At several points Thursday morning, the voice of Patricia Laird rose in volume as she recounted with frustration what she went through in 2020. Her highly anticipated testimony in Larry Millete’s murder trial revealed the stress of being cheated on and lied to while she was pregnant. Larry is a ccused of killing his wife Maya in 2021, the woman who was the other part of the Laird love triangle. He’s pleaded not guilty, and Maya’s body has never been found.  Patricia Laird is now divorced from Jamey Laird, the man who began that illicit relationship with Maya after the two met at work. Maya was one of his supervisors at the Navy’s Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, where the two worked on military contracts. An undated picture of Larry Maya Millete. Laird, who’s employed as a deputy for the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, said she kicked Jamey out of their home in February of 2020 after she saw an Instagram direct message from another woman on his phone. Not long after, she said she received a call from Larry, who told her that his wife, Maya, and her husband were cheating together. Laird said that would be the first of a large number of calls from Larry. Often it was weekly, she said, with him asking her if she knew where her husband was, where his wife was, and if she and Jamey were trying to work out their relationship. Laird also said that in 2020, she didn’t believe the affair between Jamey and Maya was real. She said Jamey adamantly denied it again and again, though he would eventually admit pieces of what was going on. In fact, she testified that she only really found out the full extent of Jamey’s lying and cheating this week. During Jamey Laird’s testimony on Monday, he admitted to lying to his wife, friends, co-workers, and to police who investigated Maya’s disappearance. “I didn’t know all the details until two days ago when everybody else found out!” Laird exclaimed. 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By September of 2020, Jamey had been allowed to move back home. “I didn’t want to be part of the drama,” Laird said. “I wanted to focus on my pregnancy. I wanted to move forward and not be part of this triangle.” Deputy District Attorney Christy Bowles showed the court evidence of the blocked phone numbers on Laird’s phone. It included numbers for Larry’s personal cell, Larry’s work cell, Larry’s work landline, Larry’s Aunt’s phone, Larry’s work supervisor’s phone, and even one of Larry’s children’s phones. Laird said the calls from Larry continued, and she even received one two days before Maya disappeared. That was also when she was just days away from the birth of her first child. “I remember I wanted to move forward. I’m preparing to have a baby!” Laird exclaimed. “I’m done with this drama. I’m done with this triangle of love.” Jamey’s wife confronted Maya about the affair Maya Millete Laird said she then asked Larry for Maya’s cell phone number and called her out of the blue. Laird said that Maya was shocked by the sudden confrontation, but denied the affair. Laird said Maya told her Jamey wouldn’t do that to her and said that Larry was crazy. Laird said hearing that word flipped a switch in her head, and she went into what she calls law enforcement mode. “I asked her if she was scared or intimidated, and she said no,” Laird testified. “I asked because that’s my profession,” Laird said. “When people say, ‘crazy,’ they need to elaborate more, especially because they’re bringing their drama toward me. And she’s talking about divorce, and Jamey loves you, and all of that…When she said crazy, I needed to ask, ‘What do you mean?’” Despite the accusations of the affair, Laird said she wanted to help Maya by guiding her towards court-ordered protection. “I offered her some restraining order resources if she needed it and she said she would go to the Chula Vista Police Department if she needed it.” Laird also testified that Maya told her that she was lying to Larry when she told him the affair was real in an effort to shut him up and make him feel stupid. She said she wanted to make him realize that she really was going to divorce him. Laird said that made her angry, that her relationship was being used in this way. She also had concerns that it could impact her professionally. Patricia Laird confirms her husband’s alibi during time Maya vanished Laird went into labor the same day that Maya was last seen alive – Jan. 7, 2021. The deputy testified that her husband, Jamey, took her to the hospital and didn’t leave until at least Jan. 10, when she was discharged after overcoming complications. It has been a point of contention from the defense that police didn’t properly investigate Jamey’s whereabouts. Questioning related to that hasn’t been allowed by Judge Enrique Camarena because he’d forbid a type of defense called third-party culpability. Essentially, defense attorneys are not allowed to even suggest that another person is guilty of the crime that a defendant is on trial for. During cross-examination, Colby Ryan, one of Larry’s two defense attorneys, made a point to ask Laird how Larry acted during phone calls. She said he was always polite, never raised his voice, and always apologized for bothering her at the end of every call. Finally, when Bowles returned to ask Laird a few final questions, she inquired if Larry always said each call would be the last one. “He’s said he’d never call you again?” Bowles asked. “Yes,” Laird replied. “But he would?” Bowles asked. “Yes,” Laird replied. Laird also revealed the calls did eventually stop. She said she never received another call from Larry after Maya went missing. Maya’s marriage therapist testifies about her divorce decision The prosecution called Jeffrey Palitz, MS, LMFT, to the stand Thursday afternoon. The licensed marriage and family therapist revealed that Maya was his client beginning in late 2020. Palitz said they had seven telehealth sessions together, which were almost entirely focused on her depression and anxiety stemming from Larry’s behaviors, which he described as controlling and manipulative. The therapist testified that she was initially reluctant to leave Larry, fearing the impact on her three children. “She said to me she was concerned that when she told her husband [about divorcing him] that he might harm the children to get back at her,” Palitz said. “She was very concerned he would react with anger and possibly violence.” Palitz revealed that their final session together was on Jan. 4, 2021 – three days before she was last seen alive. In that session, he said Maya spoke with him virtually, from inside of her closet. “She was concerned her husband was eavesdropping on our session,” Palitz said. However, during that session, Palitz said she was now determined to leave Larry and had an appointment scheduled with a divorce attorney the following week. Maya never attended that meeting, and also never had another session with Palitz, which he said was scheduled for Jan. 12, 2021. During cross-examination, Palitz said that Maya had disclosed to him that she had an affair, but said it was over. Documents found on Larry’s work computer At the end of the day, District Attorney’s Office investigator James Rhoades took the stand to go through several different pieces of evidence. That includes financial transactions that indicate that Maya’s accounts had virtually no money in them throughout 2020, with the implication that Larry was controlling her access to the family’s money. Rhoades also revealed that he obtained receipts that indicate that Larry paid for nine different car washes between Jan. 15 and Feb. 1 of 2021. There were instances where multiple washes happened on the same day, for several of those days. The investigators also revealed that he was able to recover two Word documents from Larry’s work computer. Both appear to be a list of demands aimed at changing his wife’s behavior. The first, entitled “Vices,” contained four items: Drinking, Tattoos, Phone Addiction, and Happy Staying Home W/ Kids. Each had its own set of bullets that walked the recipient through steps to change behaviors. The second document, entitled “I ALWAYS VALUE MY HUSBAND LARRY,” contained a numbered list of twenty items. Those included*: I always value my husband Larry’s opinions I am confident with my husband Larry’s decisions I find it easy to listen to and obey my husband Larry I feel confident in my husband Larry’s recommendations My husband Larry has my best interest in mind I am comfortable with listening and obeying my husband Larry I value the opinions of my husband Larry My husband Larry is often right I will obey my husband Larry I am always faithful and loyal to my husband Larry I will be a better wife to my husband Larry I find it easy to love my husband Larry Living with my husband Larry comes naturally to me Submitting to and obeying my husband Larry is easy to do I feel comfortable submitting to and obeying my husband Larry *Note: the exact verbatim of these items may differ slightly from what appears above. Testimony will continue Monday, which will likely be the final day of witnesses for the prosecution. The judge had said the defense expects to present its case over five days. ...read more read less