Security system analyzed in missing woman case
More than three months after a Chula Vista mother of three disappeared, police announced the formation of a formal partnership with other investigative agencies and acknowledged they are trying to determine if a neighbor's home security system captured the sound of gunshots the night she disappeared.
The multiagency group — which includes the FBI, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the county District Attorney's Office — will work together to bring May “Maya” Millete home to her family or bring “justice to May's family,” the Chula Vista Police Department said.
Police also said they are analyzing sounds recorded by a video security system on the January night investigators believe the woman disappeared.
“These bangs are being reviewed and analyzed by investigators in the hope of determining if they were gunshots,” police Lt. Dan Peak said in a statement. “It is also important to note the Chula Vista Police Department did not receive any report of gunshots during the night in question and these bangs were discovered by investigators early on in the investigation.”
Millete, a 39-year-old contract specialist with the Navy, was reported missing to Chula Vista police on Jan. 10.
According to her sister, she was last seen by her husband, Larry Millete, on Jan. 7.
The couple have three children, ages 4, 9 and 11.
Larry Millete told her family she locked herself in a room after the couple had an argument. When family members were unable to contact her after a couple of days, they called police. Her car was parked outside the family's Eastlake home.
The day she disappeared, May Millete had gone to a divorce attorney's office and filled out a client intake form, according to an attorney working on behalf of Millete's family.
Peak said detectives continue to review evidence and are going over thousands of pages of data.
As of Wednesday, investigators had interviewed 55 individuals, written 16 search warrants and reviewed more than 40 tips on Millete's possible location and reason for disappearance. Volunteers have regularly searched parks and other areas for the missing woman.
The statement was the first made on the case since the department pledged to update the public on the case every two weeks.
karen.kucher@sduniontribune.com
Driver, 56, suffers brain bleed after running into parked car
SAN DIEGO
A 56-year-old driver suffered severe injuries when he crashed into a car parked on a University City street Tuesday night, San Diego police said.
The crash occurred shortly after 9:40 p.m. on Governor Drive near Mercer Street, west of Genesee Avenue, police Officer John Buttle said.
The man was behind the wheel of a westbound 1998 Plymouth Voyager van when, for unknown reasons, he veered to the right and struck a 2002 Nissan Maxima sedan that was parked on the street, Buttle said.
The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, including a “major brain bleed” and fluid in his upper abdomen, the officer said.
City News Service
Electrical fire displaces three residents in South County
SAN DIEGO
An electrical fire gutted a living room in an Otay Mesa West house and displaced two adults, a child and their dog Tuesday morning, fire officials said.
The residents safely walked out of their home, on Robb Roy Place, off Churrituck Drive, with their dog after the fire broke out about 7:20 a.m., San Diego Fire-Rescue Department officials said.
Firefighters, who found heavy smoke, quickly put out the fire, Battalion Chief Robert Rezende told OnScene TV.
The fire and damage was mostly contained to the living room, he said. No one was injured.
Rezende said the cause of the fire appeared to be electrical in nature. The damage was pegged at $17,500.
The Red Cross was called to help the residents find lodging.
david.hernandez@sduniontribune.com