The announcement marks another stunning twist in the burgeoning number of alleged kidnappings, break-ins and rapes that Matthew Muller apparently confessed to in letters sent to a central

Muller appeared in a San Jose courtroom on Monday (6 January), as he faced two felony counts of committing a sexual assault during a home invasion 15 years ago. District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a press release to ABC7: "The details of this person's violent crime spree seem scripted for Hollywood, but they are tragically real.

Muller was responsible for the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of a Northern California woman, initially dismissed as a "hoax" by Vallejo police.

He’s exceptionally intelligent, exceptionally educated and exceptionally well practiced in the art of sneaking into people’s houses and terrorizing them,” one official