Watch the full story on "20/20" FRIDAY at 9 p.m. Maybe we were experimenting with drugs. The intruder escaped but left behind a cellphone that led agents to Muller, who was arrested at the South Lake Tahoe house. People named Matthew Muller. Matthew Daniel Muller served in the Marines in Afghanistan, graduated from two of the most prestigious universities in the country and was a research assistant at Harvard Law School before. Quinns older brother is an FBI agent, so he decided he would call him instead, but his brother instructed him to immediately call 911. In 2016, Matthew pleaded guilty to the count upon him and subsequently got sentenced to 40 years in prison. Detectives in Palo Alto and Mountain View say theyre also looking into Mullers possible involvement in home invasions in 2009 that had similarities to the Vallejo and Dublin cases. The affidavit states that the victim was sexually assaulted during the kidnapping. See Photos. 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They said, Well, just have her sleep in her clothes and dont take a shower and well talk in the morning., Marianna Quinn said she was shocked when the police, too, started calling Huskins Gone Girl., You go through something like that, and every moment, every ounce of energy is about How do I live to see another second? That is all you can think about, said Huskins. Court documents, interviews and other information gathered by The Sacramento Bee show that, despite Mullers academic successes, trouble has followed him in recent years, including an accusation that he stole data from a Bay Area law firm where he worked and that he failed to provide competent legal services to clients. Johnson, Muller's lawyer, said his client hasn't been charged in either the Mountain View case or the Palo Alto case, and that the events outlined in the FBI affidavit don't amount to formal allegations. Vallejo police at the time publicly labeled the case a hoax, but FBI documents released this week make clear that the agency is taking it seriously. Muller enlisted in the Marines after high school, and ended up in Okinawa, Japan, where he worked for a newspaper off of his base and played trumpet in the Marine Corps band. The FBI also uncovered four aerial drones - two of which had cameras -- and a wireless video camera and receiver in a Vallejo storage locker they say links Muller to Huskins' kidnapping, according to the affidavit. He pleaded not guilty to his charges in Solano County, the article said. Up until this point, neither Huskins nor Aaron Quinn had seen each other since the incident. Denise Huskins & Aaron Quinn Today: Where Is the Couple From the Gone Girl Case Now in 2021. The city managers office said the FBI asked officials not to talk about the case. When he attempts to tie up the wife, the husband jumps across the bed and tackles the suspect. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Matthew Muller is accused in a bizarre California kidnapping plot, and the contents of his "off the record" jailhouse conversation are now public in an FBI affidavit . He has had only one interaction with him, he said, but it was memorable. He was admitted to the California state bar in 2011, and was disbarred in 2015. After returning to California, he enrolled at Pomona College in Claremont, where he majored in science and technology. Matthew Muller, who sexually assaulted a Vallejo woman who was kidnapped from her home in what police initially thought was a hoax, was sentenced Friday to 31 years in state prison. The judge has not yet ruled on that, Johnson told 48 Hours' Crimesider. After all that theyd gone through, Marianne Quinn said she knew the couple would stay together forever. Apr. Today Muller, 38, is behind bars in Alameda County, accused of one of the most bizarre and twisted kidnapping cases in recent memory. Eventually, Muller disappeared into the house. He has a brother and a sister, Johnson said. After being found mentally unfit to stand trial, Matthew was ordered to take antipsychotic medication until he was deemed mentally competent. The authorities were able to corroborate the details of Aaron Quinn and Huskins case, even finding Aaron Quinns computer at the South Lake Tahoe cabin, Aaron Quinn said. @ARobach's report shares never-before-seen interrogation video of Aaron following Denise's kidnapping Watch tonight at 9/8c on @ABC. NBC Bay Area's Mark Matthews contributed to that report. I finally just put my foot down and said, Look, I dont deserve this. And it was a couple of weeks of kind of going back and forth, she said. What would follow was a series of terrifying events . However, the physical evidence soon made it apparent that Matthew Muller was their perpetrator. It might take time and it might be a lot of hard work, but there is hope.. Attorneys for the woman and her boyfriend have demanded police issue an apology, calling Huskins "100 percent, positively a victim.". But the voice kept talking and I just remember my eyes shot open and I could see the walls illuminated with a white light that was flashing and I could see a couple of red laser dots crossing the wall, and I