A Santa Clara County judge today (March 28) sentenced a notorious kidnapping convict to life-in-prison for a pair of home invasion sexual assaults in Mountain View and Palo Alto more than 15 years ago.
Matthew Muller, 48, is the subject of “American Nightmare,” a Netflix documentary series that chronicles his 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins from Vallejo. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to two felony counts of committing a sexual assault during a home invasion.
In the early hours of Sept. 29, 2009, Muller broke into a woman’s Mountain View home, attacked her, tied her up, made her drink a concoction of medications, and said he was going to rape her. After the victim, in her 30s, persuaded him against it, he suggested the victim get a dog, then fled.
On Oct. 18, 2009, Muller broke into a Palo Alto home, bound and gagged a woman in her 30s and made her drink Nyquil. He then began to assault her, before being persuaded to stop. Muller gave the victim crime prevention advice, then fled.
Both cases were investigated and went unsolved for several years.
On March 23, 2015, Muller broke into a Vallejo home, where he drugged and tied up a young couple. He kidnapped Denise Huskins, brought her to a cabin in South Lake Tahoe, and sexually assaulted her. Two days later, Muller drove his victim to Southern California and released her. Muller was arrested in June 2015 for both the Vallejo kidnapping and a violent Dublin home invasion.
Muller pleaded guilty in 2016 to the kidnapping and in 2022 to the sexual assaults of Huskins. As part of the renewed investigation, Muller also faces kidnapping for ransom charges in Contra Costa County.
This POS should get the death penalty.