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[operator on phone] County emergency.
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[woman] We have a break-in
at North Terracina Drive in Dublin.
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They are out there right now.
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- [clicks]
- [siren chirps]
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[unsettling music playing]
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[police siren wailing]
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[woman] I'm hiding
in the bathroom right now.
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My husband is fighting with them.
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They have our daughter.
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- [dramatic music playing]
- [siren wailing]
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[operator] Listen. Talk to me, okay?
How many people?
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[woman] In the dark, we can't really see.
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There was a laser light
that was pointing at us.
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Wanting us to turn around. We were in bed.
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[operator] Okay.
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[woman] My husband's calling me.
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[man] He... He ran away already!
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[woman] He ran away.
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{an8}- [dog barking]
- [indistinct radio chatter]
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{an8}[Chris] I arrive on scene,
and I know from the 911 call
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{an8}that there's a family
that lives here inside.
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There's been a home invasion robbery.
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- [tense music plays]
- [camera clicking]
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The husband is covered in blood,
and he's holding a rag to his face.
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[camera clicking]
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He told me that the daughter is safe,
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and the suspect has run out the back door.
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[woman speaking indistinctly on radio]
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[Chris] As we searched the back,
we come across zip ties and duct tape.
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And we make sure to bag that evidence.
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[helicopter hovering]
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We know that the suspect
is wearing all black,
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and he's possibly hopped over this fence.
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The dog starts tracking back
here on this trail,
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but there's miles and miles
of fields up here,
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so it's gonna make him hard to detect.
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Who is this suspect? Why is he here?
Why did he choose this house?
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What did he want inside this home?
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[thrilling music playing]
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And then the daughter comes up to me.
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She says,
"On the counter, there's a phone."
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"I think he left it behind."
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[music slows down]
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[music fades]
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{an8}[wind whooshing]
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[elevator dings]
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[dramatic music plays]
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[phone ringing]
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[man] When we locate the subscriber
for the cell phone number...
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[pensive music playing]
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[speaking indistinctly]
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...a female answers the phone.
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{an8}And I ask her if she knows
whose phone number this is,
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and... and she says, "Oh yeah, I know.
That's my son's phone number."
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And she provided his name...
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[dramatic sting]
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Matthew Muller.
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[mouse clicks]
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[tense music playing]
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He's a former Marine.
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A Harvard Law graduate.
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We did locate some previous reports
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in which he was a suspect in some, uh,
sexual batteries and attempted rapes.
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[tense music continues]
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So this leads me to suspect
that in our Dublin incident,
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his intentions were
to tie up the parents in the house,
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um, and to rape
their 22-year-old daughter.
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We tell his mom something very innocent.
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"We just want to get the phone
back to him. Do you know where he is?"
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And she says, "He's... He's staying
at my cabin in South Lake Tahoe."
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[pensive music playing]
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South Lake Tahoe is a vacation spot
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which is about 140 miles north
of our location.
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[receiver clatters]
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We can't be sure he's still there.
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So we need to get to that cabin
before he finds out we're coming
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and has a chance to flee.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[woman] I get a call from my sergeant,
and he says
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{an8}we're going to go
to South Lake Tahoe to make an arrest
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{an8}on a home invasion
that occurred in Dublin.
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Do you want to join us?
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It was going to be
my first case as a detective.
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And I said, "Hell yeah, I do. Sign me up."
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[music fades]
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[birds chirping]
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[Miguel] It's gotta be the next one.
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[Misty] I'm thinking to myself,
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"What's gonna happen?"
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Ambushes, barricades.
Does he have, you know, guns?
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[Miguel] We don't wanna make any noise.
We wanna be sure we're silent.
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We want to be sure
we take him by surprise.
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- [officer] Search warrant! Search warrant!
- [Miguel] We got a search warrant!
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[officers clamoring]
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[Miguel] I got an open door on the left.
I got an open door on the left.
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Search warrant! Search warrant!
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[Misty] Holding! Holding!
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- [Miguel] Clear.
- [Misty] Clear. Clear.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Miguel] Coming out the back.
Look around the back.
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- [officers clamoring]
- They're in the back.
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[Misty] And then...
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[officer] Turn the fuck around!
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[intriguing music playing]
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[Miguel] We'll come back inside!
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I see Muller being handcuffed.
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[music ends]
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[indistinct chatter]
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He was very quiet, composed. No emotions.
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[pensive music playing]
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I tell him,
"I'm going to take a photo of you."
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[camera clicking]
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[pensive music continues]
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He looks relatively normal.
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Like your average
all-American white male adult.
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[music fades]
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[brooding music playing]
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I go back in the house.
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It was just a mess.
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It smells kind of...
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what would be a good word? Stale.
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[Miguel] When we're searching everything,
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we're finding things
that tie him to our crime.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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We find zip ties and duct tape.
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Just like he left at the Dublin house.
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Toy guns that are painted.
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One of them has a laser attached to it.
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In Dublin, he awoke the victims
with a laser shining on their face.
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So this is all starting to fall together.
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[pensive music playing]
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[Misty] But as I'm standing in this house,
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I noticed that the windows were covered.
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I could feel
that there was much more to it.
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The bedroom was just very dirty.
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And I get this sense
that something else has happened here.
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In the bathroom,
we find a NyQuil bottle, a syringe.
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Something inside you says,
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"Oh, this is... this is weird,
and this isn't right."
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[foreboding music playing]
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And then we find a stolen vehicle.
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It's a white Mustang.
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With Matthew Muller's ID inside of it.
