huskins and mr.ght questions for police about how this case was handled. >> when the police just get it wrong, it scancan we tough to sue them. when they come out and make a public statement that says effective low you are lying then they could be in real trouble. >> reporter: a hollywood ending for what so many thought was a real-life "gone girl." the fight for her truth now apparently over. for "nightline," aditi roy in alameda county, california. >>> and next -- there are no questions offlimits when our david muir sits down with presidential candidate scott walker and his family. an intimate look at their life on and off the campaign trail. >> announcer: abc news "nightline" brought to you by -- technology empowers us to achieve more. it pushes us to go further. special olympics has almost five million athletes in 170 countries. the microsoft cloud allows us to immediately be able to access information, wherever we are. information for an athlete's medical care, or information to track their perso

huskins was absolutely kidnapped. we did it.overtible proof of that." >> reporter: the author, at times boastful, at others remorseful, describes the kidnappers as "professional thieves, young adults, fairly recent college graduates who fancied ourselves as a sort of ocean's 11, gentlemen criminals." >> why do this? >> why not do it? >> you know what, tell that to a jury. it's not like ocean's 11. he's not george clooney. >> they describe themselves as this motley crew who started with car break-ins and home break-ins and elevated themselves to kidnappings and burglaries. >> reporter: the kidnapping of denise huskins, the note explains, was simply a "test of methods to be used later on a higher net worth target." but "the operation went terribly wrong," as the kidnappers apparently developed a soft spot for their victim. "we were very impressed with the strength she showed and who she was as we passed the time talking to her." >> what was stunning was that they actually felt guilty for kidnapping denise. >> they want to create a

these are hamm things that huskins initially told police. >> and huskins and quinn's lawyer asking for more potential victims out there. any idea if such person will come forward or has already come forward? >> not yet. but the fbi wants anyone who has experienced a home invasion to call 1-800-call fbi because this investigation is still ongoing. >> thank you, tara. >>> meanwhile, thent ass of kathryn steinle -- the parents of kathryn steinle say the system failed them. they called for changes in their first nationally televised interview. >> it'sate stonishing, we are happening to -- it's astonishing. we are hoping to carry this forward. >> they talked with bill o'reilly on fox news last night. their daughter was shot to death almost two weeks ago. prosecutors have charged juan francisco lopez sanchez with murder. he's a convicted felon, has been deported to mexico five times. because of san francisco's sanctuary policy, the sheriff's office didn't hold lopez sanchez for immigration officials afers he completed a -- after he completed a recent jail sentence. steinle's parents were ask

leaving quinn behind, the intruder disappeared with denise huskins. later, this was sent to a reporter, proof that she was still alive. >> i'm denise huskins. they called it a ohio valley. >> over the course of the last few days, if i can put in it perspective. we've had over 40 police detectives from the local, state and federal levels. and over 100 support personnel assisting in the investigation, around the clock to help locate miss huskins. that is a tremendous amount of resources that in my opinion was wasted. i can sit here and apologize for me, for all of us being guarded with our information but i can tell you in the grand scheme of things, mr. quinn and miss huskins have plundered valuable resources away from our community and has taken the focus away from the true victims of our community. while instilling fear amongst our community members. so if anything, it is mr. quinn and miss huskins that owes this community an apology. >> then things got even weirder. that forceful statement from police drew an immediate response on march 26th from th

back to you. >> interesting to see denise huskins at the press conference. pretty emotional press conference for her. >> reporter: we weren't expecting to see her there. we talked to the attorneys there, they said we will be speaking at 3:30 p.m. but they made no mention they would be there. so it came as a surprise. >> allie rasmus in vallejo, thank you. >>> new at 6:00 p.m. we are hearing from the parents of kathryn steinle who was shot and killed at the beginning of the month. they spoke today with bill o'reilly. ktvu's claudine wong joins us now from the new room with what they talked about. >> reporter: kathryn steinle's parents came on to talk about their daughter and what they want to happen next. her father says what happened was evil but says goodness trumps evil. kathryn steinle was killed july 1 in san francisco. >> she was not only beautiful but a very soulful person. a lot of depth. a lot of spiritualality. that is helping to give us the strength that we have conjured up here. i feel her strength still with me. >> the man arrested for her shooti

