I slowly counted to 10. Misty Carausu had a nagging feeling that Muller had attempted this kind of crime before. News reports indicates detectives in Palo Alto are reexamining the evidence of a 2009 home invasion with similar elements to the crimes in which Muller is suspected. The judge has not yet ruled on that, Johnson told 48 Hours' Crimesider. The cell phone number pointed police to Muller's South Lake Tahoe address and in turn much of the evidence against him in the Vallejo case, according to the FBI. We were telling [the detective] what a good kid he was, said Marianne Quinn, his mother. Quinn and Huskins continue to believe that there were others involved in the home invasion and kidnapping, but Muller is the only person who has ever been charged. After all, the sequence of events was very similar. I was really afraid that she wouldnt want to see me that she would just want to wipe her hands clean.. Rappaport blamed the department for rushing to judgment and ignoring key facts and clues. Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 12 of 27 Steve Reed, a spokesperson for the Muller family spoke to reporters after Matthew Muller plead guilty to the kidnapping of Aaron's . This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. I grabbed my bags and started walking down that alley and I looked at the corner street name and I saw Utica, which is the street that I grew up on.. I knew from experience how this was going to go down, Russo said. Huskins, 29, turned up safe two days later in her hometown of Huntington Beach, where she says she was dropped off, hours before a ransom demand was due. The FBI also uncovered four aerial drones - two of which had cameras -- and a wireless video camera and receiver in a Vallejo storage locker they say links Muller to Huskins' kidnapping, according to the affidavit. In the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2009, a 27-year-old victim was sleeping in her Mountain View, Calif. apartment when she awoke to an unknown man on her back, according to the FBI. He then pled no contest to two counts of forcible rape. "Gone Girl" kidnapper Matthew Muller a former Marine and a Harvard-educated lawyer who was later disbarred will spend 40 years in prison for the 2015 abduction of a woman that was revealed. Campos said that Mullers mother told them he was staying at their cabin in the South Lake Tahoe area. That terrifying night, both of them were bound and Huskins was kidnapped. After the man left, Quinn said he was able to push the goggles off his eyes, but the drugs were starting to take effect, and at around 5 a.m., he passed out. Huskins' Boyfriend Quickly Reported Her Missing. Others called him friendly and funny. Raised by two longtime educators in the Sacramento area, Muller was a high achiever at Bella Vista High. Dublin police were able to trace the phone to a woman who told them that it belonged to her son, a man named Matthew Muller, whod lost his phone a day earlier. The intruder says, We have a problem and he says to Aaron, Do Denise and your ex-fiance look-alike?, At that moment, Quinn said he released a guttural sigh., I was like, Yes, they both have long, blonde hair, Quinn said. ABCs 20/20: Gone Girl examines the 2015 home invasion and kidnapping case involving Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins, who went from victims to suspects within mere days. https://t.co/ZGewROXCaQ pic.twitter.com/nrGoAIxPHv. Matthew Daniel Muller served in the Marines in Afghanistan, graduated from two of the most prestigious universities in the country and was a research assistant at Harvard Law School before. The FBI, which also got involved in the case, gave Aaron Quinn a polygraph exam -- something he was eager to take to prove his innocence -- which they say he failed. Muller's attorney, Thomas Johnson, is asking a judge to throw out much of the evidence in the case, saying it was obtained through an illegal search of the cellphone. He is also survived by his aunts, uncles and cousins, as well. At Bella Vista, Matthew Muller was a high achievement student but was largely unmemorable, said Mary Shelton, his ninth-grade English teacher. "He was a very, very hard worker," said Volberding, a UCLA law student who also attended Pomona College with Muller from 1999 to 2003. Family members of Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, urge the judge to consider the pain caused by . Quinn told police he heard a noise similar to a stun gun, and then a man, who authorities allege was Matthew Muller, told Huskins and Quinn to lie face down on the bed. Gary Silva of Huntington Beach proclaimed the department the dumbest organization in America.. Augusta, GAMatthew V. Muller entered into rest on Saturday December 18th. Matthew Muller faces sentencing next week in the March 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins. But it was on June 5, three months after the fact, when Matthew attempted to break into another home in California, that he was identified as a suspect. A court in January issued a default judgment, saying Muller failed to refund $1,250 to a client and had told a client that he had filed necessary immigration papers when he had not. And in that moment, I just thought, Oh my God. She said Muller was pleasant, had friends and played saxophone in the school band. Student dead, another injured following stabbing at a Santa Rosa high school, police say. Rappaport said this new evidence still didnt deter police from their theory that Aaron Quinn and Huskins story was too unbelievable to be true. One of them had just your typical pen-style laser pointer that was duct-taped to it., There were several swim goggles that were duct-taped black, Carausu added. The details of the kidnap were extraordinary, involving drugs, ransom, duct tape, wet suits, swim goggles and anonymous emails to newspapers. Matthew Muller is accused in a bizarre California kidnapping plot, and the contents of his "off the record" jailhouse conversation are now public in an FBI affidavit . After being found mentally unfit to stand trial, Matthew was ordered