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The GPS is up and it has
all of these different addresses.
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Why was he driving
to these different places?
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And who was he with?
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In the trunk,
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I see what looks like a torso,
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dressed in black.
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[music continues]
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It's a blow-up doll.
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Made to look like...
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he wants someone
to mistake it for a human being.
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I have no idea what he's using this for,
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but it's... it's creepy.
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[Misty] And then we find the nylon belt.
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And in the pocket is a pair of goggles,
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and the eyes are duct-taped.
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As I'm pulling them out,
I see a single strand of blond hair.
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Oh my God.
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[pensive music intensifies]
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[Miguel] Who does this hair belong to?
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I don't think it was someone
who gave it up willingly.
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[Misty] Are they alive? Are they dead?
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We have to find out
who this hair belonged to.
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[music fades]
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[Denise] By June 2015...
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I just feel lost.
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Afraid because the kidnappers
are still out there.
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{an8}We're still worried about whether or not
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{an8}we're gonna be prosecuted and charged
with committing a hoax.
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[tense music playing]
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Denise and I stay at our parents' house,
or with friends...
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{an8}We feel like fugitives,
uh, like we're on the run.
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[messages dinging]
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[Denise] I open up my Facebook,
and I'm just inundated with abuse.
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And reading through it...
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[keyboard clacking]
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...is so frustrating.
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I mean...
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it was so insulting.
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Having people believe
that I'm this type of person
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who would put my family through this.
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That I would make
this huge, elaborate lie for...
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for what I don't... I don't know.
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It was crushing.
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[dramatic music plays]
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[Aaron] Can't work.
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Too traumatized to work.
I don't know if they'll let us go back
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if we wanted to,
because we're the hoaxsters.
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[pensive music playing]
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[mouse clicking]
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[Denise] Our attorneys
are both working, like, tirelessly
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to try to get the police and the FBI
to actually look for the kidnappers.
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But months have gone by,
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and the only thing that they're doing
is continuing to look at us.
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And then, almost by accident, we find out
that the lead case agent, David Sesma...
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{an8}- This is David Sesma.
- [David] Hi. I'm with the FBI.
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...used to date my ex, Andrea,
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who was the intended target
of this whole thing.
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{an8}[thrilling music playing]
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[Doug] There's absolutely no way
Sesma should be on this case.
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{an8}It's a clear, unequivocal,
black-and-white conflict of interest.
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So I write to the office
of Inspector General,
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explain the situation.
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Their response,
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"The appropriate authorities
found his conduct 'unproblematic.'"
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Is this why the investigation's
not being followed through?
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Is this why evidence is being ignored?
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Like, it's not paranoia anymore.
It just... Now it feels personal.
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We're just two people
going against the FBI.
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[pensive music playing]
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[Denise] In the meantime,
like, what do we do?
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Do we just kind of live
behind closed doors
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for the rest of our lives?
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We're not safe anywhere.
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[music intensifies, ends]
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{an8}[suspenseful music playing]
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[phone ringing]
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[Misty] When we get back to the station,
I'm thinking,
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"How and where do I begin searching
for a victim with blond hair?"
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Matthew Muller came up
in several different incidents
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that occurred in Northern California.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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The first one I look at was in 2009.
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It happened 40 miles
from the city of Dublin, in Palo Alto.
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[music continues]
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So I call Palo Alto PD,
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explain to the detective
we have Matthew Muller in custody.
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He cuts me off and says,
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"I have a photo on my desk,
and I've been staring at him since 2009."
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"He was a person of interest
in our sexual assault case,
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but I could never prove that it was him."
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{an8}[reporter] Palo Alto PD have
a home invasion case so terrifying,
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{an8}locals are afraid to go to bed at night.
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He actually physically restrained her,
uh, blindfolded her.
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[Misty] At approximately 3:30
in the morning,
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a 32-year-old woman was woken up by a man
who was dressed in all-black clothing.
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He ties her up,
forces her to drink NyQuil,
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puts surgical tape over her eyes,
and tells her that he's going to rape her.
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She's pleading with the suspect
telling him she'd been raped before.
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He tells her that he doesn't want
to victimize her again
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and decides to leave her alone.
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Three weeks prior, Matthew Muller was
stopped by a Palo Alto police officer
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because he had seen him
jumping out of the bushes
247
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nearby an apartment complex.
248
00:14:28,993 --> 00:14:31,996
And so, Matthew Muller
became a person of interest.
249
00:14:33,497 --> 00:14:38,711
But there was no DNA or evidence
tying Matthew Muller to this case,
250
00:14:38,794 --> 00:14:40,963
and the case is still open now.
251
00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:45,968
There's a lot of similarities
between this case
252
00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:48,554
and the items I found in South Lake Tahoe.
253
00:14:50,180 --> 00:14:53,934
But there's no mention of goggles
in the report.
254
00:14:55,352 --> 00:14:58,355
So I know
that there's another victim out there,
255
00:14:58,439 --> 00:15:00,524
and I had to find out who she was.
256
00:15:05,321 --> 00:15:07,323
[gentle music playing]
257
00:15:09,783 --> 00:15:12,703
Prior to becoming
a law enforcement officer,
258
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one of my girlfriends was
a victim of sexual assault.
259
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She is the reason why I became a cop.
260
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I wanted to be the one
that was the voice for these victims
261
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and prosecute the suspects
262
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and send them to prison
for a very long time.
263
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I am working after hours,
264
00:15:42,566 --> 00:15:46,779
and I'm getting more and more
emotionally drawn to this case.
