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Born April 14, 1970 in Oak Park

Died April 21, 2016

Michelle Eileen McNamara (April 14, 1970 – April 21, 2016) was an American true crime author. She was the author of the true crime book I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, and helped coin the moniker "Golden State Killer" of the serial killer who was identified after her death as Joseph James DeAngelo. The book was released posthumously in February 2018, two months before the Golden State Killer case was solved; it was later adapted into the 2020 HBO documentary series I'll Be Gone in the Dark.

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