The man convicted within the 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins in Vallejo, California, is scheduled to look in Santa Clara County courtroom on Monday to face new fees for a unique case.
Matthew Muller is currently serving a 40-year sentence in an Arizona jail for the rape and false imprisonment of Huskins in what police initially thought was a hoax.
Forensic DNA testing has now led to new fees in connection to a sequence of residence invasion sexual assaults in Mountain View and Palo Alto, the Santa Clara County district legal professional’s workplace introduced.
What are the brand new fees in opposition to Matthew Muller?
The Santa Clara County district legal professional’s workplace alleges that Muller broke into the properties of ladies in Mountain View and Palo Alto. Muller is suspected of medicating, after which sexually assaulting each ladies, prosecutors say.
Both assaults occurred inside weeks of one another in 2009, from September to October, and had gone unsolved.
Investigators did initially identify Muller as a potential suspect within the Palo Alto case. However, detectives mentioned they did not have sufficient proof on the time to cost him.
Muller is scheduled to look in Santa Clara County courtroom at 1 p.m. Monday.
Real “Gone Girl” case
Muller, a Sacramento-area native, was convicted in 2022 for the 2015 kidnapping and rape of Vallejo resident Denise Huskins.
Police initially believed the disappearance was a hoax and accused Huskins’ boyfriend of perpetrating it, reminding a lot of the plot of the favored novel and film “Gone Girl.”
However, Muller was ultimately linked to the case and arrested for each Huskins’ kidnapping in addition to a house invasion in Dublin.
Huskins’ kidnapping acquired renewed curiosity in 2024 after the release of the Netflix documentary “American Nightmare” which detailed the case.
Vallejo police additionally acquired renewed criticism for its dealing with of the case after the discharge of the documentary. The department had already been sued for its dealing with of the kidnapping.