265
00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:52,493
And then I read
about another case in 2009.
266
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Just eight miles from Palo Alto.
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In a town called Mountain View.
268
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[pensive music playing]
269
00:16:08,884 --> 00:16:13,514
In 2009, I was in my thirties.
270
00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:20,062
I was in a relationship,
but, uh, living alone.
271
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[crickets chirping]
272
00:16:24,024 --> 00:16:28,570
That night, I woke up
around 4:30 or five o'clock thinking,
273
00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:31,323
"Oh good. I have
a little bit extra time to sleep in."
274
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Um, and then...
275
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[dramatic music playing]
276
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I felt this very heavy pressure
on... on top of me.
277
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[Tracey screaming]
278
00:16:39,581 --> 00:16:41,959
I was screaming, and I just keep hearing,
279
00:16:42,042 --> 00:16:44,336
"Tracey, Tracey, Tracey!
It's okay, Tracey. Tracey!"
280
00:16:44,420 --> 00:16:49,591
And he told me if I didn't stop screaming,
he was going to gag me.
281
00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,093
[tense music playing]
282
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He restrained me with zip ties,
283
00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:57,933
made me drink something
that would make me sleepy.
284
00:16:59,393 --> 00:17:04,023
And blindfolded me with a pair
of swim goggles that had been blacked out.
285
00:17:06,608 --> 00:17:07,609
He tells me,
286
00:17:08,569 --> 00:17:10,446
"Well, now I have some bad news."
287
00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:12,239
"Um..." [clicks tongue]
288
00:17:12,322 --> 00:17:14,867
"Unfortunately, now
I'm gonna have to rape you."
289
00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:18,245
And...
290
00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:24,752
And then the...
then just the panic took over,
291
00:17:24,835 --> 00:17:29,006
and I started just begging,
292
00:17:29,089 --> 00:17:30,340
"You don't need to do this."
293
00:17:30,424 --> 00:17:32,217
"Please don't do this.
Please don't do this."
294
00:17:32,301 --> 00:17:35,637
You know, "I gave you... I gave you
everything you wanted. You did..."
295
00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,640
You just start bargaining, right?
You just start saying,
296
00:17:39,308 --> 00:17:42,120
"Please, please, please, please,
please don't do this." [inhales deeply]
297
00:17:42,144 --> 00:17:43,144
And...
298
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I remember him
being very silent for a while.
299
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:53,489
And then I hear him sigh and he says,
300
00:17:54,323 --> 00:17:56,283
[sighs] "I can't do this."
301
00:17:56,992 --> 00:17:58,577
[suspenseful music playing]
302
00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:03,916
"I'm sorry. I know this is
really gonna mess you up for a long time."
303
00:18:05,959 --> 00:18:08,045
"You might want
to think about getting a dog."
304
00:18:08,128 --> 00:18:10,214
"A dog would be good protection for you."
305
00:18:10,297 --> 00:18:14,009
"Um, it might prevent something like this
from happening again."
306
00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:18,215
[Misty] He, all of a sudden,
has this change of heart,
307
00:18:18,263 --> 00:18:20,265
to try to look like the good guy.
308
00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:23,352
He actually gives her,
like, crime prevention advice
309
00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:26,396
on how not to be a victim in the future.
310
00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:31,777
But Tracey has long brown hair.
311
00:18:33,403 --> 00:18:36,865
The goggles that I collected
could not have been used on this woman.
312
00:18:41,537 --> 00:18:44,206
When the police arrived,
the officer asked me,
313
00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:46,458
"Are you sure
you just didn't have a bad dream?"
314
00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:47,960
[inhales deeply]
315
00:18:48,043 --> 00:18:50,546
And I... I just remember saying,
316
00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:53,090
"Well, no, I... it wasn't a dream."
317
00:18:53,173 --> 00:18:55,509
"How would I get these marks
if it was a dream?"
318
00:18:55,592 --> 00:18:58,720
"No. This is real.
Like, look, this really happened to me."
319
00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:03,016
They talked to my boyfriend.
320
00:19:04,184 --> 00:19:06,728
Asked him was I an attention seeker?
321
00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:09,815
Was I prone to making up stories?
322
00:19:09,898 --> 00:19:12,943
Did he believe that
this really could have happened?
323
00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:17,447
I was flabbergasted, honestly.
324
00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:19,032
I knew he existed.
325
00:19:19,116 --> 00:19:22,786
I knew that this would
most likely happen again,
326
00:19:22,870 --> 00:19:25,289
and I was very frustrated
327
00:19:25,372 --> 00:19:27,916
that the police
weren't taking it seriously.
328
00:19:30,502 --> 00:19:32,504
[pensive music playing]
329
00:19:35,215 --> 00:19:38,886
[Denise] As time goes on,
I'm just trying to hold on to hope.
330
00:19:39,928 --> 00:19:41,138
[seagulls cawing]
331
00:19:41,221 --> 00:19:43,599
All I want is for someone to believe me.
332
00:19:47,603 --> 00:19:48,645
The first time...
333
00:19:51,148 --> 00:19:54,318
when I was assaulted, I was 12.
334
00:19:58,822 --> 00:20:02,534
I was just a child and it was unexpected
335
00:20:02,618 --> 00:20:06,205
and I didn't know what to do and...
336
00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:10,083
[sighs]
337
00:20:12,628 --> 00:20:15,797
I blamed myself. I was ashamed.
