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The horrific ordeal was anything but a hoax.
But as it turns out, Denise and Aarons story was anything but a hoax.
Heres a look back at what the married couple went through in the years following the events ofAmerican Nightmare.
Trigger Warning:This article contains accounts of sexual assault.
Denise was kidnapped, while Aaron after waking from sedatives contacted the police for help the next morning.
However, he was immediately met with skepticism.
As interrogation footage inAmerican Nightmareshows, officials believed Aarons story was an elaborate cover story for harming Denise himself.
Meanwhile, Denise was being held in a mysterious location and was raped by her captor, Matthew Muller.
She returned home two days later.
It wasnt until a detective in a separate kidnapping case connected Muller to Denises story.
Muller receivedfederal and state sentencesof 40 and 31 years, respectively, to be served concurrently.
I hope all involved can find some level of peace moving forward.
They got married in 2018 and welcomed two daughters,Olivia and Naomi.
And if they do that, theyll be OK.
