GUILTY CA - Matthew Muller for kidnap, rape of 30yo woman, Vallejo, 2015

[jjenny]

wtf? his stupid azz left the phone there.....

Exactly. He abandoned his phone. So hopefully judge rules accordingly.

 

[jjenny]

That's what I suspected all along.

Me too. There were also other very similar crimes in 2009 where suspect broke into women's houses and threatened rape. Also one in 2012 where a rape was attempted. I think he is a sex predator and that's why he was doing these things.

 

[LinasK]

Me too. There were also other very similar crimes in 2009 where suspect broke into women's houses and threatened rape. Also one in 2012 where a rape was attempted. I think he is a sex predator and that's why he was doing these things.

It scares the cr*p out of me to know that he struck in my city and that it was only weeks after my house was broken into!!! Poor DH, I feel so much for her. This is one case I guarantee I'll be following very closely.

 

[cvaldez1975]

i agree, i think the whole crime from start to finish was a turn on for him.

Me too. There were also other very similar crimes in 2009 where suspect broke into women's houses and threatened rape. Also one in 2012 where a rape was attempted. I think he is a sex predator and that's why he was doing these things.

 

[jjenny]

It scares the cr*p out of me to know that he struck in my city and that it was only weeks after my house was broken into!!! Poor DH, I feel so much for her. This is one case I guarantee I'll be following very closely.

ITA. DH was in he own home, sleeping. A man (who appears to be a serial criminal) broke in, kidnapped her and raped her.
Then police declares it a hoax and instead of being considered a victim of kidnapping and rape, DH is considered a hoaxer that wasted tax money when police were looking for her.

 

[cvaldez1975]

that poor woman.

ITA. DH was in he own home, sleeping. A man (who appears to be a serial criminal) broke in, kidnapped her and raped her.
Then police declares it a hoax and instead of being considered a victim of kidnapping and rape, DH is considered a hoaxer that wasted tax money when police were looking for her.

 

[LinasK]

ITA. DH was in he own home, sleeping. A man (who appears to be a serial criminal) broke in, kidnapped her and raped her.
Then police declares it a hoax and instead of being considered a victim of kidnapping and rape, DH is considered a hoaxer that wasted tax money when police were looking for her.

Well, honestly, when the story first broke- there was one thing that to me made it seem like it could possibly be a hoax- and that was that she was dropped off at her parents home- several hours drive away. Some people that want to fake their deaths do things like that. It was too weird of a story, especially his M.O. I'm sorry now that I ever doubted her.
Nonetheless, in light of everything that's happened since then, Vallejo PD ought to recognize that Dublin PD caught him, and owe DH and her boyfriend an apology.

 

[jjenny]

Well, honestly, when the story first broke- there was one thing that to me made it seem like it could possibly be a hoax- and that was that she was dropped off at her parents home- several hours drive away. Some people that want to fake their deaths do things like that. It was too weird of a story, especially his M.O. I'm sorry now that I ever doubted her.
Nonetheless, in light of everything that's happened since then, Vallejo PD ought to recognize that Dublin PD caught him, and owe DH and her boyfriend an apology.

I don't deny this was a very bizarre kidnapping. But it's obvious to me that police showed a real rush to judgement.
Just because the crime seems unusual, doesn't mean it didn't happen. In fact, as we now know, there were several similar type crimes in 2009 and 2012.

 

[LinasK]

I don't deny this was a very bizarre kidnapping. But it's obvious to me that police showed a real rush to judgement.
Just because the crime seems unusual, doesn't mean it didn't happen. In fact, as we now know, there were several similar type crimes in 2009 and 2012.

His alibi for being a suspicious man in the area on those amazes me because they didn't question it further because there was some truth to it- he was a Harvard law professor who could have been lecturing at Stanford...
I think Vallejo has too much ordinary crime- they have a high crime rate- for them to look at anything but cut and dried.

 

[Annie1004]

The admitted perp is a smart (successful at one point) attractive man with severe mental problems, IMHO. Of course, so was Ted Bundy.

I commend DH and her boyfriend for handling this incident extremely well in the glare of the public's accusations of perpetrating a hoax. They hired a lawyer immediately who spoke for them, keeping DH and BF out of the spotlight. It took several months to track down the guilty party.