338
00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:17,549
And a couple of years later,
339
00:20:18,592 --> 00:20:23,639
I found out that he molested another girl.
340
00:20:25,474 --> 00:20:29,561
And I felt incredible guilt
that I didn't say something sooner.
341
00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:34,316
And I'm 19,
342
00:20:36,026 --> 00:20:37,402
and it happens again.
343
00:20:38,403 --> 00:20:40,906
I'm at a friend's house, a close friend.
344
00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:43,075
We're with a small group of people.
345
00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:45,410
We've been drinking.
346
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:49,498
I fall asleep on the couch,
and I wake up. My pants are off.
347
00:20:50,415 --> 00:20:53,001
And some guy's fingers are inside of me.
348
00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:55,045
I thought, "Okay,
this time I'm gonna report it."
349
00:20:55,128 --> 00:20:56,505
"I'm going to say something."
350
00:20:56,588 --> 00:20:59,132
I get to the police station,
and in the parking lot,
351
00:20:59,216 --> 00:21:02,844
I met with an officer
who basically talks me out of it.
352
00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:05,088
He says, "You know,
really it's a 'he said, she said.'"
353
00:21:05,138 --> 00:21:07,140
"There's not gonna be any proof."
354
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,393
And then, here I am...
355
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,106
literally taken
in the middle of the night.
356
00:21:14,189 --> 00:21:18,443
My body stolen and violated.
357
00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:21,612
And it's still...
358
00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:25,033
They don't believe me.
359
00:21:25,784 --> 00:21:28,495
I don't know what needs to happen to me...
360
00:21:30,872 --> 00:21:35,377
what needs to happen to any woman
for them to be believed.
361
00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:38,171
[waves crashing]
362
00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:40,257
I mean, it just seems hopeless.
363
00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:41,383
[seagulls cawing]
364
00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:43,468
[pensive music playing]
365
00:21:50,434 --> 00:21:52,311
[phones ringing]
366
00:21:52,394 --> 00:21:55,939
[Misty] I can't give up searching
for a victim with blond hair.
367
00:21:57,733 --> 00:21:59,609
And that's all I really cared about.
368
00:22:01,528 --> 00:22:03,405
[keyboard clacking]
369
00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:06,908
And so, I decided to go back
to the white Mustang.
370
00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:08,993
[mouse clicks]
371
00:22:09,703 --> 00:22:12,497
The vehicle was stolen
seven months previously.
372
00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:14,875
- [mouse clicks]
- In the city of Vallejo.
373
00:22:16,293 --> 00:22:18,795
I contact the registered owner,
374
00:22:18,879 --> 00:22:20,839
tell him, you know,
that we have the Mustang,
375
00:22:20,922 --> 00:22:23,550
it was involved in a home invasion,
376
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:26,678
and he stops me and says,
377
00:22:26,762 --> 00:22:30,849
"Hmm. Have you heard
of the Mare Island creeper?"
378
00:22:30,932 --> 00:22:32,392
And I thought to myself,
379
00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:35,270
"Where is Mare Island?
And who's the creeper?"
380
00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,356
[suspenseful music playing]
381
00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:42,402
Mare Island is connected
by a tiny bridge to Vallejo.
382
00:22:44,613 --> 00:22:46,198
It's a quiet neighborhood.
383
00:22:47,491 --> 00:22:49,368
But in 2014,
384
00:22:50,118 --> 00:22:56,083
there was a bunch of students
that were being harassed by a male subject
385
00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:58,460
who would basically peep
into their windows,
386
00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:01,505
take photos, and then would scurry away.
387
00:23:02,089 --> 00:23:03,799
[dog barking]
388
00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:08,387
Night after night after night,
this man was terrorizing the neighborhood,
389
00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:10,555
and the cops aren't doing anything.
390
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:12,849
So they decided
to take matters into their own hands.
391
00:23:12,933 --> 00:23:14,518
[crickets chirping]
392
00:23:15,811 --> 00:23:19,064
A couple of students follow the man home
393
00:23:19,731 --> 00:23:22,818
and realize that he, too,
lives on Mare Island.
394
00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:27,447
And they do a further search
and find out that he's ex-military...
395
00:23:29,199 --> 00:23:30,325
and a lawyer.
396
00:23:32,202 --> 00:23:34,037
And in my brain, I'm thinking,
397
00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:37,124
"The Mare Island creeper
is Matthew Muller."
398
00:23:38,834 --> 00:23:39,960
Holy shit.
399
00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:42,045
[tense music playing]
400
00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:47,217
They reported all of these incidents
that occurred to the police,
401
00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:50,387
but the investigation stopped.
402
00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:54,307
How could the police
have not followed up on this guy?
403
00:23:54,391 --> 00:23:55,600
They had leads.
404
00:23:56,810 --> 00:23:58,228
[birds chirping]
405
00:23:59,187 --> 00:24:03,817
And then he tells me
that in March of 2015,
406
00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:06,403
the Mare Island creeper cases stop.
407
00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:08,530
[brooding music playing]
408
00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:13,493
He said, "You know, it was around
the same time of the Gone Girl case."
409
00:24:13,577 --> 00:24:15,078
"You know, the Gone Girl case?"
410
00:24:15,162 --> 00:24:19,541
And I had no idea
what he was talking about.
411
00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:21,626
[music continues]
412
00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:26,965
I google
"Vallejo kidnapping Gone Girl case."
413
00:24:29,384 --> 00:24:31,470
{an8}All of these articles pop up.
