What sentence did Larry Millete get for the murder of Maya Millete?

Dateline's Andrea Canning reports that the judge in Chula Vista, California sentenced Larry Millete to 25 years to life for first-degree murder, plus two years for a gun charge he pleaded guilty to after trial, effectively 27 years to life. The judge described the plan as cold and calculated, said Millete had kept a posture of denial and defiance, and imposed a 10-year protective order limiting his contact with his children.

• Each child can petition to lift the protective order once they turn 18, and Canning says the children appear to want some contact with their father.
• A jury found Millete guilty of first-degree murder in July, more than five years after Maya vanished in January 2021.

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