Suspected Tempe serial predator arrested

Fox - 10 Phoenix
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Nov 10, 2026
First tonight at nine, new details about a terrifying kidnapping
and sexual assault in Tempe.
It happened on Halloween.
Court records now reveal how police caught the man
and why they believe there could be more victims.
Fox 10's Ellen McNamara has more.
This is an aggravated assault, deadly weapon,
class two felony, kidnapping, class two felony,
assault, a class two felony, and abuse, a class five felony.
I have appointed you an attorney,
sir. Your next hearing is on the 13th of this month.
The bond is set at $50,000.
Tempe police arresting 46-year-old Matt Kim after court
records show that he held a woman
at gunpoint near ASU early Halloween morning. Detectives say
the victim was walking home along 8th Street near Dorsey
when Kim pulled up in a white pickup truck.
Pointed what looked like to be a black pistol
and then forced her inside.
He blindfolded her with a sleep mask,
drove to a secluded spot off of University Drive,
and then sexually assaulted her before taking
her underwear and dropping her off.
Police used the victim's phone, GPS,
and traffic cameras to locate Kim's truck.
While surveilling him,
undercover police recovered a fast food cup that Kim threw away,
And authorities were able to match DNA
from that directly to evidence from.
When you look
at the fact
that this
individual
took trophies,
that is indicative of a sexual predator.
Who wants to have that trophy from his crime so he can relive it.
In other words, every time he has those, in this case,
underwear, he can look at those, touch, feel them,
and he can relive the crime that he committed over and over again.
Because of those discoveries, Tempe police believe that there could
be more victims across the East Valley and in Phoenix.
So police are urging anyone with information to come forward.
It's important to save the next victim.
It's important to get that person off the street
so somebody else doesn't have to suffer
what you suffered.
So for that reason, I really encourage women to dig deep
and do the best they can to come
forward.
Ellen McNamara, Fox 10 News.
