Vallejo man, paroled in girl’s murder, saved child rape videos alongside selfies with ‘civic leaders,’ feds say

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.

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