Patton Oswalt On His Late Wife's Search For The Golden State Killer
Before Michelle McNamara died in 2016, she was working on a book that aimed to bring a serial rapist and murderer to justice. I'll Be Gone in the Dark has now been published.
by Scott Simon
Feb 24, 2018
3 minutes
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Writer Michelle McNamara was fascinated by true crime. She created the website True Crime Diary and became mesmerized by a series of crimes from the 1970s and '80s: 50 sexual assaults and at least 10 brutal murders committed in Northern California by a violent psychopath who she called "The Golden State Killer."
McNamara was at work on a book she hoped might deliver the killer to justice — or at least comfort the victims' families — when she died
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