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This episode covers the convictions and ongoing trials in three high-profile murder cases involving Larry Millete, Isaac Apodaca, and Ashlee Buzzard.

A three-case roundup. In San Diego, a jury convicted Larry Millete, 44, of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Maya Millete, a Chula Vista mother who vanished in January 2021 and whose body has never been found; prosecutors built the case partly on messages Millete allegedly sent to online spellcasters before she disappeared, and jurors convicted in under a day without agreeing on the method of killing. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the first-degree murder trial of Isaac Apodaca, 30, is underway in the 2022 sword killing of 21-year-old Grace Jennings; prosecutors say Apodaca never held the weapon but spent months manipulating his girlfriend, Kiara McCulley — who pleaded guilty and is testifying — into the killing by convincing her she was part of a vigilante group. Apodaca has pleaded not guilty and says he was the one manipulated. And in Lompoc, California, Ashlee Buzzard, 40, charged with murder in the death of her nine-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard — whose remains were found in Utah in December after she was reported missing in October 2025 — was back in court; she has pleaded not guilty, and her preliminary hearing is set for September. This episode discusses the…

Topics covered

• murder trials
• true crime
• legal proceedings
• domestic violence
• child abuse
• justice system

Keywords

• Larry Millete
• Maya Millete
• Isaac Apodaca
• Grace Jennings
• murder trial
• child abuse
• true crime
• justice
• domestic violence

Mentioned in this episode

Places: San Diego, Santa Fe, California, Utah

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