huskins. >> reporter: huskins and quinn held on to each other tightly.their attorneys say despite the ordeal, they're stronger than ever. the couples' attorney say they plan to continue towíi rebuild their lives and move forward.;u)rÑ @r(t&háhp &hc t so far, vallejo police aren't saying anything. they have not provided a comment. reporting live in vallejo, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> it is a bizarre case. thank you, jodi. >>> our coverage continues online at nbcbayarea.com. all you have to do is click on the top story box to read more including that 56-page affidavit which we have posted there. it details all the evidence that investigators say they have collected in the case. >>> a chp motorcycle officer is in the hospital this evening with moderate injuries. he crashed earlier today on 680 in danville. our nbc chopper was overhead. northbound lanes were shut down for about an hour during the investigation into this crash. it happened just north of el certifio boulevard. the chp says it's not clear whether an earlier collision happened just i

quinn and miss huskins that owe this is community an apology. that was kenny park on march 24.y 4 months later, on the heels of a 53-page criminal complaint from the u.s. attorney's office, the tide has turned. >> vallejo police department owes an apology to miss huskins and mr. quinn. but more important is they owe an apology to the public. why? because the individual or individuals who committed this offense were at liberty to continue on their crime spree. and, in fact, they did. >> reporter: the complaint says on march 23rd this man harvard law grad matthew muller broke into the couple's mare island home and kidnapped denise. the complaint says muller and three others tied them up, covered their eyes with goggles and stole their car and threw the drugged denise in the trunk. >> the deed has been done. you can't unwind the trauma and say, you know, whoops we made a mistake. that's not acceptable. that's not good enough. >> reporter: with her lip quivering and crying, her hand grasping aarons, denise study behind her attorney as he tore into vallejo investigators. >> the inju

denise huskins and said two men had taken her. she was dropped off in her hometown of huntington beach, 400 miles south of where she was allegedly taken. police say they investigated the stories and couldn't find anything to substantiate them. in other words it was an elaborate hoax. now the fbi says huskins was indeed kidnapped. huskins and quinn made no comment during a news conference with their attorneys who accused police of failing completely in their duty to investigate the alleged crime. >> nearly four months ago we told you that denise huskins was right, that she was not only innocent of perpetrating a hoax but that she was a victim of a very serious and violent crime. and today there is vindication. >> along with vindication there is an alleged kidnapper under arrest. mathieu mueller. arrested in connection with a home invasion robbery in san francisco. cops found items in his car the fbi says are directly linked to the abduction of denise huskins. in a further twist is turns out mueller is a harvard educated lawyer whos

huskins and quinn were in a news conference yesterday with their attorneys.didn't say anything. their lawyers had plenty to say about the work of the cops. listen here. >> nearly four months ago we told that you denise huskins was right, that she was not only innocent of perpetrating a hoax but that she was a victim of a very serious and violent crime. and today there is vindication. >> reporter: now there is no word on whether huskins or quinn or the pair of them together plan any sort of civil action against the cops who essentially, gretchen called them liars. >> it's an unbelievable story. so what do we know about the alleged kidnapper? >> well, his name is matthew muller. he was first arrested in connection with a home invasion robbery in the san francisco area, but the fbi says a bunch of items that were found in his car at that time are directly linked to the kidnapping of huskins. and as if this wasn't bizarre enough already, it turns out that matthew mull certificate a harvard-educated lawyer. he also told cops he served as a marine from 1995 to 1999

they stole a car and threw a drugged huskins in the trunk. >> the deed has been done. it's not acceptable. it's not good enough. >> reporter: the complaint includes photos muller and company allegedly sent to the "chronicle" showing the items they used to kidnap huskins. police caught up with muller in the past few days after a home invasion in dublin on friday. he allegedly left a cell phone behind and tracked to lake tahoe. last night, matthew muller's attorney had this to say. >> the other.comment is every time you are defending a person, you also have to look at his mental state. and it's true that mr. muller has suffered significant mental health issues over the past several years and has decompensated. >> reporter: according to an fbi affidavit, muller graduated from harvard law in 2006. he was a research assistant there for the next few years, a former marine, says he is bipolar and has gulf war illness. at one point he worked at an immigration law firm in san francisco. he was disbarred this year. as of now vallejo police have yet to respond to the complaint an

