Convicted kidnapper highlighted in Netflix’s ‘American Nightmare’ faces new charges

The notorious kidnapper whose 2015 crime and subsequent flawed police investigation became the subject of a Netflix documentary has been charged in two cold cases in the San Francisco Bay Area. Matthew Mueller, 47, appeared in Santa Clara County court Monday to face charges of two counts of home invasion and attempted rape that allegedly […]
Three 11-Year-Old Girls Confront Alleged Attempted Kidnapper, Use Their Phones To Film Suspect Grabbing Six-Year-Old

Three 11-year-old girls from Washington state took cellphone footage Wednesday night of a man allegedly grabbing a 6-year-old girl, after which the suspect let go of the girl, police said. The trio were on their way to buy ice cream from an ice cream truck outside their apartment in Kent, Washington, when they noticed a […]
6-Year-Old Bites Alleged Would-Be Kidnapper, Runs To Safety

A girl bit a potential kidnapper and fled to safety in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood on Thursday night, police said. Leonardo Venegas, 32, has been arrested by Miami-Dade police on suspicion of kidnapping and child abuse after allegedly trying to “take” a 6-year-old girl from his home. local 10. Police said Venegas tried to drive […]