, I can hear her rustling around making dinner for herself - in another bedroom, I’m sleeping with the kids in another bedroom, so (X) upstairs, and she’s downstairs - kind deal, kinda like a roommate thing - kinda like giving each other space.
I don’t need the space - she always wants the space."
I: Got it. So it was like Friday, and then you left and went somewhere and then came back and she wasn’t there, right?
LM: "Yes. I left her with my two girls, ,cause they you know, they um, they do their home - home school , and then I just had my son with me, so when I came back she was still there. Friday, um, we can hear her downstairs, you know, like after (X) done giving the kids baths and feeding them and everything, and um, on Saturday morning when her parents came, came by, uh her door was locked, uh I found the keys to the bedroom and I opened it and she was already gone,"
She had a locked bedroom in her own home.
He drops pronouns in relation to:
not seeing her on Friday night after the kids were asleep
being "upstairs" while she's downstairs on Friday night
I: No-one saw her leave?
LM: um, no, but on Friday um I could still hear her
Comparative word - as opposed to not hearing her afterwards?
but I didn’t physically see her- when I got home, but that’s like normal too because we, you know, we have lots of bedrooms and it’s a two storey house - and, you know, we kinda like - well, I give her space, so - but that’s why every time someone says Thursday - yes, it’s physically, you know, visually didn’t see her, but for me, it’s Friday, Friday night, you know,
intense awareness of the interviewer and how he might come across
I can hear her rustling around making dinner for herself - in another bedroom, I’m sleeping with the kids in another bedroom, so upstairs, and she’s downstairs - kind deal, kinda like a roommate thing - kinda like giving each other space. I don’t need the space - she always wants the space.
Change to present tense, so this is significant to him. Rustling would not usually be the word to describe someone making dinner, it is rather associated with leaves. Leaking? Will she be found in leaves or underbrush?
I: Got it. So it was like Friday, and then you left and went somewhere and then came back and she wasn’t there, right?
LM: Yes. I left her with my two girls, ,cause they you know, they um, they do their home - home school , and then I just had my son with me, so when I came back she was still there.
Left could be parroting language, but not really appropriate when a mother and her 2 children are at their home, rather something like: She was alone in the house with the girls. My son with me is distancing language, not a good relationship?
Friday, um, we can hear her downstairs, you know, like after done giving the kids baths and feeding them and everything,
Switch from I to we, seeking to be not alone in this assertion.
and um, on Saturday morning when her parents came, came by, uh her door was locked, uh I found the keys to the bedroom and I opened it and she was already gone, so [inaudible] maybe she went for a morning’s [inaudible] hike, you know, because she didn’t go jeepimg, because that’s one of her other hobbies, uh, the Jeep group.
Unnecessary words, trying to slow the pace to the actual event – that she was not there.
And um, you know, she would’ve taken that, so assumed maybe one of her friends picked her up- and um, you know, they went hiking or wine tasting, she likes to go wine tasting to [?] - that’s her other favourite brunch - early morning - yeah. After that, you know, like - at night, well, okay, she hasn’t come home yet, which is sometimes okay, you know, she’d go out maybe for drinks or something - uh, she usually doesn’t drink a lot, but recently she’s been, you know, uh doing that, you know, the latest she’d be home like two-thirty, or three-thirty in the morning. After that, that’s kinda like out of the ordinary
Bad relationship with wife indicated
Per above transcript, unless i've missed it. Not once does he say her name, address her as "My Wife", or any endearment indicating at the time of the interview their relationship was not good to say the least.
Thursday:
"we" got into uh, a kind of an argument
Friday:
"we" have lots of bedrooms
"we" kinda like... well "I" give her space.
Friday night:
"I" can hear "her" like rustling around making dinner for herself in another bedroom, and (X) sleeping with the kids in another bedroom. So (X) upstairs, and she’s downstairs kinda deal, like kinda like a roommate err thing. It’s kinda like giving each other space, well "I" don’t need the space, "she" always wants the space."
He is no longer a "we" with Maya on Friday, as he gives her "the space" he doesn't need but she wants.
I: Got it. So it was like Friday, and then you left and went somewhere and then came back and she wasn’t there, right?
