(KRON) — Matthew Muller, the infamous convicted kidnapper within the Vallejo “Gone Girl” case has been charged in a collection of dwelling invasion sexual assaults stemming from 15 years in the past. The incidents happened in Mountain View and Palo Alto, in line with the Santa Clara County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
Muller, 47, was one of many central figures within the Netflix documentary collection “American Nightmare” concerning the 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins. Authorities initially suspected the kidnapping as being a hoax perpetrated by Huskins and her boyfriend.
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On March 23, 2015, Muller broke into Huskins’ dwelling the place he drugged and tied up the couple. He kidnapped Huskins and drove her to a cabin in South Lake Tahoe the place he sexually assaulted her.
Denise Huskins talks to a Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy in Seaside on March 21, 2024. (KRON4 / Amy Larson)
Two days later, he drove her to Southern California the place he launched her. The case drew comparisons to the movie, “Gone Girl.”
Muller was later recognized as a suspect and arrested. The Vallejo Police Division ultimately paid Huskins and her boyfriend $2.5 million in a settlement.
In accordance with the Santa Clara County DA, a brand new lead led to coordinating with the Palo Alto and Mountain View police departments. Proof was despatched again to the DA’s crime lab for additional testing.
Muller’s DNA was discovered on straps used to bind one of many victims. The DA and the police departments performed a observe up investigation leading to these new expenses.
Muller, in line with the DA, now faces two felony counts of committing a sexual assault throughout a house invasion for the 2009 crimes.
“The details of this person’s violent crime spree seem scripted for Hollywood, but they are tragically real,” District Legal professional Jeff Rosen stated. “Our goal is to make sure this defendant is held accountable and will never hurt or terrorize anyone ever again. Our hope is that this nightmare is over.”
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On Sept. 29, 2009, Muller allegedly broke right into a Mountain View lady’s dwelling, attacked her, tied her up, made her drunk a “concoction of medications,” and stated he was going to rape her, the DA stated. After the sufferer, a girl in her 30s, talked him out of it, he instructed she get a canine and fled.
The second incident occurred on Oct. 18 of the identical yr. Muller allegedly broke right into a Palo Alto dwelling, certain and gagged a girl in her 30s and made her drink Nyquil. He started to assault her, the DA stated, earlier than being persuaded to cease.
Muller gave the sufferer crime prevention advise and fled. Each instances have been investigated however went unsolved, the DA stated.
Muller pleaded responsible to kidnapping within the “Gone Girl” case in 2016 and to the sexual assault of Denise Huskins in 2022.
This week, Muller was transferred from a federal jail in Tucson, Arizona, to a Santa Clara County jail to face the brand new expenses. He’s scheduled to be arraigned on the Corridor of Justice in San Jose Monday afternoon. If convicted, he’ll face a life jail sentence, prosecutors stated.
