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  1. 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 , [1] and helped coin the moniker "Golden State Killer" of the serial killer who was identified after her death as ...

  2. Sep 28, 2022 · Crime writer Michelle McNamara, who wrote I'll Be Gone in the Dark about the Golden State Killer, died in her sleep in 2016 from a mix of drugs and a heart condition. Her book was published posthumously and topped the bestseller list.

  3. Jun 29, 2020 · Michelle McNamaratrue-crime junkie, mom, founder of True Crime Diary, wife to Patton Oswalt—sadly died in 2016, long before HBO's 'I'll Be Gone In the Dark.' By Katherine J. Igoe....

  4. Jan 20, 2024 · Michelle McNamara was a journalist and blogger who obsessively researched the unsolved crimes of the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s. She died in 2016, but her book and her husband's efforts helped lead to the arrest of the killer in 2018.

  5. Exhausted and anxious after spending years immersing herself in details about the unsolved murders, she died in her sleep in April 2016, at 46. An autopsy found that she had an undiagnosed heart...

  6. Apr 23, 2016 · McNamara, founder of True Crime Diary, passed away in her sleep at 46 in 2016. She was a passionate and dedicated investigator of cold cases, appearing on A Crime to Remember and other shows.

  7. Apr 23, 2016 · LEAVE A COMMENT. Lester Cohen via Getty Images. Crime writer Michelle McNamara, who was married to comedian Patton Oswalt, died at her home in Los Angeles. McNamara, 46, died in her sleep Thursday night, the publicists of McNamara and Oswalt confirmed, but neither gave a cause of death.