SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Matthew Muller, the notorious kidnapper who held Denise Huskins captive and broke into several San Francisco Bay Area women’s homes, began his criminal career when he was just 16 years old.
On Wednesday, Muller pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a young girl who was camping in a tent near Folsom Lake in 1993, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said. Then-16-year-old Muller ordered two young campers out of their tent at gunpoint. “He tied up the male and carried the female away to sexually assault her,” SCDAO wrote.
Muller, 48, was featured in a Netflix documentary, “American Nightmare,” that chronicled Huskins’ harrowing story of survival.
On March 23, 2015, Muller broke into a Vallejo home where he tied up Huskins and her boyfriend. He kidnapped Huskins, brought her to his cabin in South Lake Tahoe, and recorded videos of rapes. Two days later, Muller drove Huskins to Southern California and released her…