LM: Yes. I left her with my two girls,[cause] they you know, they um, they do their home - home school , and then I [just] had my son with me, [so] when I came back she was still there. Friday, um, we can hear her downstairs, you know, like after done giving the kids baths and feeding them and everything,
He earlier told us the last time he saw his wife was Thursday. In his above answer he talks of the Thursday and says when he came back “she was still there”. He then jumps abruptly to Friday. He gives no detail of the last time he allegedly saw her other than “when I came back she was still there”.
It’s interesting he seeks to justify why he left his daughters with her (“cause”). Why would he need to do that? He also has transmission problems when giving the reason why, “they you know, they um, they do their home - home school”. He then says “I [just] had my son with me” with “just” acting as a minimiser. It also reveals another thought is held in relation to who he had with him.
He used highest sensitivity “cause” in relation to leaving his daughters, and he now uses another highest sensitivity word “So” when he says - “[so] when I came back she was still there”. It is the words which come before the use of “so” which will explain why she was still there. This leads back to his need to justify why he left his daughters with her. He is justifying why she was still there on his return when there is no need to do so.
“Friday, um, [we] can hear her downstairs, you know, like after done giving the kids baths and feeding them and [everything],”
As Martina mentioned in her post he uses pronoun “we” in this statement. Who is the “we”? Is it the children he seeks to be with or could there be someone else involved. We see he adds extra information and wishes us to know he is a good parent as it is he who is “giving the kids baths and feeding them and [everything]”. He is the good guy who does everything for his kids.
Adrian.
Maya went missing Jan. 7th!!! She had an appt. with a Divorce Attorney for
Jan. 12th, but she was already missing by then.
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Adrian,
“Friday, um, [we] can hear her downstairs, you know, like after done giving the kids baths and feeding them and [everything],”
I didn't mention this part, but I interpreted this to HER giving the kids baths, etc. Interesting how we interpret things differently. But no wonder - it is completely devoid of pronouns, so we really don't know who did the bathing. I don't think he's an involved father, but does not want to give her credit to being a good mother either.
Martina
“Friday, um, [we] can hear her downstairs, you know, like [after] done giving the kids baths and feeding them and [everything],”
With pronouns being instinctual we know he groups himself with other/s in regards to hearing Maya. He doesn’t say he heard her giving the children baths etc… so we can’t conclude she did, although like you said the lack of pronoun makes this difficult to discern. Does he want us to interpret she is the one giving the baths? It is expected he would say he heard her doing those things in his account if that was the case. He could have said “I heard her bathing the kids” etc… It would be a good question for an interviewer to ask to reveal who is the “we” and who had the kids at that point in time.
“Friday, um, [we] [can] hear her” – This statement is present tense.
Earlier in the interview he said –
I: No-one saw her leave?
LM: um, no, but on Friday um [I could] [still] hear her but I didn’t [physically] see her
I note he includes the word “still” in relation to hearing her which shows he is measuring two points in time. There is a point when he can hear her which he is comparing against another point where he can’t. He has to be aware of those two points to be able to say “still” and make the comparison.
“I didn’t [physically] see her”
There is the extra word “physically” in the negative statement he makes. It isn’t needed as if you don’t see someone then you don’t see them. What is the difference between not seeing someone and not “physically” seeing someone? The answer is nothing, which raises red flags. What is causing him to bring the word “physical” into his language?
Adrian.
Adrian,
right, the word physical makes no sense in this context. It would be natural to say: I didn't see her, I just heard her. Physical makes me think of physical activity on his part at this point.
But all this mumbling around that he does seems to point to that Friday being the last day she was seen to be very important to him. I'm sure police is looking at where he was Thursday evening and night pretty closely.
LM: Yes. I left her with my two girls, ,cause they you know, they um, they do their home - home school , and then I just had my son with me, so when I came back she was still there.
Why is he saying "I left her..."? Maya's a grown woman, who should be capable of coming and going as she wills, not as he wills. He spends a lot of time in this interview attempting to portray her as sort of a free spirit, coming and going whenever she wants, living a separate life...yet he says "I left her with my two girls...". The normal would be "She was there with the girls" or "I didn't see her, but I think she was there with the girls because they do their home school." He had to have seen her on Friday if he "left her". He doesn't say he left the girls with her.
I don't like "I left her with my two girls..." either. In a good marriage or even a somewhat struggling marriage, I would expect to hear "with the girls" or "with our girls". Why does he say he left her with "my girls, but "I just had my son with me? He takes possession of the children with "my", but what is different about the girls vs. the son? Is he taking possession with "my" because he knows they belong solely to him and not to Maya?
