US Edition'American Nightmare' Kidnapper Matthew Muller Pleads Guilty to 1993 Kidnapping, Sexual Assault
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUN 18 – Matthew Muller pleaded guilty to a 1993 kidnapping and sexual assault cold case after forensic advances reopened it, adding an 11 years to life sentence to his existing convictions.
- On Wednesday, Matthew Muller pleaded guilty to charges related to a 1993 kidnapping and sexual assault near Folsom Lake in California.
- The district attorney's cold case unit linked Muller to this 32-year-old crime, after he admitted forcing two campers out of their tent at gunpoint and assaulting one.
- Earlier this year, Muller admitted guilt to breaking and entering offenses that occurred in 2009 within the cities of Mountain View and Palo Alto, and he was also found guilty in connection with the 2015 kidnapping and rape of Denise Huskins in Vallejo.
- Muller received an 11-years-to-life state prison sentence in March to be served consecutively with his 40-year federal sentence and other life sentences for related crimes.
- This new conviction highlights the ongoing commitment to securing justice for Muller’s victims, with District Attorney Thien Ho emphasizing that the effort to hold offenders accountable is continuous.
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'American Nightmare' rapist Matthew Muller convicted of 1993 Folsom kidnapping, sexual assault
Matthew Muller, the man whose kidnapping and raping of a Northern California couple was highlighted in a Netflix crime documentary, has been convicted and sentenced again for kidnapping and sexual assault, according to a release from the Sacramento County District Attorney.
‘American Nightmare’ kidnapper Matthew Muller pleads guilty to crimes committed as teen
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Matthew Muller, the notorious kidnapper who held Denise Huskins captive and broke into several San Francisco Bay Area women's homes, began his criminal career when he was just 16 years old. On Wednesday, Muller pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a young girl who was camping in a tent near Folsom Lake in 1993, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said. Then-16-year-old Muller ordered two young…
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