maya chinn was the daughter of local chinese restaurant owner sally chinn and the college girlfriend of noah bennett. noah and maya witnessed a murder in college and broke up shortly thereafter; years later, in early 2006, alistair crane blackmailed maya into breaking up noah's relationship with his granddaughter, fancy crane. maya told noah that the people involved in the murder were after them, and noah was forced to make fancy believe that he didn't love her and was cheating on her with maya. maya and noah were caught up in alistair's omega plot in rome, where it was revealed that spike lester had murdered the man in the attic on alistair's orders. noah also discovered that maya had been working with the terrorist organization threatening them, and was furious with her. maya begged for noah's forgiveness and swore to help him win back fancy, but before she could make good on her word, a storm hit rome, causing maya to lose her balance and fall from the roof of their hotel to her death on june 14, 2006. in 2008 the demon elf briefly considered reviving maya's spirit to drive a wedge between noah and his new lover paloma lopez-fitzgerald, but later abandoned the idea.