'American Nightmare' Kidnapping Victim Reacts to 'Gone Girl' Comparisons | XP3V88F | 2024-04-03 23:08:01
'American Nightmare' Kidnapping Victim Reacts to 'Gone Girl' Comparisons | XP3V88F | 2024-04-03 23:08:01
When American Nightmare subject Denise Huskins was kidnapped from her Vallejo, California, house in 2015, she was known as a real-life Gone Woman — something she didn't perceive at the time.
"I keep in mind the second day, earlier than I used to be stepping into for questioning with the FBI, my lawyer stated, 'They're calling you Gone Woman.' And I'm like, 'Nicely, what does that mean? Is that a dangerous factor?'" Huskins recalled during her "Call Her Daddy" podcast appearance on Wednesday, April three. "I didn't read the e-book; I didn't see the film. … I heard about it."
After watching "one Nancy Grace clip," Huskins made a decision. "I can't f—king watch a thing," she recalled to podcast host Alexandra Cooper.
Huskins was 29 years previous and courting her now-husband, Aaron Quinn, when she was kidnapped in March 2015. The harrowing experience was explored in Netflix's American Nightmare, which premiered in January, and Huskins shared extra insight throughout Wednesday's podcast interview.
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In the midst of the night time, the couple have been woken up by a vibrant mild and male voice telling Huskins to tie up Quinn. Both Huskins and Quinn have been administered sedatives earlier than she was blindfolded and put in a automotive that was subsequently driven to a distant location.
When Quinn referred to as the police, he was instantly suspected of the crime. After days in the cabin together with her captor, Huskins was launched. (Quinn acquired emails demanding a $17,000 ransom, however Huskins returned residence with out cost.)
One yr previous to the incident, Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike starred within the 2014 thriller Gone Woman based mostly on the ebook of the same identify by Gillian Flynn. Within the movie, Nick Dunne (Affleck) turns into the prime suspect when his spouse, Amy (Pike), goes lacking. The story, advised via flashbacks immortalized in Amy's diary entries, ultimately reveals that she arrange a whole scheme — framing Nick for the disappearance.
Because of the film's reputation, Huskins was immediately compared to the character of Amy when her kidnapping garnered widespread consideration.
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"I lastly watched Gone Woman, in all probability nine months after the kidnapping. I couldn't face it. Once I watched it … it truly released lots of that self-blame," Huskins stated throughout her "Name Her Daddy" interview. "I was like, it didn't matter what I did. You're damned in the event you do, damned when you don't. It didn't matter. They believed what they believed and whatever I did or stated was only going to suit that field. I was capable of, sort of, launch myself from it."
The truth was ultimately revealed when a detective related Huskins' kidnapping to an attempted abduction in Dublin, California, after a person named Matthew Muller left his telephone at the scene. Regulation enforcement tracked Muller to a cabin within the woods the place strands of blonde hair — amongst different evidence — have been discovered.
In 2017, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced that Muller had pleaded guilty to at least one rely of kidnapping and acquired a 40-year jail sentence. In 2022, he pleaded no contest to 2 counts of rape and pleaded responsible to 3 separate fees in Solano County Superior Courtroom. Muller was sentenced to 31 years in prison, to be served concurrently together with his prior conviction.
As for Huskins, she and Quinn married in 2018 and have since welcomed two youngsters.
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