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NEWS8 AT SIX WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS . THIS IS A LIVE SHOT FROM CHOPPER EIGHT
OVER THE HOUSE OF LARRY AND
MAYA MILLETE. MAYA HAS BEEN
MISSING FOR FOUR MONTHS. THE
LAST TIME SHE WAS SEEN WAS FOUR
MONTHS AGO TODAY POLICE ARE
RIGHT NOW ON THE SCENE
EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT. WE
SAW A CANINE UNIT GO INTO THE
HOME AND A LOT OF POLICE
ACTIVITY THERE AT THE FAMILY
HOUSE AND THIS STARTED JUST
ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO JUST
BEFORE NEWS8 AT 6:00 GOT ON THE
AIR AT 6:00 P.M. OF COURSE WE
DO HAVE A CREW THERE. WE HAVE A
CREW THERE. WE HAD JUST ABOUT
HALF AN A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO
WE TALKED WITH THE LIEUTENANT
IN CHARGE OF THIS MOMENT RIGHT
NOW HAPPENING AT THE HOME. HE
TOLD US THAT IT WAS A SEARCH
WARRANT BEING CONDUCTED AT THE
HOME WE SAW FROM THE LIVE
IMAGES THAT OUR PHOTOJOURNALIST
KEN MCGREGOR SHOWED US THERE
LIVE WHAT BEHIND THE LIEUTENANT
THERE THAT THEY WERE FOCUSING
AT ONE POINT IN A CAR ON A
TRUCK INSIDE OF THE GARAGE
THERE AT THE HOME OF COURSE.
AND THEN WE ALSO SAW AS
MARCELLA MENTIONED, THAT CANINE
BEING MOVED IN A LITTLE BIT
AFTER THAT INTERVIEW WITH THE
LIEUTENANT THE CANINE GOING IN
AND GIVING A SNIFF TO THE
SITUATION. WE WERE TOLD ABOUT
THIS FROM NEIGHBORS THERE WHO
QUICKLY GATHERED OUTSIDE TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING
HERE. AND AS WE GOT THERE YOU
COULD ALSO SEE THEM, SOME
OF THEM CROWDING ROUND REALLY
JUST TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
NEWS8 PRODUCER DAVID GOTFREDSON
HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING FOR THE
PAST FOUR MONTHS. DAVID, I
BELIEVE YOU'RE NOW AT THE SCENE
AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE
FAMILY ATTORNEY, I BELIEVE.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING THERE TODAY? WELL, WE
KNOW THAT NEIGHBORS ALERTED US
THAT THIS POLICE PRESENCE WAS
HERE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHY
UNTIL WE GOT HERE NOW CONFIRMED
THEY'RE SERVING A SEARCH
WARRANT ON THE HOME OF LARRY
MILLETE WHERE MY MILLETE THEY
LIVE. WE JUST SAW THE CANINE
DOG COME OUT WITH HIS HANDLER,
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL
.NOW I USE THAT AND HE SAID NO
INCUE NO THE DOG HERE LEARED
DAVID, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO
HEAR YOU WITH THE CHOPPER RIGHT
YET COULD YOU REPEAT I THINK
YOU SAID THAT THE THAT THE DOG
CAME OUT AND YOU ASKED IS THIS
A CADAVER DOG AND THE ANSWER
WAS NO, GO AHEAD AND REPEAT
THAT PART. WE HAD A CHOPPER BUT
THE ANSWER WAS NO, THIS IS NOT
A CADAVER DOG. HELLO? IS THIS
BETTER? YES. IS THIS BETTER
AUDIO YES. NATES OK, SO WE WERE
SORRY THIS IS THE HANDLER
OF THE CANINE UNIT IS COMING
OUT. HE'S WITH CUSTOMS AND
BORDER PROTECTION. I ASKED HIM
IF THE DOG WAS A CANINE AND IF
THE DOG WAS A CADAVER DOG AND
HE SAID NO WE'RE HERE FOR OTHER
PURPOSES BUT WE'D HAVE TO GET
FURTHER INFORMATION FROM HIS
SERGEANT SO HE'S NOT EXPLAINING
TO US EXACTLY WHY THAT DOG WAS
IN THE HOUSE PROTECTION OR
SEARCH DRUG DOG. WE'RE NOT SURE
BUT HE'S WITH A FEDERAL AGENCY
WHICH IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR A
SEARCH WARRANT BEING SERVED IN
CHULA VISTA. HE APPEARS TO BE
LEAVING NOW. SIR, CAN YOU TELL
ME WHAT KIND OF DOG THAT IS?