414
00:24:32,721 --> 00:24:36,725
{an8}Kidnapping for ransom mystery
involving a 30-year-old woman
415
00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:40,896
{an8}taken forcibly in the night
from a home on Mare Island.
416
00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:44,065
[Misty] She was taken from
an address on Kirkland Avenue
417
00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:47,652
where the Mare Island creeper was
committing his Peeping Tom crimes.
418
00:24:47,736 --> 00:24:50,405
[reporter 1] The suspect restrained them
with zip ties
419
00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:53,992
and then covered their eyes
with blacked-out swim goggles.
420
00:24:54,075 --> 00:24:56,536
My heart is racing. My stomach is turning.
421
00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:58,660
{an8}[reporter 2] That woman
who claims she was kidnapped
422
00:24:58,705 --> 00:25:02,501
{an8}has turned up safe and unharmed
this morning in Huntington Beach.
423
00:25:02,584 --> 00:25:06,379
[Misty] The GPS in the Mustang
had Huntington Beach on it.
424
00:25:06,463 --> 00:25:08,048
- [mouse clicks]
- And then...
425
00:25:08,131 --> 00:25:10,425
[dramatic sting]
426
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:13,011
I see this picture of a white woman
427
00:25:14,638 --> 00:25:16,223
with long blond hair.
428
00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:20,227
Oh my God. The blond hair
that I have on those goggles
429
00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:23,438
is hair that matches
the hair that Denise has.
430
00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:27,275
{an8}[reporter] Police are now saying
it was all a wild goose chase.
431
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,903
It was all a hoax, an elaborate hoax.
432
00:25:29,986 --> 00:25:33,532
[Misty] They're calling this woman a liar
on national news,
433
00:25:34,407 --> 00:25:36,785
but I just wanted
to reach through the computer
434
00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:38,620
and just give her a hug and say,
435
00:25:39,829 --> 00:25:40,830
"I got you."
436
00:25:44,042 --> 00:25:45,710
[music fades]
437
00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:49,339
[line ringing]
438
00:25:49,422 --> 00:25:50,799
So I call Vallejo PD.
439
00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:55,887
I'm so excited and so amped up,
like, "Let's get this solved right now!"
440
00:25:57,013 --> 00:25:58,515
[line continues ringing]
441
00:25:58,598 --> 00:25:59,808
And I get no answer.
442
00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:04,271
But I am like the annoying ex-girlfriend
that never goes away.
443
00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:06,481
[line ringing]
444
00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:08,024
So I continue to call them.
445
00:26:08,108 --> 00:26:09,651
[intriguing music playing]
446
00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:10,819
And call them.
447
00:26:11,528 --> 00:26:13,363
[line continues ringing]
448
00:26:16,616 --> 00:26:17,617
[ringing stops]
449
00:26:17,701 --> 00:26:21,830
Finally, I get transferred to a detective
and he says,
450
00:26:21,913 --> 00:26:25,292
"The case was turned over to the FBI,
so we're no longer investigating it."
451
00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:26,835
"You might want to call them."
452
00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:29,462
"Okay. Um, give me the phone number."
453
00:26:29,546 --> 00:26:33,925
So he gives me the phone number
to the FBI agent, David Sesma.
454
00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:37,012
And I hang up the phone,
like, "Okay, that was useless."
455
00:26:37,887 --> 00:26:40,098
- [line rings]
- And I call David Sesma.
456
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:41,600
And I tell him,
457
00:26:41,683 --> 00:26:46,438
"We have a suspect in custody,
um, very similar to the suspect
458
00:26:46,521 --> 00:26:49,608
that was involved
in the kidnapping of Denise Huskins."
459
00:26:49,691 --> 00:26:51,651
"You guys deemed it a hoax."
460
00:26:51,735 --> 00:26:54,571
He snapped back and said,
"We never called it a hoax."
461
00:26:54,654 --> 00:26:58,617
I said, "Well, anyways,
I have this person in custody
462
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:04,497
that you may be interested in speaking to
because the cases are so similar."
463
00:27:05,081 --> 00:27:05,915
And he said,
464
00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:10,045
"Okay, well, send me all the information
that you have, and we'll look at it."
465
00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:12,505
And I thought, "That's it?"
466
00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:14,257
I was so disappointed.
467
00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:16,676
- [suspenseful music playing]
- [phones ringing]
468
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,887
[Miguel] We set up a meeting with the FBI
469
00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:22,140
to go over the evidence
that we found in South Lake Tahoe.
470
00:27:25,352 --> 00:27:27,062
I show them the zip ties,
471
00:27:28,271 --> 00:27:29,271
duct tape...
472
00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:32,525
and they were curious.
473
00:27:34,235 --> 00:27:37,322
But when they see the water gun
that we had collected,
474
00:27:37,405 --> 00:27:40,158
they told us
that this was the exact same gun
475
00:27:40,241 --> 00:27:42,869
that the kidnappers
had photographed and emailed
476
00:27:42,952 --> 00:27:45,163
to, uh, the San Francisco Chronicle.
477
00:27:45,955 --> 00:27:47,624
[suspenseful music continues]
478
00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:52,337
And then when I show them the photo
of the goggles with the blond hair,
479
00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:54,547
they look visibly shocked.
480
00:27:54,631 --> 00:27:57,801
They realize that maybe they were wrong
481
00:27:57,884 --> 00:28:01,262
and they need to further investigate
the Vallejo incident.
482
00:28:02,222 --> 00:28:03,473
[music intensifies, ends]
483
00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:09,479
[phone ringing]
484
00:28:09,562 --> 00:28:10,772
[receiver clatters]
485
00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:12,982
[Doug] I get a call from the US attorney.
