{"id":10362,"date":"2026-05-20T04:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10362"},"modified":"2026-05-20T04:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:25:25","slug":"san-diego-murder-trial-of-missing-wife-involves-alleged-plant-poison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10362","title":{"rendered":"San Diego murder trial of missing wife involves alleged plant poison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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Thanks again. Maybe [an] accident or broken bone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Larry and Maya Millete. <span class=\"credit\">Screenshot ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutors say the messages show a man escalating from emotional manipulation into darker fantasies of control and harm as his marriage collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>As testimony began Tuesday, jurors also heard emotional testimony from Maya\u2019s father, Pablito Tabalanza.<\/p>\n<p>While being questioned by prosecutors, Tabalanza broke down crying on the witness stand and shouted directly at Millete: \u201cI loved my daughter very much. Why did you do this? Why did you do this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maya\u2019s sister previously told investigators that Maya had met with two divorce attorneys shortly before her disappearance and warned the split would be \u201cmessy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also said Maya confided a haunting fear, telling her, \u201cif anything happened to her, it\u2019s going to be Larry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larry Millete was arrested on Oct. 19, 2021, and charged with first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>He has pleaded not guilty and maintains that Maya left on her own.<\/p>\n<p>Defense attorney Colby Ryan rejected the prosecution\u2019s theory, arguing investigators locked onto Millete too early and ignored other potential suspects, including a co-worker Maya allegedly had an affair with and the man\u2019s pregnant wife, a county sheriff\u2019s deputy.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan also challenged the poison evidence, telling jurors that most tests showed no sign of hemlock and suggesting the lone positive result could be a false reading caused by a similar plant.<\/p>\n<p>He called the prosecution\u2019s case \u201ctragic, emotional (and) provocative,\u201d but said it only works if jurors believe Millete pulled off what he described as \u201cthe perfect murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to last about three months and is already drawing intense attention, even as Superior Court Judge Enrique Camarena barred cameras and live streaming from the courtroom, forcing observers to follow the case through a closed video feed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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