to take antipsychotic medication until he was deemed mentally competent. On Nov. 13, 2009, Muller was reported missing by his then wife, according to the affidavit. Matthew Muller, who was formerly serving a 40- time judgment for civil offences, was doomed to Solano county superior court, according to the county quarter attorney's office. Quinns older brother is an FBI agent, so he decided he would call him instead, but his brother instructed him to immediately call 911. Because the federal court lacked jurisdiction, Aaron was not charged with the related criminal accusations of sexual assault and robbery. Matthew Muller was arrested in South Lake Tahoe on June 8, 2015, and charged with kidnapping for ransom in federal court. She said it was devastating. They cried and held each other when they finally reunited nearly a week after that terrifying night, Huskins said. Aaron Quinn and Huskins defense attorneys say they celebrated the developments in the case, holding a press conference in which they called for full apologies from the Vallejo Police Department. He has a brother and a sister, Johnson said. In September 2015, Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn came forward and admitted to being kidnapped, sexually tortured, and held captive for three days. In interviews with NBC Bay Area, Johnson and his former college roommate,Alex Volberding,who is working at a law firm in San Francisco this summer, described Muller, of Orangeville, California, as someone who stood out in college because of his drive and wit. Weeks passed without a break in the case and Huskins and Aaron Quinn found themselves the prime suspects in their own home invasion and kidnapping case. I knew that hed be a great partner but I could see that he was struggling.. 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Upon looking deeper into him, it came to light that even though hed never been charged or arrested, he was named a suspect in various other home invasion and burglary cases in the cities of California. Two days later, she was found near her parents' house in Huntington Beach, Calif. On March 22, 2015, the couple made a plan to meet at Quinns home in Mare Island, Vallejo, to decide if they wanted to continue their relationship. Were going to take you for 48 hours Aarons going to have to complete some tasks, Huskins said. Huskins turned up alive in Huntington Beach, California, 400 miles away from Vallejo, on March 25, 2015, two days after shed gone missing, as the kidnapper had promised Huskins previously. He was sentenced to three years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, plus a $2,500 fine and restitution of $1,250. When Carausu researched the kidnapping, she remembered the so-called Gone Girl case that had gotten so much media coverage. NEW 20/20: Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn reveal stunning new details about surviving a harrowing kidnapping experience. Quinn said the moment was so shocking that it froze him in his place. They see all of the components of what you might expect to see, objectively, in a domestic violence murder, said Matt Murphy, an ABC News contributor and former California prosecutor. Johnson said he graduated summa cum laude with degrees in economics and public policy analysis. After kidnapping a Vallejo couple and rapping the woman before releasing her near her familys Southern California home, Matthew Muller was sentenced to prison. She said a neighbor allowed her into the house. Muller has pleaded not guilty in the Dublin case and plans to plead not guilty in Huskins' case, too, Johnson said. On Dec. 21, the judge received an update regarding placement alternatives and care from MHM Services and earlier this month learned the defendant had been placed in the treatment program, the article said. Tape-covered goggles were allegedly put over Quinn's eyes, along with headphones on his ears playing a prerecorded message that said the break-in was being done by a professional group collecting debts and that both victims would receive electric shocks and cuts on their faces if they didn't cooperate. These are among the first accounts that highlight a different side of the accused kidnapper since his arrest was announced by the FBI on Monday. Instead, then-Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou wrote a private letter of apology to them, saying in part that it was now clear what happened was not a hoax or orchestrated event and that [Vallejo Police Department[ conclusions were incorrect.. Sign Up. Johnson said that Muller grew up with his parents, who divorced sometime after high school. Huskins borrowed a cellphone from a stranger and called her father, who did not answer. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Denise Huskins made a promise to herself in the last moments she believed her kidnapper would allow her to live. Nicole Egan, co-author of "Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors," discusses the 2015 home invasion and kidnapping of Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins. I knew there was an old stain on my sheet, Quinn said. When police asked if shed been sexually assaulted, she told them she hadnt. The city of Vallejo now has a new lawsuit to contend with. Matthew Muller Biography & Wikipedia: Is Denise Huskins Kidnapper Still In Jail? She said that after their conversation, as they went to bed around midnight, it felt like a fresh start.. To make matters worse, the detectives had also found a small bloodstain on Quinns sheets. Investigators brought Aaron Quinn back to the station that same day and asked him to send a message back to the kidnapper. Still sedated, Huskins realized that shed been dropped off near her mothers house, but when she arrived at her house, no one was there. Matthew Muller, who was already serving a 40-year sentence for federal offences, was sentenced to Solano county superior court, according to the county district attorneys office. Matthews intended mark was Aaron and his ex-fiance, but it makes no difference because of his actions. Heres how to help police