but they went through with the crime and kidnapped huskins anyway. turns out the accused kidnapper had targeted a vallejo neighborhood. federal investigators say he and accomplices were honing their techniques before going after denise huskins. kpix 5's cate caugiran on how the neighbors there fought back. >> reporter: kidnapping denise huskins might have been a mistake but the scene of the crime mare island was not. the affidavit has emails from the alleged kidnappers painting the picture of mare island as a training ground with nearby families used for real life practice. the kidnappers write, quote, we committed a home invasion on a whim. we entered many homes on mare island. the affidavit also detailed how the kidnappers used drones at night with heat signatures to see if people were inside. they even tested alarm systems and response times just to see how fast police could get out there. it reads like a movie. and the work of a real-life super village and neighbors fear much of it is true. >> we connected it with other incident on the island. it

huskins and mr. quinn. >> reporter: huskins and quinn appeared emotional yesterday by their attorneys. they reported kidnappers broke into their home, kidnapped huskins, drugged quinn and demanded 8.500 in ransom. vallejo police said the two made the whole thing up. so far, vallejo police referred all questions to the fbi, have not made any comments about what they said in calling that abduction a hoax. live in vallejo, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >>> 6:03. more details now, not just vallejo and dublin. the feds say muller might be linked to unsolved crimes in the peninsula. they say he was connected to a burglary case in palo alto in 2009. a young woman was bound and blindfolded in her home, however, no charges were ever filed. also in 2009, mountain view police investigated a similar home invasion robbery involving a masked suspect who restrained and blindfolded the victims. >>> more now to his background. muller has practiced law in california since 2011. but in january, it was recommend

, huskins and 89 said they were drugged, tied up. when huskins appeared at her parents home vallejo pd doubted their story. they arrested muller erer months later for a double home invasion. no apology from vallejo pd. >> i think it's important that we wait before we look at ourselves and figure out exactly what the final outcome is. >> today matthew muller's attorney visited him in jail. >> he's in a difficult place. we'll be looking at mr. muller's entire life in his defense. >> one which includes mental ililness. the city will wait for the investigation's conclusion before reviewing the police department. >>> you can depend on abc 7 news to provide continuing coverage of the kidnapping case on air and online. our coverage continues on twitter @abc7 news bay area. >>> rescue teams began searching for a person believed to have drowned. witnesses saw someone jump in the water this morning and never surfaced. they've been looking from boats and the shore but so far no signs of that presumed victim. >> three people went to the hospital

we're hearing from the family of huskins's boyfriend, aaron quinn. quinn's family is relieved he's finally vind kateed. >> -- vindicated. >> i knew they were innocent and they were victims of the kidnapping. i'm so glad that they got vindicated on this. >> it's been difficult for both of them. just seeing both of them struggle like they have, being the victims of an awful crime and being the victims again but by the way that they were treated by the police department. >> the vallejo police department called the entire case a hoax, even before detectives were able to question denise huskins following her release from captivity. >> they were complete victims all over. >> a day after investigators made an arrest in this case, relatives are relieved to finally share an accurate picture of the victims. >> they are two strong people and without -- without that strength, i don't know how they -- i don't know how they did it. they were amazing. >> he's an honest, hard-working empathetic, intelligent young man and i'm so proud of him. >> we're both just so pr

the kidnappers claim to be car thieves and huskins was not the intended target. attorneys for the victims believe there are more suspects in huskins' case. >> it has been a horrible nightmare and we are hoping they can start doing their job now the police, and actually both of us believe there are other people out this. >> tones for the victims say they are not sure if their clients will file a civil lawsuit. people would believe they of victims of a similar crime are urged to call the f.b.i. >> mathew muller told authorities he is a former main suffering from ptsd and the attorney said the 38-year-old's mental history will be brought up in court. >> it is true what they have contained in the complaint he suffers from bipolar disorder. certainly he has had a history of mental illness that certainly will be part of our defense. >> looking more closely at muller's back ground he joins the marines as a teen and served four years until 1999 and attended harvard law school and graduated in 2012. he worked as an immigration attorney in san francisco. he was disbarred i

