Overview
- Prosecutor testimony Monday showed neighborhood cameras record Maya Millete entering her Chula Vista home around 4:45 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2021 and no footage of her leaving later that night.
- Investigators told jurors that audio from the neighborhood captured a single loud bang around 8:45 p.m. and multiple bangs near 10 p.m., and that the FBI reviewed the sounds but could not identify their source.
- Surveillance presented in court showed early-morning activity with the family’s Lexus on Jan. 8, 2021 plus footage of a freezer being loaded into a white SUV the day after Maya vanished.
- Prosecutors have layered digital and forensic evidence including a downloaded phone, gaps in phone and vehicle GPS records, alleged searches about poisons, and messages soliciting ‘hexes,’ though some physical traces and interpretations remain contested.
- Defense lawyers have pressed for proof the investigation fully explored other leads, but the judge has barred third-party culpability claims and the months-long trial will hinge on jurors’ assessment of circumstantial evidence and unanswered anomalies.