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Serial Kidnapper Matthew Muller Receives Additional Life Sentences in Bay Area Courts

Thursday’s no contest pleas in Contra Costa, San Ramon courts add consecutive life terms after renewed investigations prompted by a Netflix documentary.

Matthew Muller, as shown in the Netflix docuseries “American Nightmare,” received another life sentence on Thursday in connection with a newly unearthed 2015 home invasion in Contra Costa County.
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Overview

  • Matthew Muller pleaded no contest to aggravated kidnapping in Contra Costa County and was sentenced to life without parole by Judge David Goldstein.
  • He also entered no contest pleas to three counts of kidnapping for ransom in San Ramon, securing consecutive life sentences in the same hearing.
  • He is already serving life terms for two 2009 Santa Clara County sexual assaults and for a 1993 Folsom Lake abduction following earlier no contest pleas.
  • County prosecutors and sheriff’s offices reopened cold cases last year after Muller confessed to additional home invasions and kidnappings in prison letters and a meeting.
  • Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn overcame initial police dismissal of their 2015 Vallejo kidnapping report to drive cross-jurisdiction investigations that uncovered multiple victims.