huskins and mr. quinn. >> reporter: denise huskins and her boyfriend aaron quinn stood by her attorney's side never commenting. the couple told police they had been tied up and drugged in their home. the kidnappers dropped her off at her parents home in vallejo beach. the police blasted the pair saying their story was weak. now the fbi has evidence that it happened. the fbi says mueller left his cell phone behind during that incident and dublin police tracked him to south lake tahoe. >> once you put all the pieces of the puzzle together, it came out pretty good. it all adds up to him. >> reporter: during a search of mueller's property, investigators say they found goggles that were likely used to blindfold huskins. according to an affidavit he is a former marine. huskins and quinn's lawyers believe there are additional suspects in their client's case and they want authorities to track them down. and again so far vallejo police are not commenting. live from valy hoe i'm tara moriarty. back to you. >>>

denise huskins was kidnapped march 23. she claimed she and her boyfriend were tied up and drugged and the kidnappers drove there her parent's home in southern california. police came out and said they thought denise huskins made it up, the kidnapping never happened. that was had last we heard about the case till this morning. the arrest of a man named matthew muller. the person behind the kidnapping. >> they told the vallejo police department this was real. within hours the police department said it was a hoax and she owed an appall edge to the public. well, today the vallejo police department owes an appall edge to denise huskins and mr. quinn. >> reporter: how did investigators find matthew muller? last month he was involved in a home invasion robbery. he broke into the home, the couple wasn't hurt and he got away. investigators say he made a mistake, left his cell phone behind inside the house. police traced it back to matthew muller. they arrested him and he has been in jail since. during a search of his property, inve

attorney's office a complete 180. >> the vallejo police department owes an apology to miss huskins and mr. quinn, but more importantly is they owe an apology to the public. why? because the individual or individuals who committed this offense were at liberty to continue on their crime spree and, in fact, did. >> reporter: int says on march 23rd this man, harvard law grad matthew muller broke into the couple's mayor island home and kidnapped denise huskins. the complaint says muller and his three co-captors were wearing wetsuits. tied up the couple with zip ties and stole their car and put a drugged denise in the trunk. >> you can't unwind the trauma and say oops, we made a mistake. that's not acceptable. that's not good enough. >> reporter: with her lip quivering and tears welling in her eyes and her hand grasping aaron's denise huskins stood behind her attorneys as he tore into investigators. >> the injury was not only inflicted by the kidnappers, but by those who responded. >> reporter: the complaint even attached photos muller allegedly sent to the chronicle using what the fbi said

denise huskins was taken from her home back in march. her boyfriend was tied up and given a list of instructions to follow. huskins turned up two days later in southern california. vallejo police called the whole thing a hoax but now the fbi says it was a kidnapping. melanie woodrow has been looking into mueller's alleged involvement into a similar home invasion in the east bay. she'll tie it altogether in a live report at 5:00. >>> a divorced couple is now battling over their frozen embryos. carolyn tyler says there are thousands of frozen embryos couple sign consent forms over the use. what happens if there's a divorce? she'll have the story coming up at 5:00. >>> charles chrisman, a sexual predator who moved into iawalnut creek neighborhood was sent back to jail for alleged sexualized thoughts about an 18-year-old. laura anthony joins us in martinez with the details. laura. >> reporter: hi, ana. this is exactly what charles chrisman's neighbors in walnut creek feared, that given the opportunity he would pursue a young person. accordin

. >> the vallejo police department owes an apology to miss huskins and mr. quinn. >> the suspect arrested and the piece of evidence hylist behind creating a similar crime. >> the son of a boston police captain accused of supporting isis. >> we are looking at a commute where traffic is getting busy on some of these commutes including the bay bridge. there is trouble on the span. we'll tell you more. >> looks a little cooler today. not too much. maybe some rain in the extended outlook. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. new this morning they have a deal. a preliminary nuclear agreement with iran has been signed after some very long negotiations. and as the details are coming out, our reporter doug is joining us in washington, d.c. where president obama is defending the deal. >> reporter: the president sees this as a critical item for his agenda. he thinks this will be a game changer with iran. critics are already picking the deal apart. >> i think this is a sign of hope for the entire world and we know it is very much needed in this time. >> reporter: just min

denise huskins, and aaron quinn. they became crime victims, soon portrayed as liars. >> this is a great day, because they have been vindicated. >> 38-year-old matthew mueller is the man in custody, in connection with huskins' abduction. a three man team, invading the couple's home, tieing them up, and drugging them, before taking huskins for ransom. >> we were not able to substantiate any of the things they were saying. >> reporter: they declared it a hoax, especially when huskins turned up unharmed. >> what i would classify as a wild goose chase. >> reporter: they might still be saying that, but for a home invasion. the couple fought the suspect off and he ran. >> he left a trail behind that we followed. >> reporter: mueller left his cell phone behind, and dublin police tracked him to lake tahoe. >> once you put all the pieces of the puzzle together, it came out pretty good. it all added up to him. >> it's not a hoax. it's what happens to two human beings. >> reporter: they had no connection to the suspect, other th

