A release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office Thursday morning confirmed the sentencing. Muller's sentencing hearing was held in Santa Clara County Superior Court at 8:30 a.m., according to court records.
Muller pled guilty in January to the charges stemming from the home invasions in Mountain View and Palo Alto 15 years ago. In both cases, he was suspected of medicating and then sexually assaulting the female victims involved.
The following month on Oct. 18, 2009, he broke into a Palo Alto home, where the DA's office said he bound and gagged a woman in her 30s and forced her to drink Nyquil. Muller began to assault her, before again being persuaded to stop by the victim. In that case, Muller provided the woman with crime prevention advice before he fled the home.
The Netflix documentary "American Nightmare" detailed the crime and investigation, rekindling interest in the case last year. The documentary led to criticism of Vallejo police for their handling of the kidnapping.
Muller appeared in court on January 17, 2025, and pled guilty to the new charges.
In an exclusive interview with CBS News California earlier this year, Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn detailed the timeline of Muller's cold-case crimes, which they helped solve. The survivors detailed how it took a decade, the Netflix documentary, a small-town police chief, and a rural district attorney to get anyone to listen.
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