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HOMICIDE & BETRAYAL?
Who is Maya Millete’s husband Larry and where is he now?
When police interviewed her husband, he admitted they had a confrontation about the former's intention to file for divorce
A MOTHER of three had plans with her family when she suddenly vanished.
A breakthrough in Maya Millete's disappearance was made with the arrest of her husband, Larry.
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Who is Maya Millete's husband, Larry?
While Maya Tabalanza-Millete is a US Navy contractor, Larry is an optician from San Diego, California.
Previously, Larry worked at the Naval Medical Center.
He and Maya resided with their three children in Chula Vista, California.
Maya and Larry met while they were both living in Honolulu, Hawaii.
They began a relationship when they both were students at Radford High School.
While reflecting on Maya and Larry's marriage, the former's sister Maricris told The U.S. Sun: "He [Larry] was our family for 20 years and we loved him, we grew up together.
"And he didn't do anything before this where he worried us or gave us any reason to think he would hurt my sister.
"He wasn't a hateful person, and he wasn't the type where you'd suspect something of him – he was always such a nice guy.
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"So it’s very hard and heartbreaking to see him on the other side and defending himself for what happened to my sister."
What happened to Maya?
On January 7, 2021, Maya was declared missing after she and Larry failed to show up to a family gathering in Big Bear Lake.
At the time, the two were supposed to meet Maya's sister, Maricris Drouaillet, to celebrate the former's daughter's birthday.
May Millete's sister makes an emotion plea for help locating her sister's body
Regarding the circumstances surrounding Maya's disappearance, Maricris recalled to The U.S. Sun: "My family had been trying to contact her [on January 7, 2021] and she didn't answer us.
"We couldn't find her anywhere and she hadn't come home so that's when we knew something was wrong.
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"Then when she missed her daughter's birthday, that's when the panic really hit us that something really, really bad had happened.
"Everything was turned completely upside down. It didn't feel real."
On October 19 of the same year, Larry was arrested in connection to Maya's disappearance.
He was charged with first-degree murder and illegal possession of assault weapons, and he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Where is Larry now?
After a series of delays, Larry's trial is scheduled for January 6, 2025.
Until then, he remains jailed at Vista Detention Facility in Vista, California.
Despite the charges against him, he maintains his innocence.
Regarding his side of the story, Larry explained to : "I don’t even want to say anything, but the allegations are outrageous.
"It’s just disheartening that people think that [I murdered my wife] because never, never.
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"The narrative has been set a long time ago, even from day one.
"Again, I just don’t want to go into detail because then, my words can be twisted."
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