486
00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:17,779
And he tells me, "Doug, I think
we may have a break in the case."
487
00:28:17,862 --> 00:28:19,239
[police siren wailing]
488
00:28:19,322 --> 00:28:23,993
He says, "We have a man.
We're holding him in custody right now."
489
00:28:24,828 --> 00:28:29,082
"There is evidence that links him
to the crime against Denise and Aaron."
490
00:28:29,165 --> 00:28:31,042
[pensive music playing]
491
00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,586
Can you imagine my shock?
492
00:28:33,670 --> 00:28:37,507
{an8}[reporter 1] Breaking news at noon
in the mysterious Vallejo kidnapping saga.
493
00:28:37,590 --> 00:28:40,844
{an8}Major break in a strange kidnapping case
in California.
494
00:28:40,927 --> 00:28:44,389
{an8}A kidnapping case that was once compared
to the movie Gone Girl.
495
00:28:44,472 --> 00:28:47,517
{an8}There's been an arrest
in the Denise Huskins kidnapping.
496
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,436
{an8}This was real all along.
497
00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:51,604
Denise and Aaron were telling the truth.
498
00:28:51,688 --> 00:28:53,314
I'm floored.
499
00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:57,068
[reporter 2] Authorities initially said
Huskins was lying about her kidnapping.
500
00:28:57,152 --> 00:28:59,904
{an8}Now we've learned from the arrest warrant
that Denise reported
501
00:28:59,988 --> 00:29:02,532
{an8}she was sexually assaulted by her captor.
502
00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,160
Oh God.
503
00:29:07,036 --> 00:29:09,205
I mean, the news is just overwhelming.
504
00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:13,877
There's millions of different questions
running on... in our minds.
505
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,881
[reporter 3] A suspect
has now been identified by the FBI.
506
00:29:17,964 --> 00:29:21,634
Matthew Muller graduated
from Harvard Law in 2006
507
00:29:21,718 --> 00:29:24,804
and was a research assistant there
for the next three years.
508
00:29:24,888 --> 00:29:29,184
He told detectives he's bipolar
and suffers from Gulf War Illness.
509
00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:32,771
[reporter 3] Muller had been working
as an immigration lawyer in San Francisco,
510
00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:35,565
but was disbarred earlier this year.
511
00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:39,110
[Denise] I'm looking at this man.
512
00:29:41,404 --> 00:29:43,615
I'm, like, sick to my stomach.
513
00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:48,369
I'm just trying to process...
514
00:29:50,497 --> 00:29:51,664
the situation.
515
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,461
Because the man
who held me captive and raped me,
516
00:29:56,544 --> 00:29:58,963
I never knew what he looked like.
517
00:30:00,256 --> 00:30:03,426
{an8}But then there's video footage.
518
00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:06,012
{an8}[reporter] He's seen here
in this story on Univision.
519
00:30:06,095 --> 00:30:08,097
{an8}They had said, up until today, is that,
520
00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:10,308
{an8}"No, we will not even let you
have your day in court."
521
00:30:10,391 --> 00:30:11,893
[gentle music playing]
522
00:30:11,976 --> 00:30:15,647
The cadence of how he spoke, the rhythm.
523
00:30:17,065 --> 00:30:18,191
I know it's him.
524
00:30:23,112 --> 00:30:27,992
Hearing him, seeing him
validated that this all was real.
525
00:30:29,702 --> 00:30:33,456
And I felt that frustration
and that anger of like,
526
00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:37,126
"See? It wasn't that fucking crazy
'cause it happened."
527
00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:38,503
"Why didn't you listen to us?"
528
00:30:38,586 --> 00:30:41,256
"Why didn't you
take what we said seriously?"
529
00:30:45,426 --> 00:30:47,554
[Doug] After the arrest of Matthew Muller,
530
00:30:48,221 --> 00:30:50,640
the only thing in this world
that I want to see
531
00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:52,642
is the affidavit.
532
00:30:54,602 --> 00:30:58,565
An affidavit is a document
that law enforcement puts together
533
00:30:58,648 --> 00:31:02,986
that details every step
of an investigation.
534
00:31:03,069 --> 00:31:04,237
[intriguing music playing]
535
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,990
When I read it,
it becomes patently obvious
536
00:31:07,073 --> 00:31:09,742
that law enforcement did very little work
537
00:31:09,826 --> 00:31:12,787
into the actual crime of kidnapping.
538
00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:16,207
What they did focus their attention on
was prosecuting Denise and Aaron.
539
00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:21,504
They were blind to the fact
that a real crime had been committed here.
540
00:31:23,298 --> 00:31:25,466
So I read about the polygraph and it says,
541
00:31:26,676 --> 00:31:28,344
"The exam was completed...
542
00:31:29,512 --> 00:31:31,598
with unknown results."
543
00:31:32,307 --> 00:31:35,476
Agent French told me
I failed it miserably,
544
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,312
not even a question.
545
00:31:38,688 --> 00:31:42,150
Aaron, there's no question in my mind
that you failed this test.
546
00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:43,985
So he's just lying to me.
547
00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:48,114
Lying through his teeth
to just break me down.
548
00:31:50,116 --> 00:31:53,202
Then I see that there's a section
in this affidavit
549
00:31:53,286 --> 00:31:54,662
that goes over the SART exam.
550
00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:58,875
A SART exam is
a sexual assault examination
551
00:31:58,958 --> 00:32:01,669
that's given at the hospital
to victims of sexual assaults.
