Convicted Vallejo kidnapper Matthew Muller sentenced to life for additional crimes

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Convicted Vallejo kidnapper Matthew Muller will spend the rest of his life in prison. He received two concurrent life sentences Friday on top of a 40-year federal prison sentence he was already serving for the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins.

Vallejo police mistakenly called the kidnapping a hoax before Muller was linked to a thwarted Dublin home invasion, as well as the Vallejo crime. This new sentence is in connection with two 2009 South Bay home invasion sexual assaults.

Muller's prison sentence was set to expire in 2049. Instead, he'll spend the rest of his life in prison.

Justice 15 years later

"Today was a good day," said Brian King, Santa Clara County DA's Office Deputy District Attorney.

Matthew Muller, already serving a 40-year federal prison sentence for the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins, will now also serve two consecutive life sentences, added on for two home invasion sexual assaults that occurred in the South Bay in 2009.

He pleaded guilty to the crimes earlier this year.

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Vallejo police accused Huskins and her then boyfriend Aaron Quinn of staging an elaborate hoax, before Muller was linked to the crime after a thwarted Dublin home invasion.

"None of this would be possible if Misty did not link the case with Matthew Muller and Denise and Aaron in 2015," said Chief Nick Borges of Seaside Police Department.

Huskins and Quinn worked with Seaside police Chief Nick Borges to revisit Muller's past, uncovering additional crimes and giving more of Muller's victims an opportunity for healing.

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Jane Doe 1 read a statement in court and Jane Doe 2 submitted a statement which was also read:

"It's a reallocation of power, something was taken from her that day in 2009 and through her words speaking them in the presence of Mr. Muller she was able to take some of that power back that he took from her that day," said King.

Each described Muller breaking in during the middle of the night, binding and sedating them, demanding sensitive personal financial information, assaulting them and even giving them crime prevention tips as well as warning them the impact the assault would have on them for the rest of their lives.

They were details eerily similar to what Huskins described Muller did to her years later.

Sharing her thoughts on Instagram, Huskins wrote in part, "Sentenced to life, a statement Aaron Quinn and I fought to hear back in 2017. I didn't realize how much hearing that would impact me. Listening to the powerful and articulate statements from these victims demonstrates the seriousness of this man's terror and why he should not be free to cause more harm."

The Santa Clara County DA's Office says they would like to hear from any additional victims. Also that they don't stop pursuing justice because a case is old.

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