BUT WHAT WHAT IF YOU SPECIALIZE
IN. OH YEAH, SURE. I GOT TO GET
THAT IS IS HE A CADAVER DOG OR
IS A DRUG DOG OR I MEAN YOU'RE
A FEDERAL AGENT. WHAT IS HE
WHAT HE USED FOR SORT
OF SERGEANT ASKED ME TO COME
OVER HERE TO HELP HIM OUT ON
SOME STUFF I BUT HE WILL BE
ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
OK, I'M SORRY OK. SORRY TO
BOTHER YOU. THANK YOU. OK SO
YOU HAVE IT THERE WE DON'T GET
A LOT OF ANSWERS I TALKED TO
THE LIEUTENANT HERE HEY
LIEUTENANT, REAL QUICK WE STEP
OFF THE FRONT, SIR, WE'RE GOING
TO GIVE YOU LIKE MAYBE ANOTHER
20 MINUTES AND JUST GIVE YOU AN
UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT
WAY EVERYONE GETS THAT ONE VERY
IMPORTANT QUESTION. ARE THE
KIDS OK? YEAH, EVERYONE. YES,
KIDS ARE OK. ALL THREE KIDS ARE
ACCOUNTED FOR. THEY'RE OK. ALL
RIGHT. THANK DAVID PRIOR TO YOU
.HE'S A LIEUTENANT AND HE'S
GOING TO GIVE US I WAS JUST
GOING TO SAY DAVID, YOU HEAR ME
OK ARRIVING ON SCENE. YES. WE
CAN HEAR YOU PRIOR TO YOU
ARRIVING ON SCENE, THE
LIEUTENANT DID TELL KENNY OUR
CHIEF PHOTOJOURNALIST THAT
FAMILY MEMBERS DID ANSWER THE
DOOR AND THEY DID NOT HAVE TO
FORCE THEIR WAY AND THEY WERE
ABLE TO EXECUTE THE SEARCH AT
ONE POINT THE GARAGE DOOR WAS
UP AND IT APPEARED THAT
INVESTIGATORS WERE SURROUNDING
THE VEHICLE THAT IS INSIDE THE
GARAGE RIGHT THERE. AND NOW
WE'RE LOOKING AT PICTURES FROM
ABOVE CHOPPER EIGHT OVERHEAD
OF THE MILIOTI HOME HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO TALK TO ANYONE FROM THE
FAMILY, THE FAMILY ATTORNEY TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SEARCH
WARRANT TODAY ALL THE FAMILY
ATTORNEY KNOWS IS THERE THERE
WAS A SEARCH WARRANT SERVED
TODAY. OBVIOUSLY ALL THE POLICE
ARE HERE. BUT LET ME TELL YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS GARAGE
AND THE VEHICLES THAT WE KNOW
LARRY OWNED. WE KNOW HE OWNED
FOR BLACK VEHICLES I BELIEVE
WHEN THE GARAGE WAS OPENED
EARLIER YOU SAW HIS TRUCK, A
TOYOTA TRUCK IN THE FRONT. BUT
IT'S A TYPE OF GARAGE WHERE YOU
CAN PARK A VEHICLE BEHIND THAT
TRUCK AS WELL AND MAYA'S JEEP
MAY BE BEHIND THERE. HE ALSO
OWNS A TOYOTA VAN WHICH IS NOT
SEEN AROUND AND THEY OWNED A
LEXUS SUV WHICH WAS SEIZED ON
JANUARY TWENTY THIRD DURING
THAT SEARCH WARRANT. THAT LEXUS
SUV IS ALL WHEEL DRIVE AND IT
HAS STREET TIRES AND IT WAS
SEIZED AS PART OF THE SEARCH
WARRANT. PRESUMABLY THE SEARCH
FOR EVIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE AND
POSSIBLY TRACKING OF THAT
VEHICLE THROUGH GPS BUILT INTO
THE VEHICLE. THAT VEHICLE IS
WHAT LARRY TOLD FAMILY MEMBERS
HE DROVE ALL DAY ON FRIDAY THE
8TH THE DAY AFTER HIS WIFE WENT
MISSING. AND IF YOU IF YOU
THINK ABOUT THE TIMELINE HERE
IN MEDIA INTERVIEWS, LARRY SAID
HE ARGUED WITH HIS WIFE ON
THURSDAY AND SHE ALSO MADE AN
APPOINTMENT WITH A DIVORCE
ATTORNEY ON THURSDAY, JANUARY
7TH AS WELL. LATER THAT NIGHT
WHAT APPEARS TO BE GUNSHOTS,
LOUD BANGS WERE RECORDED ON A
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA ON THURSDAY
NIGHT AND THEN A HALF HOUR
AFTER THE GUNSHOTS WERE
RECORDED, THERE WERE SOUNDS
OF CHILDREN SEEMINGLY PLAYING
IN THE BACKYARD THE NAME OF ONE
OF THE MINOR CHILDREN OF MY CAN
BE HEARD BEING CALLED OUT BY
HER OLDER SISTER IN THAT
RECORDING. THEN THE NEXT
MORNING THERE IS VARIOUS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TAPE AROUND
