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Oswalt was married to McNamara and became the public advocate for her work after her death.
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Patton Oswalt
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Patton Oswalt is a comedian and actor who was married to Michelle McNamara. After her unexpected death in 2016, Oswalt worked to ensure her book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" was completed and published, collaborating with researcher Paul Haynes and journalist Billy Jensen. The book was published in February 2018, just two months before DeAngelo's arrest. Oswalt has spoken publicly about McNamara's dedication to the case and her role in keeping pressure on law enforcement to solve it.
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Michelle McNamara
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True-crime writer who named the "Golden State Killer" and wrote "I'll Be Gone in the Dark." She died in 2016, two years before investigators used genetic genealogy to identify Joseph DeAngelo.
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Oswalt ensured McNamara's unfinished book was completed and published after her death.
McNamara wrote the 2013 LA Magazine article that coined the name "Golden State Killer."
McNamara wrote the majority of the book before her death in 2016; it was completed posthumously.
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