Man accused in Calif. abduction that had been called a hoax

Vallejo Police Department Huskins was missing for two days until she turned up near her parents home in Southern California.

On Monday, Huskins and her boyfriend’s attorneys called on Vallejo police to apologize because they endured “public humiliation” and mockery, despite being “nothing but cooperative, conscientious human beings”.

But a cellphone left at the scene of a similar, though unsuccessful, home invasion robbery in Dublin on June 5 led authorities to Muller, who was living at a residence owned by his family in South Lake Tahoe, according to the 57-page affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento. Among the evidence, police found were things Huskins described as part of her abduction, including goggles and duct tape with blonde hair stuck to it.

The couple was bound with zip-ties and drugged before Muller, and possibly other suspects, took off with Huskins. He said he was threatened and a ransom was demanded.

Denise Huskins also reported that she was sexually assaulted twice.

“That only works in Batman movies”.

Daniel Russo, Quinn’s attorney, said of the suspect, “Mr. Muller could spend the rest of his life in prison and it’s not going to resolve the issue”. Huskins and Quinn, both physical therapists who met while working at Kaiser Hospital in Vallejo, told investigators that at least two people invaded Quinn’s house in the early morning hours of March 23. A former colleague at the SF firm, Emily Gumper, who’s now an attorney in Portland, said she was “surprised and shocked” by reports of his arrest. “Then they would not have rushed to judgment”. “As victims, I think our city should have been a bit more sensitive in the way we dealt with them”.

On Tuesday, Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn appeared at a press conference.

“What I want is for the Vallejo PD to do their job”, Russo said. “No matter how weird the facts are we were confident these were good people”.

Vallejo police on Monday referred all questions about the investigation to the FBI. In that home invasion, a married couple was tied up before the husband fought back while his wife was able to run to a phone and call 911, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The disbarred, Harvard-educated attorney and former Marine accused in the so-called “Gone Girl” California kidnapping has been linked to similar crimes in the state dating back to 2009, according to authorities.

In the affidavit unsealed Monday, Muller told investigators he suffered from psychosis and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2008.

In the emails, Muller said he and a group of “young adults, fairly recent college graduates” mostly stuck to property crimes but switched to kidnapping because they wanted “something with a high payout”.

Water goggles covered with tape and a super-soaker water pistol that had been spray-painted black, with a flashlight and laser pointer attached to it, also were allegedly recovered.

The stolen vehicle had Muller’s driver’s license under the seat and its navigation system history showed a search for the Huntington Beach street where Huskins was dropped off, Walter said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has impounded the Mustang and will keep it for evidence, authorities said.

Huskins’ attorney, Douglas Rappaport, said today that Vallejo police not only owed Huskins an apology, but owed everyone an apology for allowing a kidnapper to roam free while publicly accusing their victims of lying.

Muller allegedly said he and his co-conspirators used them to surveil the Mare Island neighborhood prior to abducting Huskins.