Michael Eugene Mullen, 77, was sentenced to life in prison for the 1973 murder of Nina Fischer in San Rafael. - The crime occurred on November 20, 1973, when Fischer was bound and shot in her home.
- DNA evidence from the crime scene linked Mullen to the murder decades later. - Mullen was arrested in Idaho in 2024 and convicted by a jury in May 2025.
- The victim's daughter, who was a toddler at the time, attended the sentencing from Sweden. The judge condemned Mullen for living a lie while the family suffered for half a century.