"SACRAMENTO - As authorities were serving a search warrant on Marvin Mutch's Vallejo home, seizing electronic devices in search of child sexual abuse material, Mutch reportedly told investigators he was the victim of a hacker who was trying to ruin his life. It was a similar refrain to the story Mutch had repeated for decades, after he was convicted of drowning 13-year-old Cassie Riley in a Union City creek."
"In that case, his pleas of innocence rang loudly enough to attract a KQED documentary crew, which covered Mutch's struggles to gain parole after four decades behind bars and 21 denials. Mutch gained his freedom in 2016, avoiding legal trouble until last May, when a cybertip about suspicious led Solano County Sheriff investigators to his home, according to court records."
"What they found, according to the criminal complaint, was a trove of "media files" depicting young children being sexually assaulted, including one video authorities described as showing a girl "approximately 3 or 4 years old" being raped by a man, and others that "depict girls ranging in age from 2 to 8 years old being sexually assaulted in a variety of ways."
Marvin Mutch, 69, was detained after a May search of his Vallejo home turned up electronic files depicting young children being sexually assaulted and an unregistered pistol. Investigators found videos including one described as showing a girl approximately 3 or 4 years old being raped and others showing girls ages 2 to 8 being abused. The illicit files were saved on a thumb drive alongside Mutch's resume, articles he wrote, and photos with community leaders. Mutch faces federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and being a felon in possession of an unregistered firearm and remains jailed pending trial.
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