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE THAT
SHOWS CARS COMING AND GOING BUT
THEY'RE NOT ENTIRELY
IDENTIFIABLE. BUT THE NEXT
MORNING LARRY MALLETTE SAYS
TOLD FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HE
WENT TO SALINA BEACH WITH HIS
FOUR YEAR OLD SON AND LEAVING
THE OTHER TWO OLDER CHILDREN
HERE AT THE HOUSE AND HE WAS
GONE ALL DAY ON FRIDAY THE DAY
AFTER SHE WENT MISSING
SUPPOSEDLY TO SOLANA BEACH IN
THAT LEXUS THAT THEY NOW
SEIZED. SO WHEN HE RETURNED
FROM THIS 10 TO 12 HOUR
EXCURSION, FAMILY MEMBERS WERE
STARTING TO GET WORRIED ABOUT
MAIA AND THEY SHOWED UP AT THE
HOUSE HERE AT LEAST HER BROTHER
DID SHOW UP TO THE HOUSE AND
DID A WALK THROUGH AND TRIED TO
SEARCH FOR HER INSIDE THE
HOUSE, THE FRONT THE BEDROOM
DOOR WAS LOCKED AND HE THOUGHT
MAYBE HE WAS IN THERE SLEEPING
AND SO HE DIDN'T PURSUE IT
FURTHER BUT THE REAL QUESTION
IS WHERE IS MY THEY HAVE BEEN
SEARCHING FOR HER EVERY WEEKEND
WE ASSUME THEY ARE LOOKING
THROUGH THAT LEXUS TO SEE IF
THEY CAN FIND WHERE IT WENT ALL
DAY ON THAT FRIDAY AND WE WANT
TO STRESS THAT THIS IS NOT BEEN
CALLED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
YET EVEN THOUGH TWO SEARCH
WARRANTS ON THIS HOUSE HAVE
BEEN SERVED AND IT'S STILL
CONSIDERED A MISSING PERSONS
INVESTIGATION. AND LARRY
MAILLET, THE HUSBAND HAS NOT
BEEN NAMED A SUSPECT OR A
PERSON OF INTEREST PUBLICLY BY
THE POLICE. IMPORTANTLY, THE
LIEUTENANT JUST TOLD ME THAT
ALL THREE CHILDREN ARE
ACCOUNTED FOR AND THEY'RE FINE
BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME
CONCERN ABOUT THOSE CHILDREN.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN LARRY. WE
ASSUME, LARRY, LET THE POLICE
IN. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO USE
THAT BATTERING RAM TO GET INTO
THE HOUSE ALTHOUGH LARRY'S
PARENTS HAVE BEEN STAYING AT
THE HOUSE AS WELL AND HELPING
WITH THE CHILDREN LARRY WORKS
AT BALLBOY NAVAL CENTER IN THE
OPTOMETRY DEPARTMENT AND WE
UNDERSTAND HE HAS BEEN GOING
BACK AND FORTH TO WORK AND THE
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN GOING TO
SCHOOL AND ALSO BEING HELPED,
YOU KNOW, WITH UNCLES AND
GRANDPARENT TAKING THEM BACK
AND FORTH TO SCHOOL. WE ALSO
KNOW A SEARCH WARRANT LIKE THIS
ONE HAS BEEN SERVED ON THE
HOUSE OF LARRY'S AUNT AND UNCLE
THAT IS IN ENCANTO IN SAN
DIEGO. THAT SEARCH WARRANT WAS
SERVED ON APRIL 1ST. NEIGHBORS
SAID THEY SAW THEM TAKING OUT
LONG RIFLES DURING THAT SEARCH
WARRANT AND WE SHOWED YOU VIDEO
OF THAT NEIGHBOR TOOK SOME
VIDEO AND GAVE IT TO NEWS EIGHT
EXCLUSIVELY ON THAT PARTICULAR
SEARCH. SO THE CHULA VISTA
POLICE SAY THEY HAVE SERVED
MORE THAN 20 SEARCH WARRANTS IN
THIS CASE AND THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN ON CELL PHONES, COMPUTERS
THAT WERE TAKEN AND ALL SORTS
OF THINGS WHERE THEY MIGHT
SERVE A SEARCH WARRANT. THE
ONLY ONES WE KNOW ABOUT ARE TWO
ON THIS HOUSE LARRY'S HOUSE AND
ONE ON THE UNCLE UNCLE RICKY
LINCOLN AT A HOUSE IN ENCANTO
KIND OF WATCH ON THE SCENE IN
CHULA VISTA. THE CHULA VISTA
POLICE ARE EXECUTING A SEARCH
WARRANT AT THE HOME THERE. IT'S
JUST HAPPENING ABOUT JUST
BEFORE 6:00 P.M. TODAY. AS YOU
SAY THAT SIX WAS COMING ON THE
AIR. YOU'RE LOOKING AT IMAGES
FROM CHOPPER EIGHT OVER THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN AS CHULA
VISTA POLICE EXECUTE A SEARCH
WARRANT AT THE HOME. WE WILL BE