Kidnapped Woman's Fight for Justice

0:00On March 23rd, in 2015, Denise Huskins was kidnapped from her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn's home in Vallejo, California, on March 23rd. A man sedated them both, took her for a supposed 48-hour ransom of $17,000 and warned Quinn not to contact police. Quinn eventually called 9-1-1 after consulting his brother, an FBI agent, but officers grew suspicious and compared the story to the movie Gone, Girl. Quinn's reappeared two days later in Huntington Beach, over 400 miles away after being drugged and assaulted by her captor. Instead of believing her, Vallejo police held a press conference accusing the couple of staging the whole thing, wasting resources and scaring the community. They faced intense public shame and even hired lawyers amid fears of losing their jobs as physical therapists. The tide turned when a detective linked the case to a botched home invasion in nearby Dublin just months later. Evidence like a drop cell phone led to Matthew Muller, a former Marine, and disbarred Harvard

1:04Law Grad with mental health issues. Searches of his home turned up Quinn's laptop and other proof, tying him to the crime. Muller pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping in 2016, getting 40 years in prison and later to state charges including rape. The couple sued Vallejo for defamation and false arrest, settling in 2018 for $2.5 million with a city issuing a formal apology. Today, Huskins and Quinn are married with two young daughters have written a book about their ordeal and starred in the Netflix series American Nightmare. They're channeling their experience to speak with law enforcement and survivors, pushing for better handling of victim cases. That's the story for today, entertainment and celebrity news. Today, driven by AI, I'm couring with the story.