552
00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:04,839
According to this affidavit,
553
00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:09,010
there was no physical evidence
of non-consensual sex.
554
00:32:11,596 --> 00:32:14,140
[Doug] Denise spent
hours and hours and hours
555
00:32:14,223 --> 00:32:18,144
going over each detail
about the sexual assault.
556
00:32:18,227 --> 00:32:19,646
[Denise] And I played along...
557
00:32:20,271 --> 00:32:22,398
'cause I didn't know what else to do.
558
00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:27,403
Not every rape
is going to be physically damaging.
559
00:32:27,487 --> 00:32:31,074
I mean, this is the fucking FBI.
Like, they should know better.
560
00:32:31,157 --> 00:32:33,201
[intriguing music continues]
561
00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:36,871
[Doug] Then I read that while Aaron
was in the Vallejo Police Department,
562
00:32:37,538 --> 00:32:42,794
he told the police that the kidnappers
were going to contact him on his phone.
563
00:32:43,753 --> 00:32:46,214
But what does law enforcement do?
564
00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:48,007
They put it on airplane mode.
565
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:51,260
Law enforcement
didn't turn Aaron's phone on
566
00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:53,680
until that next evening,
567
00:32:53,763 --> 00:32:56,307
when they discovered
that two calls had come in.
568
00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:58,726
These were traceable calls.
569
00:32:59,602 --> 00:33:01,437
And they were traceable
570
00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:04,232
within 200 meters...
571
00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:06,943
[music intensifies, fades]
572
00:33:07,026 --> 00:33:08,861
...of where Denise was being held.
573
00:33:11,239 --> 00:33:12,490
Oh my God.
574
00:33:16,035 --> 00:33:19,956
If they had actually monitored his phone...
575
00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:24,335
they could have saved me
from the second rape.
576
00:33:26,796 --> 00:33:27,796
[exhales]
577
00:33:28,923 --> 00:33:29,757
Yeah.
578
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,175
[somber music playing]
579
00:33:34,429 --> 00:33:37,807
And then, as we were
still going through all of this,
580
00:33:38,558 --> 00:33:40,518
we get a call from the FBI.
581
00:33:40,601 --> 00:33:41,894
[indistinct chatter]
582
00:33:41,978 --> 00:33:45,523
[Denise] They tell us that they are sure
that Muller acted alone
583
00:33:45,606 --> 00:33:47,817
and they're not looking for anyone else.
584
00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:51,320
These are the same investigators
that said I killed Denise.
585
00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:54,157
The same investigators
that said it was a hoax.
586
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,951
And now the same investigators
are saying he acted alone.
587
00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,287
We know there's other people out there.
588
00:33:59,912 --> 00:34:02,165
And the police are gonna let them
skate through
589
00:34:02,248 --> 00:34:04,250
because it's the easiest thing for them.
590
00:34:04,751 --> 00:34:06,502
[reporter] Keep moving, guys!
Keep it clear!
591
00:34:06,586 --> 00:34:08,921
- [cameras clicking]
- Clear, please!
592
00:34:09,005 --> 00:34:10,131
[indistinct chatter]
593
00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:11,716
Clear, please!
594
00:34:14,343 --> 00:34:17,430
[Denise] The police refused
to follow the evidence,
595
00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:20,600
and the media all laughed along the way.
596
00:34:20,683 --> 00:34:22,685
[cameras clicking]
597
00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:26,314
I want to stand up there...
598
00:34:29,192 --> 00:34:32,862
and look every damn one of them
in the face
599
00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:35,740
while they learn the truth.
600
00:34:35,823 --> 00:34:37,825
[cameras clicking]
601
00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:40,661
I'm sick of hiding.
602
00:34:42,538 --> 00:34:44,624
I don't have anything to hide from.
603
00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:49,253
Nearly four months ago,
we told you that Denise Huskins was right.
604
00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:53,883
That she was not only innocent
of perpetrating a hoax,
605
00:34:53,966 --> 00:34:57,762
but that she was a victim
of a very serious and violent crime.
606
00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:03,101
Seeing Denise and Aaron out in public,
they're not saying anything,
607
00:35:03,184 --> 00:35:05,394
but their emotions spoke volumes.
608
00:35:06,562 --> 00:35:11,317
I regret my part in this
because they went through hell.
609
00:35:12,693 --> 00:35:14,987
We're thinking that
we're covering this story,
610
00:35:15,071 --> 00:35:18,324
the salacious story of a lifetime,
and it all went horribly wrong.
611
00:35:19,408 --> 00:35:23,996
Ms. Huskins and Mr. Quinn
held their heads up high
612
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:28,251
in the face of public shame
and humiliation.
613
00:35:29,085 --> 00:35:33,714
I had this overwhelming sense of relief.
614
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:39,887
And to know that she was going to be
validated was everything to me.
615
00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:41,556
That she was not a liar.
616
00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:45,476
And how dare we, as law enforcement,
ever say something like that.
617
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,562
[mellow music playing]
618
00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:59,323
{an8}[reporter 1] A man who has pled guilty
to the kidnapping of Denise Huskins
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00:35:59,407 --> 00:36:00,741
will be sentenced today.
620
00:36:01,450 --> 00:36:05,663
[reporter 2] This will be Huskins's
and Quinn's first time coming face-to-face
621
00:36:05,746 --> 00:36:06,998
with Matthew Muller.