huskins telling police they had "protocols" in place as if they had done this before. two days later, huskins emerges, 400 miles away, near her father's southern california home. the fbi says near muller's home agents found goggles with a strand of long blond hair the same color as huskins'. but tonight, the police department that called the whole things a hoax is not apologizing. does the police department owe this couple about apology? >> going to evaluate when the investigation is complete and go from there. >> reporter: did you drop the ball? >> i don't believe so no. >> reporter: and now different police departments in the area are looking at other bizarre home invasions involving masked men, david, they are looking for possible ties to muller. >> cecilia, thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. we have new video coming in the emergency landing. the plane in the middle of traffic. that plane in trouble. the pilot turning this highway, right here just incredible there, into a makeshift runway. we'll have more. >>> also to

said they arrested 38-year-old for the kidnapping of vallejo resident denise huskins. for four months she and her boyfriend, aaron quinn have been called highers accused of being drugged and tied and sexually assault asked making up the story. the file unsealed a sworn affidavit linking muller to the kidnapping while they werevicting a home invasion. the two days are similar and a cell phone he left behind at the dublin address helped them pinpoint his identity. huskins attorney said the vallejo mist owe husband kins and quinn an apology. >> they absolutely 100 percent positively uncw50 i didn't not just not guilty but innocent. >> the f.b.i. affidavit includes a link to photos of the room where muller kept huskins against her will and gear cluing gloves and type and two way radios and a wig. criminal history check of mull are by detectives revealed he was a suspect in a burglary, criminal lets, robbery and attempted sexual assault case being investigationed by appeal pal police. no arrest was made in that case. >> thank you matt we have a story coming up now about wha

. >> reporter: vallejo city leaders said many words about the denise huskins and aaron quinn kidnapping case, but none of them were sorry. >> um, if we were to speak out now short of seeing the completion of the investigation, we could be wrong again. >> at this time we are not -- we are going to hold off on that until we -- the investigation is concluded. and then we'll evaluate at that time. >> reporter: the city's official line is we are waiting until the fbi's case wraps up. among the items the fbi collected after arrest 38-year- old matthew muller for the crime were three drones from this vallejo storage facility. in the criminal complaint the feds quoted a rambling email they say muller sent to the "san francisco chronicle." muller allegedly said he and his co-conspirators used them to surveill the mare island neighborhood prior to abducting denise. the feds also found videocameras wirelessly set up allegedly to let the suspect monitor aaron inside his home to be sure he was following their instructions after denise was thrown in a trunk. while most in vallejo city ranks weren't b

arrested for the kidnapping of beniece huskins, 38-year-old mathew muller. huskings and her boyfriend were called liars and said they made up the story of being drugged and sexually assaulted and tied up. the file had a sworn affidavit linking muller to the crimes gone husband kins kin -- crimes against husband kins -- denise huskins and quinn. a cell phone left behind by muller helped them hen point his identity. the two are 100 percent innocent . the attorney said that the vallejo police defendant owe an apology to huskins and mr. quinn, and the father believes the police department owes an apology but does not expect one. criminal history check of muller revealed he was a suspect if a burglary and attempted sexual assault vogued by the appeal -- palo alto and a similar incident in mountain view three daze after that incident in palo alto and both cases are still open. >>> mathew muller is a harvard haw school graduate disbarred in california. seen in an early story from univision he was disbarred from a san francisco firm for failing to file immigration p

the fbi announced they believed he was announced in the kidnapping of huskins. police say all the investigators who handled the kidnapping report are still on the case. >> the same investigators who initially thought this was a hoax? >> all the investigators who are working from the start are still working in conjunction with the fbi. >> any plans to reassign them? >> no, not at this time. >> the fbi has told vallejo police not to comment any further since kidnapping is an ongoing investigation. muller is in the santa rita jail in connection with a home invasion robbery in dublin. he's not been charged in the kidnapping case since the investigation will take some time to finish. >>> we're also hearing from the family of huskins' boyfriend aaron quinn. her mother says she is relieved he is is receiving vindication. >> i think they took the easiest route and first the easiest route was to assume he killed denise. the second was the call to hoax. >> quinn's family says it was very painful to see him and denise huskins victimized twice. first by the kidnappers and s

