Police say husband asked spellcasters to hex his now missing wife
Shortly before Maya "May" Millete vanished, authorities say her husband Larry messaged a spellcaster, "Please punish May and incapacitate her enough so she can't leave the house."
Updated on: July 14, 2026 / 11:38 AM EDT / CBS News
Case update: On July 9, 2026, a jury found Larry Millete guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Maya Millete.
Friends, colleagues and family of Maya Millete knew that it was unusual behavior for her to just disappear , but that is what happened in January 2021, just days before her eldest daughter's birthday. Her husband Larry offered investigators and her family various stories of why Maya was gone. Did the real answer lie in something Maya may have told her husband in an argument right before she disappeared?
The search for Maya, the unusual details surrounding her disappearance and her husband's arrest is the focus of "Searching for Maya Millete," reported by "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti.
On a chilly night in January 2021, I caught the local news coverage of a missing mother of three, Maya Millete , who suddenly disappeared from her Chula Vista, California, suburban home. Maya, who also went by the name May, had been planning the birthday celebration when she seemingly just vanished. Her family last heard from her on January 7.
Larry Millete gave her family different accounts about where Maya could have gone, from hiking to visiting wine country. But according to Maya's family, friends and colleagues at the naval base where Maya negotiated contracts for the U.S. Navy, she was not the kind of person who would just take off.