Authorities have arrested a man in connection to a San Francisco kidnapping, which was initially deemed a hoax because the kidnapped woman resurfaced seemingly unharmed days after she was abducted.
Court documents from the FBI revealed that a complaint from June 29 that charged Matthew Muller, 38, was opened to the public on Monday and that the suspect is currently under police custody, according to Reuters.
Muller was charged last month after he was arrested in South Lake Tahoe during a home-invasion robbery in the San Francisco Bay Area, which bore similarities to the so-called "Gone Girl" kidnapping, the FBI said, according to ABC News.
The case started when Aaron Quinn, the woman's boyfriend, reported that kidnappers broke into the couple's home in Vallejo on March 23, snatched her and requested $8,500 for ransom.
Quinn's lawyers revealed that he woke up with a bright light on his face and discovered that the kidnappers had him drugged and bound. Two days later, Denise Huskins, 29, resurfaced safely in her hometown of Huntington Beach hours before the ransom was due.
Afterwards, the police declared that the kidnapping was a hoax, but the attorneys for the victims maintained that the kidnapping was real, according to CBS News.
FBI Special Agent Jason Walter said in the affidavit that "recently discovered evidence" made him come to the conclusion that there was a probable cause to believe that Muller had indeed abducted the woman.
Walter revealed that investigators discovered a laptop that was similar to the one Quinn had when they arrested Muller. When investigators searched a stolen car, it turned up several items such as a water pistol, a flashlight and laser pointer.
These items were photographed and emailed to a newspaper by people claiming responsibility for Huskins' kidnapping, said Walter, according to the Associated Press.