quinn and miss huskins that owe this is community an apology. >> reporter: that police lieutenant on march 24. but an unsealed criminal complaint from the u.s. attorney's office has turned the tide. >> the vallejo police department owes an apology to miss huskins and mr. quinn. but more importantly is they owe an apology to the public. why? because the individual or individuals who committed this offense were at liberty to continue on their crime spree and, in fact, did. >> reporter: the complaint says on march 23, this man, harvard law grad matthew muller, broke into the couple's mare island home and kidnapped denise huskins. but in a moment of remorse the kidnappers returned denise to her mother's home in huntington beach. within hours, vallejo police called it a hoax. denise's father spoke yesterday saying his daughter feels vindicated. >> yeah, i thought, you know, when she was found i thought there would be more open arms about it and, you know, greet her and instead they were very hostile. >> reporter: again, vallejo police have been quiet on this. that's until now. we have bee

is now accused of really taking huskins and there's more. we have developing coverage on the developing story. the home invasion led to a break in the vallejo case but we begin with jodi hernandez. >> reporter: the attorney for both victims came out swinging. they were loud and vocal when the story broke four months ago insisting that their clients were innocent. now that the fbi has arrested a suspect, those attorneys are saying we told you so. >> today is a fabulous day for denise huskins, for aaron quinn, who have held their heads up high in the face of public shame and humiliation. >> reporter: that's how attorneys for victims of an abduction that police said initially was a hoax feel tonight after police arrested they arrested 38-year-old matthew muller in custody accused of kidnapping denise huskins and drugging and tying up huskins' boyfriend, aaron quinn, back in march. >> the conduct was so far outside the box they had a hard time accepting it as being true. so at this point, you know at this point i think we're beyond being surpris

apparently, denise huskins was not the intended target. the affidavit says the kidnappers were after aaron quinn's ex-fiance, but she moved out last year. the kidnappers didn't realize they had the wrong woman until they had her tied up. we will bring you new developments on television and on our website, cbssf.com. >>> in palo alto tonight, a prowler alert. a woman liveing in the 200 block of emerson street woke up to the sound of a scratch at her bedroom window. when she looked outside, a man was staring back at her. he ran off. this could be the same suspect that snuck into a backyard a couple of miles away on moffet circle one night last week. in this case, a 14-year-old girl saw him and called 911. >>> an hour ago, the berkeley city council approved new regulations for balconies. it is in response to the collapse last month that killed six irish students. balconies have to be constructed with water resistant wood or corrosion resistant steel. it will be inspected after construction is completed. >>> today, lawmakers in sacramento reje

. >> denise huskins was here in vallejo a short time ago flanked by her attorney. at times she was emotional, looked like she was on the verge of tears just as the details of her horrible ordeal became public. >> the vallejo police department owes an apology to miss huskins and mr. quinn. but more importantly is they owe an apology to the public. >> reporter: denise huskins and her boyfriend aaron quinn held hands silently. their attorneys say they don't want them to speak because they don't want to hurt the fbi's case against the kidnapper but they're very angry at the vallejo police department for calling this case a hoax. >> at this point an apology is no good. apologies don't do anything. what we want to see is some real action. >> reporter: the fbi announced today matthew muller, a harvard law graduate and practiceing attorney until he was recently disbarred, is now in jail. he was arrested for an attempted kidnapping in dublin. according to court documents the fbi says muller is also responsible for kidnapping denise from her boyfriend's home here in vallejo

the affidavit describes a terrifying ordeal inside this vallejo home, including huskins and quinn being threatened they'd be cut or shocked if the couple didn't comply. >> as poor a job as the vallejo police department did, the alameda county sheriff's office did a terrific job. >> reporter: that agency recognized similarities between a june home invasion robbery in dublin and the march one. >> i'm glad we caught him, because who knows what he could have done. >> reporter: lieutenant herb walters says muller left his cell phone behind in dublin. when authorities arrested him at his south lake tahoe home, they shared what they had found with fbi investigators. and this 50-page affidavit says that muller may have been after money, but the couple's attorney says there was absolutely no connection between him and them. by the way, i stopped by the vallejo police department today to ask investigators what they made of this new information, today's update, and i was told they had no comment and that there was no longer their case. reporting live in vallejo, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> mel