Notice he does not say "I left her with my two girls because Maya homeschools them/does school with them." Why would anyone need to explain why your spouse (the children's mother who lives with the children) is with your children in their own home...unless she was not. Does the son not home school/do schoolwork from home?
"...so when I came back, she was still there."- The word "so" signals a need to explain and increased sensitivity. He does not say where he went, only that he came back, and his son disappears from his statement altogether. Did the son not come back also? If they went together, I would expect him to say "when we came back...". The phrase "still there" seems out of place somehow, if Maya was normally there when the girls did their home school (schoolwork from home?) as he seems to be trying to assert.
OT:
Analysis of Adoptive Parents of Missing Toddlers
Trezell & Jacqueline West & Larry Milette Statements
SPECIAL GUESTS! Forensic Linguist Analyst Steve Johnson, FBI Profiler Greg Cooper, and Cold Case Foundation's Dean Jackson!
https://youtu.be/a7fptbm2JvQ?t=838
John thank you so much, this is fantastic! Jumped right on it and got a whole bunch of knitting done!
You’re welcome, Adrian - it’s such a sad, and interesting, case.
John, I wouldn’t be surprised if Maya is concealed on a hiking trial - he drew attention particularly to the one they did together before they had kids, and which she was planning to do without him - strange, as he didn’t need to go into all that detail. He is pushing the idea that she went hiking, rather than pleading for help from anyone who may have seen her, or know where she is.
For sure he is not thinking straight to say she would never at least not call their daughter on her birthday (but also that maybe she’s just off wine-tasting or hiking with a friend - it’s so contradictory and also another put down; the sister-in-law said Maya had been arranging a birthday celebration - Larry makes it sound as if she might have found it fine to just call their daughter for her eleventh birthday. He’s all claws.
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I haven’t read the comments properly yet, or found time to look more at the transcript. I do know, besides the put down tone, that he went into past tense about Maya in places which should have been in present tense if he believed her to most likely be on an extended hike, or wine-tasting.
Family Searches for Answers 40 Days After Disappearance of Chula Vista Mom May ‘Maya' Millete
Snipped:
"Chula Vista police have explicitly said Larry is not considered to be a suspect in their investigation. However, Lt. Miriam Fox, a spokeswoman for the department, added that he is no longer cooperating with their investigation and has not had a role in the search parties tasked with finding his missing wife."
"Larry declined to comment for this story. His uncooperative actions, Maricris said, have been another hard blow to the already strained family."
“I felt heartbroken, in a way,” Maricris said. “It’s more painful because: Why is he not willing to cooperate to find my sister?”
"Fox said Maya was reported missing to Chula Vista police by her sister, Maricris, late on Jan. 9, 2021, just after 11 p.m. Police arrived at the Millete home after 1 a.m., the time earlier cited in the media for the report of a missing person."
Maricris and Richard told NBC 7 recently that after Maya’s disappearance, Larry accessed Maya’s Facebook page and began removing photos and videos from her account. Other family members said it’s one reason they have been trying to archive every image or video of Maya and her children for their memories.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/family-searches-for-answers-40-days-after-disappearance-of-chula-vista-mom-may-maya-millete/2525732/
Perp: Trust me
Me: I did until you said that
Red flag straight away? the first words are "trust me" why the need to beg for trust, when nobody has said they don't trust you? and "the main thing is I can't think straight" right, so the main thing is you cannot think, the main thing is not your missing wife, got it.
“Maricris and Richard told NBC 7 recently that after Maya’s disappearance, Larry accessed Maya’s Facebook page and began removing photos and videos from her account. Other family members said it’s [one reason] they have been trying to archive every image or video of Maya and her children for their memories.”
If accurate it’s interesting that Larry feels a need to remove photos and videos from Maya`s account.
Although not a direct quotation the report states that “Other family members have said it’s [one reason] they have been trying to archive every image or video”. The use of “one reason” (using the numerical “one” as opposed to the article “the”) speaks to there being another reason/s for their actions. Most likely they are looking for clues which the photos and videos may hold.
The tell-tale heart (Edgar Allan Poe 1843)
http://www.poemuseum.org/the-tell-tale-heart
Adrian.
Would appreciate any insight on 911 call and police interview of Jason Ravnsborg, South Dakota Attorney General. He killed a man with car, claimed he did not see body until the next day. Lots of unanswered questions: https://dps.sd.gov/
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