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The Larry Millete Verdict

7/9/20265 min

More than five years after Maya Millete was last seen at her Chula Vista home, a jury has found her husband, Larry Millete, guilty of first-degree murder. In this special bonus episode, CBS News legal analyst Caroline Polisi revisits the evidence, the witnesses, and the unanswered questions that defined this no-body murder trial. From allegations of control and marital conflict to digital evidence, missing miles, and the now-infamous spellcaster testimony, we examine the case that captivated Southern California and beyond. And even with a verdict, the central question remains unanswered: Where's Maya?

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  1. Caroline Polisi· Host0:00

    [suspenseful music] January 7th, 2021. That's the last time anyone saw Maya Miliote, a 39-year-old California mother of three. In October, her husband, Larry Miliote, was arrested and charged with her murder. Five years later, he went on trial in Chula Vista, outside San Diego, and now, after the jury deliberated, we have a verdict. Miliote has been found guilty of murder. I'm CBS News legal analyst and criminal defense attorney, Caroline Polisi, and this is a special episode of Case by Case. This was a largely circumstantial no body case, one we covered for weeks on this podcast, with witnesses ranging from Maya's friends and family to her former lover and that man's ex-wife, and then there was the spellcaster. But even with this verdict, one question remains: where is Maya's body? 48 Hours first reported on Maya's disappearance back in 2021 and 2022. Her sister, Mary Chris Drouillet, described her lovingly.

  2. Mary Chris Drouillet· Soundbite1:03

    She was the gifted one. You know, she, she got the, she got the brains. Um, she was very kind, very caring. She loves her kids.

  3. Caroline Polisi· Host1:11

    Maya and Larry met and married young, and both went on to work for the US Navy. They waited a few years before having their three kids. When Maya vanished without a trace, Mary Chris couldn't process it.

  4. Mary Chris Drouillet· Soundbite1:23

    You know, I'm still in denial. Like,

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