attorneys criminal complaint says in march matthew muller kidnapped denise huskins. the complaint says muller and three accomplices were wearing wet suits, tied them up with zipties and covered their eyes with swim goggles. they then stole a car and threw a drugged huskins in the trunk. >> the deed has been done. the -- you can't unwind the trauma and say, you know, we made's mistake. that's not good enough. >> reporter: the complaint includes photos muller and company allegedly sent to the "chronicle" showing the items they used to kidnap her. police caught up with muller in the past few days of a home invasion in dublin on friday. he allegedly left his cell phone behind and was tracked to lake tahoe. yet last night matthew muller's attorney had this to say. >> the other component of it is every time you are defending a person you also have to look at their mental state and it's true that mr. muller has suffered, um, significant mental health issues over the past several years and has decompensated. >> reporter: according to an fbi affidavit, muller graduated from h

federal agents arrested 38-year-old matthew muller now a suspect in huskins' kidnapping.n her boyfriend reported the ransom kidnapping back in march, police first called it a hoax. >> if you knew my daughter, you would know that she was not in any way shape or form involved in any kind of a hoax. can you imagine being rescued from a kidnapping and then people are on you for committing the crime? >> muller the suspect is a harvard trained lawyer who was disbarred in california. he was already in custody for another home invasion that has similarities to huskins' kidnapping. "good morning america" will have much more on this latest twist in the case coming up at 7:00 a.m. >> happening today, closing arguments begin in the trial for the colorado movie theater killer. james holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for the 2012 shooting rampage. 12 people were killed. dozens more were hurt. two court ordered evaluations determined holmes was legally sane at the time of the attack. two psychiatrists for the defense, however testified that holmes did not know right from w

it is their first comment since the fbi named a suspect in the abduction of denise huskins. >> at thebi we have been asked not to comment contour edges case. >> vallejo police called it a wild good chase. yesterday matthew muller was linked to this and other crimes. today vallejo police did not give huskins' family what they have asked for. >> they owe the family an apology. >> i would like a public apology but i won't get it. now i know they are not going to get it and say they are mistaken. they probably still think she is still connected. >> to be fair, any kind of apology could be a problem for the vallejo police department at this point. they can find itself facing a lawsuit for how it conducted the investigation. >>> denise huskins and her boyfriend arab are still dealing with the fallout -- aaron are still dealing with the fallout from the ordeal. joe vazquez is in vallejo. the couple has been through so much. >> reporte

they believe he was involved in kidnapping denise huskins from her boyfriend's home in march.' attorney then demanded an apology from vallejo police which originally called the abduction a hoax. all the investigators who handled the kidnapping reports are still on the case. >> the the same investigators who thought this was a hoax? >> all the investigators who are working from the start are still working in conjunction with the fbi. >> any plans to reassign them? >> no. not at this time. >> the fbi has told vallejo police not to comment any further since the kidnapping is an ongoing investigation. muller is in the santa rita jail. he has not been charged with the kidnapping case as the fbi says the investigation will take some time to finish. >>> we're also hearing from the family of huskins' boyfriend aaron quinn. his mother says she is relieved that she is finally receiving vindication and is critical of vallejo police. >> i think they took the easiest route. first is to assume that he killed denise. the second is to call it a hoax. >> quinn's family says it was painful to s

quinn and miss huskins has plundered valuable resources away from our community. >> reporter: but now, the fbi announcing an arrest in the case. 38-year-old matthew muller, a former marine, a harvard law grad, a disbarred immigration lawyer. >> criminal complaint has been lodged against him charging kidnapping. we'll be pleading not guilty. >> reporter: the couple holding hands and holding back tears. >> this changes nothing about the humiliation, the violence that was perpetrated on them, nearly four months ago by a psychopath. >> reporter: court documents revealing new details in the bizarre ordeal. intruders holding guns with red lasers woke up the couple as they slept. huskins and quinn telling authorities they were forced to wear swimming goggles with tape covered lenses and headsets that gave a prerecorded message with instructions. the kidnapper allegedly demanding two ransom payments of $8500. huskins put in the trunk of a car, driven 400 miles away, finally released two days later near her mother's southern california home. the fbi saying among the evidence believed to be in

