Cops probing husband of missing Maya Millette as 'person of interest' feared he'd use huge weapons stash - including illegal assault rifles - for shoot-out with police, restraining order reveals

The husband of missing mom Maya Millete has been slapped with a gun restraining order after authorities feared he might 'shoot police' using a huge arsenal of illegal weapons. 

Larry Milette was last week named as a 'person of interest' in the disappearance of his wife Maya, 39, who vanished from their home in Chula Vista, California on January 7. 

Unredacted documents released on Monday, which were filed back in May, reveal Larry was given the gun restraining order after cops discovered a photo on his phone which showed '16 firearms, four U.S. passports, several high capacity magazines and hundreds of rounds of ammunition' in his possession. 

The weapons included a 'two short barreled AR-15 illegal assault weapon platforms, three pump shotguns, and five semi-automatic handguns.'

The restraining order states that authorities were concerned that Larry 'may flee the state or country with his three young minor children or... shoot it out with police due to photographs showing several unregistered and/or illegal assault rifles'.

Larry Millete, the husband of missing mom Maya Millete, has been slapped with a gun restraining order after authorities feared he might 'shoot police' using a huge arsenal of illegal weapons. The couple are seen in an old social media photo

Authorities released this photo of Larry's stash of weapons and four passports. They say the haul includes two illegally-owned AR-15 rifles 

Larry denies all claims of wrongdoing, and says he has nothing to do with his wife's disappearance. He also insisted the weapons found by cops were all legally-owned.  

Larry and Maya share three children together - aged four, 10 and 11. He continues to have custody of the youngsters. 

Another photo, also purportedly found on Larry's phone, shows the couple's four-year-old son standing on a kitchen table surrounded by the weapons. 

It was taken in January 2020 - almost a year before Maya went missing.  

Officials claimed that Larry owned a total of 22 weapons -  of which only eight were legally registered to him.  

When police searched the Millete residence in January 2021 in connection with Maya's disappearance, Larry was said to have told officers he knew they were coming for his guns and gave multiple firearms to friends. 

He then refused to name those in possession of his guns. 

By the time the restraining order was issued, police had recovered only two semi-automatic weapons belonging to Larry. 

In the months since Maya went missing her relatives have spoken out several times about how her marriage to Larry was unraveling and she was preparing to file for divorce.

In April, it emerged that Maya had shared a post in a Facebook group for mothers on the same day she vanished claiming she was seeking advice on a local family law firm on behalf of 'a friend'. 

It emerged Maya set up a meeting with a divorce attorney on the day she was last seen. Maya, Larry and their three children

'Asking for a friend - Has anyone used or have gone through the services of collaborative practice San Diego for divorce? Looking for insights? Positive/negative aspect?' she wrote, according to Fox News.  

She eventually made an appointment with divorce lawyer Marisa Nahale for the following week, but went missing before they could meet.  

In May, Maya's older sister Maricris told Fox News her sibling had been considering leaving her husband over the last year. 

'I think she was ready in December, and then she finally decided to file that divorce that day,' she said. 

Maricris' husband Richard had previously said that the last time he and his wife saw Maya was on a camping trip shortly before she vanished, during which she warned them: 'If anything happened to me, it would be Larry.'  

In a new interview with Fox News, Richard explained that Larry and Maya's marriage began falling apart months earlier, and claimed that Larry repeatedly reached out to his wife's family about their problems. 

'He was more of an aggressor, trying to get us involved,' Richard said of Larry. 

'He was trying to get us on his side, when we felt like it was a lot of lies that he was telling us.' 

Maya's family have claimed she confided in them days before she vanished that 'if anything happened to me, it would be Larry.' Larry and Maya together

Richard recalled how Larry had called him asking for advice about his marriage last summer. 

'He just sounded desperate, you know, "You gotta listen to me. It's her fault, it's her fault,"' Richard said.

TIMELINE OF MAYA MILLETE'S DISAPPEARANCE 

January 7, 2020: Maya Millete is last seen at her home in Chula Vista the same day she was scheduled to meet with a divorce attorney. 

January 10: Maya's family visits her home and speaks to her husband Larry before reporting her missing.

January 23: Police execute their first search warrant at the Millete home. 

April 1: Police search the home of Larry's aunt and uncle in San Diego and seize several boxes of evidence - including six rifles.

April 21: The FBI, San Diego County District Attorney's Office and Naval Criminal Investigative Service join the Chula Vista Police Department's investigation.

May 5: Larry is served with a temporary gun violence restraining order after cops discovered his arsenal of weapons, many of them illegally owned. 

May 7: Police search the Millete home a second time. 

May 19: Police announce a new search of an abandoned golf course a mile from the Millete home. 

July 1: Police search the Millete home a third time and tow away Maya's black Jeep.

July 22: Police confirm Larry Millete is a person of interest in his wife's disappearance. 

He said that Larry began sending increasingly bizarre messages to his in-laws in the months that followed. 

In September he allegedly sent on of Maya's relatives a photo that showed a picture of the couple covered in what appeared to be drops of blood and four candles.  

'He did some extreme s**t,' Richard said.

Maya's relatives also told Fox News that they've been cautious about speaking out because they're afraid of Larry.  

An anonymous source claimed to Fox News in April that Larry suspected his wife of having an affair, and that he offered to pay a hit man $20,000 to kill the man last summer. 

The source said Larry was still talking about it in January, in the days before Maya went missing, and that he seemed 'pretty serious' about it.    

Investigators have searched the family home multiple times since Maya disappeared and dozens of searches have been held in the local community.

At least 52 search warrants have been issued and more than 70 people interviewed as part of the investigation to date. 

The most recent search of the family home was carried out on July 1 where Maya's black Jeep was seen being towed away by authorities. 

Police also carried out a search on the home with K-9 units in May.  

The same month, investigators spent a week scouring the site of a golf course that shut down in 2018 and sits around a mile from Maya's home. 

Police did not specify what lead them to search the golf course. Aerial images show the area includes a small body of water, sand traps from the old course and a large empty parking lot. 

It is flanked by hills with hiking trails to the north, a neighborhood to the south and empty fields on either side.  

Police executed their first search warrant at the Millete home on January 23, 13 days after Maya's family visited her home, spoke to her husband and reported her missing. 

All of Maya's vehicles were outside her home, but they noted that she had not responded to a text since January 7.    

Maya is described as being 5'2' and 105lbs with brown hair. She has tattoos of musical notes on her clavicle and a tattoo of a hummingbird on her back.  

Maya, 39, vanished on January 7 from the home in Chula Vista that she shares with her husband and their three children aged 4, 10 and 11

The mother is described as being 5'2' and 105lbs with brown hair. She is said to have a tattoos of musical notes and hummingbird 

 Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Chula Vista Police Department at 619-691-5151 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-847.