January 7th, 2021. That's the last time anyone saw Maya Miliette, a 39-year-old California mother of three.

In October, her husband, Larry Milite, was arrested and charged with her murder.

Five years later, he went on trial in Chula Vista, outside San Diego. And now, after the jury deliberated,

we have a verdict. Milliette has been found guilty of murder. I'm CBS News Legal Analyst and

Criminal Defense Attorney Caroline Polisi, and this is a special episode of case by case.

This was a largely circumstantial nobody case, one we covered for weeks on this podcast,

with witnesses ranging from Maya's friends and family to her former lover and that man's ex-wife.

And then there was the spellcaster.

But even with this verdict, one question remains, where is Maya's body?

48 hours first reported on Maya's disappearance back in 2021 and 2022.

Her sister, Mary Chris Drulier, described her lovingly.

She was the gifted one, you know.

She got the brains.

She's very kind, very caring.

She loves her kids.

Maya and Larry met and married young,

and both went on to work for the U.S. Navy.

They waited a few years before having their three kids.

When Maya vanished without a trace,

Mary Criss couldn't process it.

You know, I'm still in denial. Like, you know, it's like I still can't believe it's happening

that she's nowhere to be found. Like, she's nowhere. Like, she just vanished. Like,

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