622
00:36:07,081 --> 00:36:10,126
[mellow music continues]
623
00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:14,922
[Denise] In that entire time in captivity...
624
00:36:16,924 --> 00:36:21,012
I was a body to him behind these goggles.
625
00:36:22,597 --> 00:36:25,183
I never saw him, and he never saw me.
626
00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:27,977
And I knew that standing up there,
627
00:36:28,060 --> 00:36:31,480
I was going to turn to him
and make him see me.
628
00:36:33,816 --> 00:36:36,861
And I stared right at him,
and I said his name,
629
00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:40,031
"Matthew Muller... [clears throat]
630
00:36:42,491 --> 00:36:46,162
...now we meet face-to-face, eye-to-eye."
631
00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:51,500
"I am Denise Huskins,
the woman behind the blindfold."
632
00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:01,886
[breathing shakily]
633
00:37:04,138 --> 00:37:05,138
And, um...
634
00:37:07,934 --> 00:37:09,852
I took myself back that day.
635
00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:15,399
[pensive music playing]
636
00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:44,011
[attorney] Okay.
637
00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:46,847
{an8}Okay, good morning. We are on the record.
638
00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:51,185
{an8}This is the recorded video deposition
of Andrew Bidou.
639
00:37:52,061 --> 00:37:55,022
[Doug] During the civil case,
a tip came in,
640
00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:58,401
and it's about the chief of police,
Andrew Bidou.
641
00:38:00,319 --> 00:38:02,697
According to the anonymous source,
642
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:06,826
before the Vallejo Police Department
had a national press conference
643
00:38:06,909 --> 00:38:09,704
in which they called
Denise and Aaron liars,
644
00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:14,667
{an8}Andrew Bidou told Officer Park to
645
00:38:14,750 --> 00:38:16,252
{an8}"burn that bitch."
646
00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:21,674
Ms. Huskins has plundered
valuable resources away from our community
647
00:38:21,757 --> 00:38:25,428
while instilling fear
amongst our community members.
648
00:38:25,511 --> 00:38:29,682
So if anything, it is Ms. Huskins
that owes this community an apology.
649
00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:32,184
[attorney] Do you recall anyone saying
650
00:38:32,268 --> 00:38:34,270
any words to the effect
of "burn that bitch"
651
00:38:34,353 --> 00:38:37,231
in respect to Ms. Huskins
on the day of March 25th?
652
00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:39,317
I've never heard anybody say that.
653
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,153
[thrilling music playing]
654
00:38:50,786 --> 00:38:52,330
And I start figuring out,
655
00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:55,416
"Okay, how do I make it
so you look like a monster?"
656
00:38:56,959 --> 00:38:58,961
{an8}[music continues]
657
00:39:18,397 --> 00:39:20,024
[music fades]
658
00:39:20,107 --> 00:39:21,984
[Denise] The end of 2017...
659
00:39:24,111 --> 00:39:27,740
we find out that Misty Carausu
would like to talk to us.
660
00:39:27,823 --> 00:39:29,825
[hopeful music playing]
661
00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:33,245
[Misty] I wanted to meet them.
I felt like it was time.
662
00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:37,875
They walk in... Sorry.
663
00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:41,670
They walk in and I see her,
and she looks exactly the same
664
00:39:42,671 --> 00:39:44,632
as she did on... on the news.
665
00:39:45,299 --> 00:39:48,260
We just hugged
and we just talked for a while.
666
00:39:48,844 --> 00:39:50,262
It was very emotional.
667
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:55,976
And I tell her... [sighs]
...how all I've wanted this whole time
668
00:39:56,977 --> 00:40:01,315
was someone in law enforcement
to call a hero
669
00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:03,609
and that she's our hero.
670
00:40:03,692 --> 00:40:05,694
[hopeful music continues]
671
00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:10,616
[Aaron]
If Misty didn't connect Muller to us,
672
00:40:12,159 --> 00:40:14,537
I've no idea where we'd be.
673
00:40:17,581 --> 00:40:19,417
We're lucky out of this.
674
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:21,585
[music fades]
675
00:40:21,669 --> 00:40:25,089
["True Love Will Find You in the End"
by Headless Heroes playing]
676
00:40:25,965 --> 00:40:30,678
♪ True love will find you in the end ♪
677
00:40:31,387 --> 00:40:32,847
[Denise] We got married.
678
00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:37,351
We moved to the coast
and started a new life.
679
00:40:42,064 --> 00:40:46,861
And in March 2020,
I gave birth to our daughter, Olivia.
680
00:40:49,947 --> 00:40:53,284
[Aaron] And then we had
another little girl, Naomi.
681
00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:55,327
[song continues]
682
00:40:56,328 --> 00:40:59,165
And so, uh, it feels like
our family is complete.
683
00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:00,082
[Denise] Mm-hmm.
684
00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:01,166
Yeah.
685
00:41:01,750 --> 00:41:06,630
♪ This is a promise with a catch ♪
686
00:41:09,175 --> 00:41:12,178
[Denise] I want them to know their value
687
00:41:12,261 --> 00:41:14,847
and to never let anyone
688
00:41:16,557 --> 00:41:19,935
dictate that or determine that for them.
689
00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:27,276
More than anything, I just hope
that they grow up to be like their mom.
690
00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:29,570
And if they do that, they'll be okay.
691
00:41:33,574 --> 00:41:34,574
Yep.
692
00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:44,460
[song ends]
693
00:41:45,711 --> 00:41:47,713
[thrilling music playing]
694
00:42:26,710 --> 00:42:28,712
[music fades]
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