The man known as the 'Gone Girl' kidnapper was recently linked to two more 'violent' crimes in California 15 years ago.
FILE - This June, 2015 file booking photo released by the Dublin, Calif., Police Department shows Matthew Muller after he was arrested on robbery and assault charges.
Matthew Muller, 47, a former attorney and U.S. Marine who was previously convicted for the 2015 abduction of Denise Huskins, is now facing two felony counts of committing a sexual assault during a home invasion in 2009. Prosecutors said Muller broke into a woman's Mountain View home Sept. 29, 2009. He allegedly attacked the woman before tying her up and making her drink "a concoction of medications.""After the victim, in her 30s, persuaded him against it, he suggested the victim get a dog, then fled," according to the release.
"He then began to assault her, before being persuaded to stop. Muller gave the victim crime prevention advice, then fled," the release noted.
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