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While holding Huskins hostage, Muller sent several anonymous emails the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' demanding the ransom and claiming it was a training mission for higher net worth targets.<ref name=":12" /> He recorded a "proof of life" of Huskins and said she would be returned "in good health."<ref name=":17" /> The Vallejo police refused to confirm that the voice was Huskins.<ref name=":18">{{Cite news |last=Bulwa |first=Demian |date=January 20, 2024 |title=‘My name is Denise Huskins’: Behind the Chronicle’s role in the ‘American Nightmare’ kidnapping case |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/american-nightmare-denise-huskins-18619015.php |work=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>
On March 25, 2015,<ref name=":2" />
On March 26, 2015, Muller sent a 9,000-word email to the ''San Francisco Chronicle''<ref name=":21">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Henry K |last2=Sernoffsky |first2=Evan |date=March 30, 2015 |title=Purported Vallejo kidnappers demand apology from police |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Purported-Vallejo-kidnappers-demand-apology-from-6169328.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> that the intended target was not Huskins, but Roberts, and demanded the record be set straight maintaining he had kidnapped Huskins and that the couple was telling the truth. He also wrote that the operation went "terribly wrong," that he felt deep remorse and regret, and "in particular," that he was mortified of the impact he had on Huskins.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 15, 2015 |title=Possible 'Gone Girl' Suspects Claimed They Kidnapped the Wrong Woman |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/girl-suspects-claimed-kidnapped-wrong-woman/story?id=32474289 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=ABC |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":18" />
After [[Nancy Grace]] declared on her show, "Everything about this 'kidnap' screams out hoax," Muller planned another kidnapping and intending to send photographs to Grace, with a note that it was Grace's fault and a threat to "do it again" until claims about Huskins "being the Gone Girl" were retracted.<ref name=":0" />
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In 2019, Muller fired his public defender.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sernoffsky |first=Evan |date=February 12, 2019 |title=Representing himself, Vallejo kidnapper may question his victims in court |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Representing-himself-Vallejo-kidnapper-may-13608661.php |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> He was found competent to represent himself by a Solano County judge. Acting as his own attorney gave him the opportunity to cross-examine his victims, which their attorney protested, citing Proposition 115.<ref name=":29" /> Muller declined to do so, because he did not want to re-victimize them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woodrow |first=Melanie |date=February 13, 2019 |title=Convicted Vallejo kidnapper Matthew Muller will stand trial on rape charges |url=https://abc7news.com/vallejo-kidnapping-gone-girl-matthew-muller-denise-huskins/5136779/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He filed 35-page speedy trial request citing his mental condition and assaults while in custody<ref name=":30">{{Cite web |last=Bammer |first=Richard |date=2021-12-02 |title=Defendant in bizarre Bay Area kidnapping and rape case admitted to state hospital |url=https://www.thereporter.com/2021/12/02/defendant-in-bizarre-2015-kidnapping-and-rape-case-admitted-to-state-hospital/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vacaville Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Discovery (law)|discovery]] was scheduled for late April.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bammer |first=Richard |date=2019-04-11 |title=Judge re-sets court dates for defendant in bizarre 2015 Vallejo kidnapping, rape case |url=https://www.thereporter.com/2019/04/10/judge-re-sets-court-dates-for-defendant-in-bizarre-2015-vallejo-kidnapping-rape-case/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=The Vacaville Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> After receiving discovery, Muller fell into a new delusion that the Dublin police had conspired to frame him.<ref name=":0" />
Muller alleged that four days before his arrest, Dublin police broke into his cabin to plant evidence, planted additional evidence during his arrest, altered police reports, made "Hollywood-grade edits" to evidence photos, and forged forensic records and judicial records. Due to details he could not remember Muller wrote, "The government’s case included evidence and allegations the Movant did not understand and could not remember. The Movant had believed this was a matter of mental illness…. However, it was federal authorities and not the Movant’s mind that had altered reality."<ref name=":0" />
In November 2020, Muller was diagnosed with [[schizophrenia]] after he pronounced his belief that his family had been replaced with imposters, that he was surrounded by "a bunch of actors... agents... even sort of demon-possessed people," and had a device implanted in his body against his will. The judge, whom Muller referred to as [[Lucifer]], ruled that he was incompetent to stand trial.<ref name=":0" /> He was moved to [[Napa State Hospital]] in 2021.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":30" /> In September, a judge ordered him to be medicated against his will.<ref name=":0" />
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