BEFORE Maya Millete disappeared from her Chula Vista, California home in January 2021, family and friends didn't suspect husband Larry Millete could be plotting her murder.
But in October 2021, Larry, 40, was arrested on charges related to the murder of his 39-year-old wife, and this month, a new 48 Hours special will probe the mystery over a year after the mother-of-three was last seen.
The 48 Hours special Searching for Maya Millete will air on February 19, 2022, at 10pm EST on CBS and Paramount+. Trailers indicate it will focus on harrowing details from the days before Maya disappeared.
The doc could explore her husband's eerie Google searches, shocking video and audio captured by a neighbor's surveillance camera, and a photo of Maya and Larry's four-year-old son surrounded by guns.
Larry Millete 'researched poison'
The Sun exclusively obtained the Declaration in Support of Larry Millete's Arrest Warrant, which detailed the “desperate, frantic” behaviors he allegedly exhibited before his wife vanished.
A key investigator said Maya's husband Larry Millete allegedly searched "poison hemlock" and researched poisonous plants online in the days before her disappearance.
"In December of 2020, Larry conducted a search entitled: 'my wife doesn't want me to touch her' and then searched for 'Flunitrazepan, Rohypnol, and diphenhydramine,'" the official writes in the arrest affidavit.
"These are central nervous system sedatives and depressants that could be used to incapacitate a person."
Flunitrazepan is the generic name for Rohypnol, according to the DEA website. Rohypnol is widely known as a "date rape" drug.
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Husband 'sought out spellcasters'
Investigators discovered that Larry had allegedly sent "hundreds" of emails to various companies that sell "spells."
According to the investigative report, Larry contacted "spellcasters" who advertised themselves as "psychics, spirit-channellers, or white-light practitioners capable of 'energy work.'"
The spellcasters sold spells that could be cast to "enhance a person's love life, eliminate debt, or make a romantic partner remain faithful."
On December 31, 2020, he allegedly emailed one spellcaster, writing: "Can you hex to have her hurt enough that she will have to depend on me or need my help?
"She's only nice to me when she needs me or [is] sick. Thanks again. Maybe [an] accident or broken bone."
Just before 1.30am on January 8, Maya's phone activity suddenly stopped and her husband sent his final email an hour later to a spell-caster, begging for help to save his marriage.
He abruptly asked for the hexes against his wife to be stopped on January 9.
Neighbors' camera captured 'gunshots'
Audio from a neighbor's security camera appears to contain a series of gunshots, recorded at 10pm on the night Millete went missing.
The family's private investigator, Billy Little Jr, claims there is also an audio recording of a "fight" that occurred inside the Millete's house on January 7 that was "so loud it could be heard outside."
The fight was followed by ten gunshots, Little reported, though the CCTV recording only has eight audible gunshots.
"After that fight, there are six gunshots. Bang, ten-second pause, bang, ten-second pause, bang, bang, bang, bang, four more shots," Little said.
News 8 previously released the CCTV video, showing only a rooftop, with a total of eight loud bangs heard in total, along with dogs barking.
Kids sent outside night mom went missing
Private investigator Billy Little Jr exclusively told The Sun that, along with the gunshots recorded on January 7, there's more disturbing video footage from that night.
"There's [also] video of the kids playing in the backyard by themselves for half an hour, out in the cold, on a school night," Little said.
Maya and Larry have three children: two daughters and one son. The children are now 5, 10 and 11 years old.
"It's 10.30pm at night. It's 40 degrees Fahrenheit. He sends the kids on a school night, outside in the backyard to go play," Little continued.
Neighbors reportedly heard the children outside as well.
Little said that to send the children outside after 10pm, in chilly January weather, is so unusual that raises red flags as to what happened, and what the children may have been witness to.
"He's got three small children in that house who are witnesses," Little explained.
"They didn't see it, but they certainly heard the fighting and they heard the gunshots."
Disturbing pic of toddler son with guns
Photographs taken in 2020 show Larry Millete’s extensive collection of rifles and handguns–and, standing among them, their four-year-old son.
Copies of the photo released to the public don't show the boy's face or body, but his feet remain visible.
The child appears to stand on a table covered end-to-end with guns. In a different photo, the huge gun collection is arranged on the floor.
The photographs were used by San Diego police in May of 2021 to convince Judge Katherine Bacal to issue a temporary gun violence restraining order against Maya’s husband.
Due to the order, Larry Millete’s gun collection was seized by officers on May 7.
A missing 40 caliber gun belonging to Larry remains missing.
Grave warning days before disappearance
After Maya disappeared, a member of her family anonymously revealed to Fox News that she made a worrying warning while on vacation with loved ones.
Maya is said to have told her family: "If anything happened to me, it would be Larry."
According to her brother-in-law Richard Drouaillet, Maya last saw her family, including her sister Maricris Drouaillet, during a camping trip just days before she went missing.
At that point, her marriage to Larry Millete had been plagued by troubles for the past year.
Maya's family and friends told private investigator Little Larry was "controlling" and they were having marital problems throughout 2020, during which he accused her of cheating with three different men.
He also says he switched from being a devout Christian to being interested in witchcraft in an effort to keep Maya from leaving him.
Missing Maya's terrifying search history
Investigators pointed to Larry's search history as evidence of his plans to do harm to his wife. Meanwhile, Maya's Google history paints a tragic picture of a woman feeling trapped.
Throughout 2020, Maya's Google search history revealed her plans to leave Larry, showing terms like "how to calculate child support payments" and "how much mortgage can I afford."
The detective noted in the declaration that these "numerous searches" were indicative of Maya "conducting research to begin a life separate from her husband."
The arrest document also noted that Maya had called a law firm on January 7 about scheduling an appointment to discuss divorcing her husband after their daughter's birthday that month.
It was the last day Maya Millete was seen alive.
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