today the vallejo police department owes an apology to miss huskins and mr. quinn. >> reporter: this began after a dublin police detective started to link together a june home invasion robbery to the vallejo kidnapping. investigators had found a pair of goggles in muller's car in tahoe with a long, blonde strand of hair in it, the same color as huskins' hair, along with goggles she said she was forced to wear during the kidnapping. muller is being held in santa rita jail in dublin on the home invasion and kidnapping allegations. but more on what tipped off detectives to this very complicated case coming up in the next report in a half hour. live in vallejo, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> not just vallejo and dublin. the feds say muller might be linked to unsolved crimes in the peninsula, too. a burglary case in palo alto dating back to 2009. a young woman bound and blindfolded inside of her home. now no charges were ever filed. also in 2009, mountain view police investigated a similar home invasion robbery involving a masked suspect who restrained a

earlier this year. >> the police department owes an apology to miss huskins and mr.nn. >> reporter: her father spoke to abc news just a few hours ago. >> can you imagine -- being rescued from a kidnapping and then people are on you for committing the crime? >> reporter: in newly unsealed documents, huskins says she and her boyfriend were drugged and tied up. she was released 400 miles away near her mother's mother. the alleged kidnapper, muller seen here in a kdtv interview, is already in custody for another home invasion. they say he is a harvard-educated attorney who was working as recently as 2012 and was just disbarred. aditi roy, abc news, california. >> aditi, thank you. >>> when we come back here tonight, the new consumer alert this evening. the growing chicken recall. and it involves popular frozen dinners. >>> and the deadly drag race investigation. new details. the driver losing control, slamming into the crowd. >>> and tonight, that $1 million offer for the person who can find those ruby red slippers. are they somewhere in america? slippers. are they somew

>> he began receiving e-mails in the days after denise huskins reappeared. initially he and his editors were not sure if the e-mails were legitimate. the alleged kidnappers were outraged that they caused it a hoax, saying we cannot stand to see two good people thrown under the beth, when ms. investment f and mr. victim m should only have received support and sympathy. >> it seemed like every single other day, no matter what time of day, i would be getting thinks e-mails. what do i do? is this real? he says he received photos and voicemails. >> a troubling paerge. report of a late-night prowler. a woman told police yesterday she woke up after hearing a neighbor's dog barking. when she looked outside of window, a man was staring right back at here. this was on emerson street not gnarl from university. palo alto police say last week a teenage girl saw a man spotted in hurl. >>> meantime a $34 million mystery in oakland. that's home money is being invested by an anonnews donor. "the business journal" says the money will create 700 news affordable units, and help

on march 25th huskins is found safe 400 miles away. later that day vallejo police called the kidnapping a hoax. five days later the "san francisco chronicle" gets another communication, demanding police apologize for calling it a hoax but three months later comes a major twist. june 8th. matthew mueller was taken into custody for home invasion. on june 13th he is arrested for the kidnapping of denise huskins after the police and fbi find similarities in both cases. let's bring in lis wiehl, fox news legal analyst. diana eisman, former prosecutor and defense attorney. lis, the stories don't get much weirder than this. everybody, the police and fbi included dismissed this as a hoax because the ransesome demand was $8500. seemed paltry and insignificant. now they're saying it was real deal. >> but, on the same day jon look at the timeline, she was found, march 25th it was a hoax. how could they have done that? how could they have done it so quickly say it was a hoax? if they had taken their time they might have found out about a 2009 abdu

how do you get that information unless huskins files a lot and subpoena that investigative file. without a subpoena or a lawsuit we won't know what's in that investigative file. jon: the f.b.i. is saying this is a veal kidnapping and the vallejo police are standing by their claim it was a hoax. jenna: a notorious drug lord caught on camera disappearing from his prison cell. the brazen bust caught on camera. questions about the deal with iran. why can't iran just hide evidence of cheating? here is what he had to say. a general rsh sateen aged girl crawled from the wreckage of a plane crash. why the flight powered by sunshine got grounded halfway through its around the world journey. jon: a brazen escape of a drug lord from a mexican prison. a closed circuit camera inside el chapo's prison cell. we'll have the latest on the global search for this notorious drug lord. >> reporter: i spoke to an agent who called this not an escape but a coming out party. you have a mile-long tunnel. here the guards watched the most wanted man in mexico disappear before their very eyes. he walks behin