24-05-2025
Child pornography arrest for Vallejo man who served four decades for murder
A Vallejo man who served 41 years in prison for murdering a 13-year-old girl and whose experience inspired a feature-length documentary has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography, drugs and a firearm.
Deputies raided Marvin Mutch's home Thursday in connection with a child pornography investigation, according to a news release from the Solano County Sheriff's Office.
Mutch, 68, was previously convicted in the 1975 Union City murder of 13-year-old Cassie Riley and served 41 years of a life without parole sentence, though he always denied any connection to the crime. He was granted parole in 2016.
After his release, he became the subject of KQED News' first feature-length digital documentary, ' The Trials of Marvin Mutch, ' which is part profile, part detective story and part exposé.
Mutch spent much of his time advocating for incarcerated inmates, appearing in Chronicle stories about prison suicide after a friend at San Quentin State Prison killed himself.
After his arrest Thursday, Mutch was taken to a local hospital because of an ongoing medical condition and remains in custody, Sgt. Rexall Hawkins said. Mutch is set to be booked into Solano County Jail on three weapons charges, a charge of possessing child pornography and a drug charge.
