Overview

• Netflix's 'American Nightmare' docuseries, which explores the 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins and the botched response by Vallejo police, has sparked renewed attention to the case.
• The series features interviews with Huskins and her now-husband, Aaron Quinn, who narrate the events of the abduction and criticize the local law enforcement and the FBI for their handling of the case.
• Vallejo police initially dismissed the kidnapping as a hoax, leading to public scrutiny and derogatory social media posts about Huskins.
• Matthew Muller, a disbarred Harvard-educated attorney, was eventually identified as the main suspect and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the kidnapping and two counts of forcible rape of Huskins.
• Huskins and Quinn, who have since married and have two children, settled a defamation lawsuit with the city of Vallejo for $2.5 million in 2018.