‘American Nightmare’ rapist pleads guilty to additional charges

Matthew Muller, a convicted kidnapper whose crimes were portrayed in the Netflix documentary “American Nightmare,” pleaded guilty to an additional, 32-year-old kidnapping and sexual assault on Wednesday, according to the Sacramento County district attorney’s office.

In 1993, a 16-year-old Muller held a couple at gunpoint while they camped at Folsom Lake in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Muller then tied up the male victim and proceeded to carry away and sexually assault the female victim, according to the district attorney’s news release.

The district attorney’s Cold Case, Science & Technology Unit was “instrumental” in uncovering additional evidence in the case, the news release added…

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