Chilling video shows freezer being loaded into van a day after Chula Vista wife vanished

Nypost · Jun 02, 2026 · 781 words · By Daniel Farr

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Chilling video shows freezer being loaded into van a day after Chula Vista wife vanished See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The California Post on GoogleJurors in the murder trial of Larry Millete heard dramatic testimony Monday from the lead investigator who helped piece together the disappearance of Maya Millete, the San Diego-area mother who vanished from her home in…

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Jesse Vicente, who spent 18 years with the Chula Vista Police Department before later joining the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, walked the jury through surveillance footage, cellphone evidence and key moments investigators believe mark…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 19 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Footage captured a freezer being taken out of the property and loaded into the vehicle [a white SUV belonging to Larry Millete’s aunt, Katherine Fredericks]”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 2: “investigators concluded there was no video showing Maya leaving the family home after she went back inside at approximately 4:45 p.m.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that investigators (specifically Vicente) testified that video shows her entering the house at 4:45 p.m. and that there is no video of her leaving thereafter.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... On Monday, former Chula Vista Police Department investigators helped introduce video-surveillance evidence from neighbors, showing the last ...
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/lead-detective-in-may…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... According to Vicente, Maya was last seen on video on Jan. 7, 2021, the day she disappeared. Surveillance footage showed her arriving home around ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/chilling-video-shows-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Vicente testified that after reviewing hundreds of hours of footage, there is video of Maya going back into the house at 4:45 p.m. on Jan. 7, ...
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/millete-trial-day-8…

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Claim 3: “Jesse Vicente, who spent 18 years with the Chula Vista Police Department before later joining the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office”

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While multiple sources confirm Jesse Vicente was with the Chula Vista Police Department, the specific detail about '18 years' and joining the 'San Diego County District Attorney’s Office' is not explicitly corroborated across the provided evidence snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jesus Salud (born 3 May 1963) is a Filipino-born American former professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight title from 1989 to 1990. Salud also captured the NABF…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Salud

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Lollapalooza lineups, sorted by year. Lollapalooza was an annual travelling music festival organized from 1991 to 1997 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell. The concept was reviv…
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Claim 4: “Maya was last seen on video on Jan. 7, 2021, the day she disappeared”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Maya Millete disappeared on January 7, 2021, and that video evidence was used to establish this as the last time she was seen.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maya "May" Millete (born May 1, 1981) is a Filipino American woman who disappeared on January 7, 2021, in Chula Vista, California. A police investigation into her disappearance occurred. Her husband, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Maya_Millete

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable people were born in, residents of, attended an education institution in, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Chula Vista, California. Notation next to name is not wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Chula_Vist…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of people who have disappeared mysteriously since the year 2000. This includes people whose whereabouts are unknown or whose deaths are not substantiated, except for people who disappea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_disappeared…

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Claim 5: “Surveillance footage showed her arriving home around 4:44 p.m. and carrying out routine activities around the house”

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Multiple web search results confirm surveillance footage showed her arriving home around 4:43 p.m. or 4:44 p.m. on January 7, 2021.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 9, 2026 ... ... surveillance footage coming home, but no footage ever showed ... MAYA MILLETE CASE OVERVIEW MAYA MILLETE DISAPPEARED FROM HER HOME IN 2021 ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYIf14Qksv7/?hl=en

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 1, 2026 ... ... Maya got home on January 7th around 4:43 PM and she was never seen since. That night between 8 and 9 PM, you hear loud bangs on surveillance ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVXc7VkjzMY/?hl=en

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Claim 6: “footage showed movement around the vehicle before it left the residence at approximately 6:45 a.m. on Jan. 8 and returned later that evening.”

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Claim 7: “The audio was also analyzed by the FBI, which also could not identify what caused the noises.”

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Claim 8: “Jurors in the murder trial of Larry Millete heard dramatic testimony Monday from the lead investigator who helped piece together the disappearance of Maya Millete”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Jesse Vicente, a lead investigator, testified in the Larry Millete murder trial regarding the disappearance of Maya Millete.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 · Jesse Vicente, one of the lead investigators on the disappearance of Maya Millete. Det. Vicente testified hundreds of tips came in during the ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABC10News/posts/testimony-on-day-12…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 · Vicente testified that the video helped investigators piece together a timeline of the last time Maya was seen alive on Jan. 7, 2021, her Jeep ...
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/lead-detective-in-may…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 15, 2026 · Jesse Vicente, one of the lead investigators on the disappearance of Maya Millete. Det. Vicente testified hundreds of tips came in during the ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABC10News/posts/in-the-days-leading…

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Claim 9: “More startling sounds were heard around 9:57 p.m., when multiple loud bangs echoed through the neighborhood”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim of multiple loud bangs at 9:57 p.m.

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Claim 10: “At about 8:45 p.m., a loud bang was recorded.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim of a loud bang at 8:45 p.m.

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Claim 11: “Jurors previously learned of a letter Maya allegedly wrote to Larry in August 2020 containing the message, “Let me find my peace…I cannot find it with you.””

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Claim 12: “he exchanged hundreds of messages seeking supernatural assistance to influence or harm Maya [with online spellcasters]”

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Claim 13: “A tutor arrived at the residence around 5:12 p.m. and left shortly after 6 p.m.”

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The provided evidence for this claim discusses the general case or other unrelated events, but does not mention a tutor visiting the residence between 5:12 p.m. and 6 p.m.

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web search NEUTRAL — Larry Millete is accused of killing wife May "Maya" Millete, who disappeared in January 2021. breaking_news_06 · Suspected drunken driver arrested after deadly ...
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/location/california/san…

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web search NEUTRAL — Karina's home with a samurai sword. He beheaded her in the street outside her apartment, while her two young children were just feet away. Maya Millete and her ...
https://audioboom.com/channels/5067089.rss

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 25, 2026 · March 2026 Trials: ⚖️ Larry Millete (California) May 'Maya' Millete, a Chula Vista mother of 3, disappeared from her home on January 7, 2021, ...
https://www.facebook.com/galvestonsheriffsoffice/posts/𝗚𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗲…

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Claim 14: “Maya Millete, the San Diego-area mother who vanished from her home in January 2021”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Maya Millete disappeared from her home in Chula Vista, California, in January 2021.

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web search NEUTRAL — Maya "May" Millete (born May 1, 1981) is a Filipino American woman who disappeared on January 7, 2021, in Chula Vista, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Maya_Millete

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Claim 15: “investigators say links Larry to online searches involving hemlock, a highly toxic plant, as well as searches related to poisons capable of killing quickly.”

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Claim 16: “The defense noted that the Millete case was Vicente’s first homicide investigation.”

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Claim 17: “One piece of footage showed a freezer being wheeled out of her Chula visit home and loaded into a vehicle before it departed”

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One web search result mentions a 'chilling video shows freezer being loaded into van a day after Chula Vista mom disappeared', but other provided evidence for this claim is generic (definitions of surveillance) and does not provide corroboration.

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web search NEUTRAL — George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four portrays a fictional totalitarian surveillance society with a very simple mass surveillance system consisting of human operatives, informants, and two-way "…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance

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Claim 18: “Her sister, Maricris, ultimately contacted authorities to report her missing”

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Claim 19: “cameras showed Larry repositioning Maya’s Jeep twice within a short period [on Jan 9]”

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