could hear, Wake up, this is a robbery. READ NEXT: Denise Huskins & Aaron Quinn Today: Where Is the Couple From the Gone Girl Case Now in 2021? Sign Up. I knew there was an old stain on my sheet, Quinn said. In 2013, the California Bar Association suspended Mullers license and began disciplinary proceedings that led to his disbarment, according to documents. His federal sentence will run parallel to his state sentence. But he had just gotten out of a relationship with a fiance who he said cheated on him. Denise Huskins survived 48 hours with her captor before she was released. / CBS/AP. Detective Miguel Campos, of the Dublin Police Department in California, discusses finding the suspect in the so-called "Gone Girl" kidnapping case. In the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2009, a 27-year-old victim was sleeping in her Mountain View, Calif. apartment when she awoke to an unknown man on her back, according to the FBI. In a statement to 20/20 on Monday, Vallejos public information officer Christina Lee admitted, It appears that the follow-up personal public apology did not take place.. Huskins says that in the end, the couples experience of trauma and survival is ultimately a love story with a happy ending. Huskins said she hoped that the confusion would result in the intruder deciding just to leave them, but that is not what happened. Authorities questioned the victims story once she was freed, assuming it was all a lie. After leaving a voicemail with him, she began walking to her fathers home. SACRAMENTO, Calif. Matthew Muller, 39, of South Lake Tahoe, pleaded guilty today to one count of kidnapping, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. He told me he was going to beat my ass and report him to police. The recording said that a camera would be placed in the home to monitor him, and responding officers found a small surveillance camera in the home. The suspect at the center of akidnap case out of Vallejo, California, is a smart, determined trumpet player who graduated from Harvard law school the place where he likely began suffering from bipolar disorder, according to documents, friends, family and his lawyer. If any of these accusations are true, Johnson said that its very likely his clients mental state played a part. According to his lawsuit, Whitney claims that former Vallejo Police Department Chief Bidou directed Whitney to delete text messages on his cell phone so that they could not be downloaded during the litigation related to the investigation into Huskins' kidnapping filed by Huskins and Aaron Quinn. But some of Mullers problems are documented in legal filings in federal and state court. The. Right out of high school, Muller joined the Marines. Both victims were women, and both crimes occurred in the early morning hours. On Nov. 2, Healy received a doctors report and later ordered Muller placed in the care of MHM Services, a nationwide firm which contracts with governmental agencies for inmate care and has offices in Vallejo, a secured facility, The Mercury News reported. The FBI, which also got involved in the case, gave Aaron Quinn a polygraph exam -- something he was eager to take to prove his innocence -- which they say he failed. In March 2022, Matthew appeared in court from Napa State Hospital in California via Zoom. The victims in the so-called Gone Girl case, Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, are now married with a daughter. They also found the address where Huskins had been dropped off in the stolen vehicles GPS, Campos said. I asked for a blanket, and he goes, Oh, Im sorry. This is not a dream.. In 2015, Matthew Muller Kidnapped a Woman for Over 48 Hours but That Was Just the Beginning. In interviews with NBC Bay Area, Johnson and his former college roommate,Alex Volberding,who is working at a law firm in San Francisco this summer, described Muller, of Orangeville, California, as someone who stood out in college because of his drive and wit. Aaron Quinn and Huskins defense attorneys say they celebrated the developments in the case, holding a press conference in which they called for full apologies from the Vallejo Police Department. On Tuesday, federal search warrants obtained by NBC Bay Area show that the FBI seized drones, black night vision goggles, an empty zip tie bag and a blood pressure cuff, among other items. In this March 25, 2015, file photo, Lt. Kenny Parks speaks at a press conference in Vallejo, Calif., confirming reports that Denise Huskins has been found safe in Huntington Beach, Calif. Vallejo Times Herald/MediaNews Group via Getty Images, FILE. The FBI even offered to fly Huskins back to Vallejo on its airplane. Rescuers say to remain in place for night, Can I drive with weed in my car? Her defense attorney, Doug Rappaport, said he insisted she shouldnt get on that plane and should take a commercial flight instead. Another former classmate, Noah Helpern, went to both undergraduate and graduate schools with Muller. Not only was Muller a good student, he was in top physical condition, running five miles a day before class started. 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