and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline . a successful young couple. ambushed, they say, in the dead of night. attacked. abducted. we re like, wow. where is she. i didn t have a clue what happened. the real question? was their story been true. we were not able to substantiate any of the things that you are saying. they branded that couple as liars. could this be some kind of hoax? who was really behind it all. normal people don t do things like this. this whole story could take another crazy turn. he said, i know that i need to pay for what i did. hello, and welcome to dateline . denise huskins and her boyfriend aaron quinn went to sleep one night, blissfully unaware that they would wake up to a living nightmare. unarmed stranger in the bedroom and he did it appear to be alone. what happened next was so odd, it would leave detectives and the public scratching their heads. was this real life or fiction? and an unexpected break in the cas
night, attack, abducted. we re like, wow. where is she. i didn t have a clue what happened. but the real question. was their story even true? we were not able to substantiate any of the things that you are saying. they branded that couple as liars. could this be some kind of hoax? who was really behind it all. normal people don t do things like this. this whole story could take another crazy turn. he said, i know that i need to pay for what i did. hello, and welcome to dateline . denise huskins and her boyfriend aaron quinn went to sleep one night, blissfully unaware that they would wake up to a living nightmare. an armed stranger in the bedroom and he did it appear to be alone. what happened next was so odd, it would leave detectives and the public scratching their heads. was this real life or fiction? and an unexpected break in the case would steer authorities to an unlikely suspect and the truth. here s josh mankiewicz with twisted tale . i was asleep
there with zip ties and swimming goggles, he then threatened to rape her. or is it the same man? was it matthew muller? police investigating samantha s assault aren t sure, but lieutenant zach perron with the palo alto police believe the same person is responsible for both crimes. we were able to identify one suspect in the case, he is our prime suspect, matthew muller. muller has neither been charged in either case. we wanted to hear from muller, himself. his attorney did not want him to do an interview, however muller agreed to see a visitor. dateline associate producer kayla ward spent 30 minutes speaking to muller in jail, through glass, on the phone. no camera, no recording, no note taking allowed. what is your initial impression of him? extremely talkative. it was like he was in his element.
letting samantha see his face. and when she called the police, the response she received might sound familiar to denise huskins. did the police believe you? i do not think so. what they told me was they thought maybe i just had a bad dream, and that i had called 9-1-1 after my bad dream. but less than a month later, a similar case, in nearby palo alto. a man broke into this house and restrained the woman living here with zip ties and swimming goggles, he then threatened to rape her. was it the same man? was it matthew muller? police investigating samantha s assault aren t sure, but lieutenant zach perron with the palo alto police believes the same person is responsible for both crimes. we were able to identify one suspect in the case, he is our prime suspect, matthew muller. muller has neither been charged in either case. we wanted to hear from muller, himself. his attorney did not want him