Matthew Muller receives two life sentences for South Bay assaults

Matthew Muller, infamous for the 2015 kidnapping and rape of Denise Huskins, has received two consecutive life sentences for home invasions and attempted rapes that occurred in 2009 in Santa Clara County. Muller was convicted after confessing to the crimes, which involved tying up and threatening two women in their homes in Palo Alto and Mountain View. His sentencing follows a series of legal proceedings, including a plea of guilty earlier this year, and took into account harrowing victim statements describing the lasting trauma from his assaults. This new sentencing adds to his existing prison time, which includes a 40-year federal sentence for the Vallejo kidnapping and a concurrent 31-year state sentence for Huskins' sexual assault. The case has drawn significant media attention, notably inspiring the Netflix documentary 'American Nightmare' that highlights the initial mishandling of Huskins' report by the Vallejo Police Department. Additionally, Muller faces charges for a separate kidnapping incident that occurred shortly after the Vallejo case.