Patton Oswalt on survivors, grief, and I'll Be Gone In The Dark
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When Michelle McNamara died several years back, her work as a tireless amateur criminal investigator came to light, in part thanks to her husband, Patton Oswalt. McNamara had worked for years to unmask the Golden State Killer, getting very close and pursuing avenues traditional law enforcement might not have thought to take, like using genealogy sites, stray DNA samples, and global networks of similarly minded sleuths. After she died, that work was brought to bear, and 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested and charged with eight counts of murder and 13 related charges of kidnapping and abduction.