stop it, Tesla crashes into Girl Scout table at a Northern California Walmart; 3 people are hurt, Video shows carjacking arrest turn violent, with police firing shots in North Sacramento. I said, Yes, the kidnappers drugged me, he said. So, if anything, it is Mr. Quinn and Ms. Huskins that owe this community an apology, Park said during the press conference. The kidnapper, who had taken Huskins bags when he abducted her, had removed them from the car and placed them on the ground. Id washed those sheets multiple times. Denise Huskins, who was abducted from her Vallejo home in 2015, pleaded no guilty to two charges of forcible rape. When he was handed his phone, Quinn says a member of his legal team noticed that it had been placed in airplane mode, even though it was the only means of communication with the kidnappers. Quinn was let go and Huskins dropped off two days after she was abducted near her familys home in Huntington Beach. He was originally a suspect in the Palo Alto case, but authorities believed they had insufficient evidence to arrest him, said Palo Alto police Lt. Zach Perron. Police arrested Muller on June 8 at what was apparently his parents' South Lake Tahoe vacation home for an alleged attack at a couple's Dublin home three days earlier. A home invasion in Dublin in June led police, and then the FBI, to Muller, through evidence in his car, including goggles with a long blond hair attached. When he attended Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks near Sacramento, Muller took classes in the high achievers program. Rescuers say to remain in place for night, Can I drive with weed in my car? Watch The outbreak of hepatitis in children is unusual and concerning Latest News, Mwai Kibaki Illness & Death Cause: The Former Kenyan President Passed Away. No ones going to understand what they went through except each other., The two married near the water in Monterey, California. Unlike typical criminals, Matthew Daniel Muller served in the Marine Corps from 1995 to 1999 and graduated summa cum laude from Pomona College in California before eventually attending Harvard Law School. She told them about Muller, and two FBI agents and a representative from Vallejo police came pretty quickly after that.. Matthew Muller served as a Marine from 1995 to 1999. Muller also worked for a year as an associate in the San Francisco office of immigration attorney firm Kerosky, Purves & Bogue. In 2015, an intruder broke into his home and kidnapped his then-girlfriend Denise Huskins. He said, This is what were going to do. I asked for a blanket, and he goes, Oh, Im sorry. It turned out Muller was not a typical criminal. Were not here to hurt you, Huskins said. She and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, told authorities they were bound with zip ties and forced to consume drugs that put them to sleep. https://t.co/ZGewRPfd2o pic.twitter.com/Uu1yMOkisG. He is also survived by his aunts, uncles and cousins, as well as a large extended church family and friends in Christ. But some of Mullers problems are documented in legal filings in federal and state court. I had no reason to believe, at that time, that they doubted me, she said. Whitney further alleges in the lawsuit that he was in the room and that he heard Bidou instruct Parks to "burn that bitch" prior to Parks' March 25, 2015, press conference where Parks suggested that Huskins and Aaron Quinn had lied about their home invasion and abduction. VALLEJO, Calif. --The man charged in a bizarre California kidnapping that police initially dismissed as a hoax allegedly said he acted alone in the plot in an "off the record" jailhouse interview with a local CBS station that has since been obtained by the FBI. Several days before the Mountain View incident, Muller was interviewed by police after he was seen walking in the area in Palo Alto where a resident said he saw a suspicious person coming out of the back of an apartment building and entering the back of another apartment building. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Mr. According to court filings, when Rappaport pushed for Vallejo police to conduct a rape exam, they delayed. He was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, worked for a newspaper off base and played trumpet in the Marine Corps band, according to the Sacramento Bee. He points to some beer bottles that were neatly placed in the box next to the garbage, and I said, I put them there to take them out for recycling all at once., They clearly didnt believe him, said Nicole Weisensee Egan, the co-author of Victim F. It is soul-crushing for Aaron because hes out of his mind worried about Denise.. Aaron Quinn said he feared he was close to losing his job. He, in turn, hits the husband upside the head with a Maglite-style flashlight and exits the house, said Dublin police Sgt. Lawyer Kerry McInerney Freeman said in an email that she was "not authorized" to comment about the case, or share the video. What he wasnt charged with were the sexual assaults, the robbery, the burglary against Aaron, Rappaport said. After leaving a voicemail with him, she began walking to her fathers home. Denise Huskins survived 48 hours with her captor before she was released. I was just more so afraid that speaking to them was going to put me or my family in harm[s way].. Matthew Muller. It was later discovered that the kidnapper had called the phone three times. Although I was not chief in 2015 when this incident occurred, I would like to extend my deepest apology to Ms. Huskins and Mr. Quinn for how they were treated during this ordeal.. Thats the same year Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinns property invasion and abduction matter transpired. Matthew Daniel Muller who was sentenced in 2017 in a Sacramento federal courtroom to 40 years in prison for kidnapping a couple and raping the female victim before releasing her near her. The evidence will also show that Muller had been prescribed medication to control his manic-depressive states, Johnson said. "Wake up. 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