 

[jjenny]

His alibi for being a suspicious man in the area on those amazes me because they didn't question it further because there was some truth to it- he was a Harvard law professor who could have been lecturing at Stanford...
I think Vallejo has too much ordinary crime- they have a high crime rate- for them to look at anything but cut and dried.

Yes, these cops are no Sherlock Holmes. Thankfully somebody else caught the alleged perp. He certainly appears to have been escalating. From threatening rape, to attempting rape, to actually carrying out kidnapping and the rape.

 

[LinasK]

A hearing was scheduled in that court Wednesday on defense attorney Thomas Johnson's motion to suppress all evidence stemming from the seizure of Muller's cell phone in the Dublin victims' home.
Assistant Alameda County District Attorney Teresa Drenick said the motion was put over today to another hearing on Sept. 16 for argument and decision.
The cell phone led to the seizure of evidence including alleged kidnapping equipment and a stolen car containing Muller's driver license at his mother's South Lake Tahoe home on June 8.
Johnson is seeking to have all the evidence suppressed on the grounds that sheriff's deputies didn't immediately obtain a search warrant for the phone. The deputies, who said it was an emergency situation, did obtain a warrant later on June 5, but not until after beginning to trace the phone to Muller.
Drone's FBI affidavit of Aug. 14 was filed to seek court approval for a separate federal warrant to search several more cell phones, laptops and hard drives seized in the South Lake Tahoe house as well as a hard drive found in Muller's 2007 red Mustang at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
Court records show that a federal magistrate authorized the FBI to search the devices on Aug. 28.
The affidavit also says Muller is a suspect in the violent false imprisonment of a Palo Alto woman in 2009, an attempted sexual assault on a Mountain View woman in 2009 and an attempted sexual assault on a Palo Alto woman in 2012. more at link: http://www.ktvu.com/news/15677042-story

 

[pappa rob]

Defendant in California kidnapping blamed vaccine. The man charged in a California kidnapping that police initially dismissed as a hoax said he acted alone, and that mental illness and a side effect from a vaccine contributed to his behavior, the FBI said in a court filing.
I think he's going for an Insanity Plea, what do you think?

http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-defendant-california-kidnapping-blamed-vaccine-204208188.html

 

[Mountaingazer]

"The vaccines made me do it!" I think that will be my new go to excuse for anything/everything!

 

[JerseyGirl]

Last month I mentioned him directly to Dublin PD. They immediately got very tight-lipped about him and would only say it's an on-going investigation...
For the Dublin case, he pleaded not guilty last week to several felony counts, including first-degree residential robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. A preliminary hearing is scheduled in Pleasanton on Aug. 27. http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_2...-oceans-eleven

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Dublin-man-recounts-attack-by-masked-man-linked-6481828.php

Dublin man recounts attack by masked man suspected in Vallejo kidnap

 

[LinasK]

So a kidnapper showed up at the house, apparently walked there since he took her and her car, demanded ransom and it wasn't reported for 11 - 12 hours. I'm just not believing any of this right now...

I didn't believe it then, I do now- it's true. He's been arrested and there's evidence.

 

[LinasK]

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Dublin-man-recounts-attack-by-masked-man-linked-6481828.php

Dublin man recounts attack by masked man suspected in Vallejo kidnap

Thank you for this article. There's been a scarcity of information about the Dublin Home-invasion. Initially I had a hard time even finding out which part of town it happened in...

 

[cvaldez1975]

i hope they dont throw out the evidence due to opening his phone.he left that shizz in a house he BROKE INTO.

 

[LinasK]

i hope they dont throw out the evidence due to opening his phone.he left that shizz in a house he BROKE INTO.

It got pushed back to Sept. 16th.

 

[jjenny]

Defendant in California kidnapping blamed vaccine. The man charged in a California kidnapping that police initially dismissed as a hoax said he acted alone, and that mental illness and a side effect from a vaccine contributed to his behavior, the FBI said in a court filing.
I think he's going for an Insanity Plea, what do you think?

http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-defendant-california-kidnapping-blamed-vaccine-204208188.html

Even if he is mentally ill, that doesn't mean he is legally insane. Seems clear he knew what he was doing was wrong (considering he avoided being charged despite being a suspect or a person of interest in a number of similar cases)