Maya Millete’s husband arrested nine months after her disappearance

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California antheral was arrested Tuesday connected suspicion of sidesplitting his woman 9 months ago, and her household pleaded for assistance successful uncovering her body.

Maya Millete (Family photograph via CNN)

Larry Millete, 40, was arrested astatine his location successful the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista, a time aft San Diego County prosecutors charged him with execution and amerciable possession of an battle weapon, officials said astatine a quality conference.

He could look a imaginable condemnation of beingness successful situation if convicted of sidesplitting Maya Millete, parent of their 3 children.

“This is simply a astonishment to maine since they person nary impervious Maya is dead, and I judge she is inactive alive,” Bonita Martinez, Larry Millete’s attorney, told KFMB-TV.

District Attorney Summer Stephan said prosecutors tin record a execution complaint without having a body.

“The instrumentality is truthful crystal wide that we cannot fto idiosyncratic execution idiosyncratic and summation a payment by hiding the assemblage successful a mode that we cannot observe it,” she said.

Maya Millete, 40, vanished connected Jan. 7, authorities said. She near her mobile telephone and different valuables, authorities said.

Larry Millete told constabulary that his woman voluntarily near the family. But investigators said helium had been considered a “person of interest” successful her disappearance.

Stephan said Maya Millete was successful a “toxic relationship” and that her past known telephone earlier she went missing was to a divorcement attorney.

Before Maya Millette disappeared, her hubby opposed divorcing and hired “spellcasters” to support her from leaving, Stephan said.

“He was asking for May to go incapacitated … truthful that she could enactment astatine home, frankincense displaying his homicidal idealizations to harm May,” Stephan said.

Also missing were a weapon owned by Millete and a achromatic Lexus SUV that prosecutors judge helium utilized to dispose of his wife’s body, authorities said.

Authorities and household members asked for nationalist assistance successful trying to way down Maya Millete’s remains, urging anyone to travel guardant who whitethorn person seen the missing car astir the clip she vanished.

“We’re inactive asking the public: Please, assistance america bring my sister home,” a sobbing Maricris Drouaillet said. “We did a committedness to her 11-year-old girl that we volition bring her ma home.”

In summation to constabulary and the District Attorney’s office, the probe progressive the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, constabulary said.