Katrina Kaufman

Thanks for having me.

This is such a compelling story.

It's about this young woman, a mother with a bright future who just disappeared.

And it has all of these intriguing elements.

We have casting spells.

There's an affair.

There's this allegation of attempted murder for hire and the fact that no body was ever found here.

So on a human level, it's such a tragic story.

And legally speaking, it's quite complicated.

It really is like a movie, this case.

Maya and Larry Miliete, they both worked for the U.S.

Navy.

Maya, or she was known as May by her friends, she was 39 years old when she disappeared in January of 2021.

In July, her husband Larry, that's when he became a person of interest in this case.

And in October of that same year, he was arrested.

But the reason it's taken so long to actually get to trial is that a lot happened.

There were multiple attorneys.

There was a mental competency evaluation for Larry.

And that's something that they do to make sure that a defendant is actually mentally fit to stand trial.

The defense, they also tried to remove the prosecutor from the case.