The Brief
- Matthew Muller, the man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted Denise Huskins in Vallejo in 2015, was arraigned Tuesday on charges tied to an alleged home invasion that occurred in San Ramon in 2015.
- He pleaded not guilty to charges filed by Contra Costa County prosecutors.
- Muller has been linked to similar cases across Northern California, including a 1993 attack on campers at Folsom Lake and home invasions in 2009 in Palo Alto and Mountain View.
MARTINEZ, Calif. – The man behind the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges related to an alleged kidnapping for ransom case that occurred in San Ramon the same year.
Since his conviction in Huskins’ case, which was the subject of a Netflix docuseries, Matthew Muller has been charged – and convicted – in several similar cases dating back to the 1990s.
Muller, 48, was arraigned in Contra Costa County Superior Court on three felony charges of kidnapping for ransom.…