Case by Case | Courtroom Gets Emotional During Larry Millete Murder Trial
6/5/202621 min
In a trial with no body and no crime scene, is circumstantial evidence enough to convict? Larry Millete’s murder trial continues this week with shocking courtroom revelations. He is accused of killing his wife, 39-year-old mother of three Maya Millete.
With cameras banned from the courtroom, 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant and CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman break down the past two weeks of testimony, from texts inquiring about a hitman, to a mysterious freezer wheeled out of the home just two days after she disappeared.
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[suspenseful music] Hello, and welcome to Case by Case. I'm 48 Hours correspondent, Peter Van Sant, and this week we're continuing our coverage of the riveting Larry Millete murder trial. He is accused of murdering his wife and mother to their three children, Maya Millete. Maya was last seen at their Chula Vista home in January of 2021. Her body has never been found. This week, big news out of the trial, with claims that Larry made reference to hiring a hit man to kill, not his wife, but the man Maya was having an affair with, Jamie Laird. This was after testimony about Larry emailing spell casters about Maya and then Jamie. Now, that's a first for me, mailing people who could cast spells. In these initial few weeks of trial, we have heard from a wide range of witnesses from family to law enforcement. The prosecution has painted a portrait of an unraveling marriage, a controlling husband, a wife desperate to leave, and a trail of digital evidence that they say points to Larry's guilt. However, the defense claims this is a case of tunnel vision. They argue that police zeroed in on Larry from the start of their criminal investigation, making