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Summary of Michelle McNamara's Book: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Michelle McNamara is an investigative journalist and crime writer who owned the True Crime Diary website. She is well-known for her obsession with justice and uncovering the truth. She writes the true crime account of the serial burglar, rapist, and murderer she dubs the Golden State Killer. The Golden State Killer was prolific between 1974 and 1986 in Sacramento, Orange County, Contra Costa County, and adjacent towns.
McNamara collects witness descriptions from case files, interviews with detectives, and other evidence to compile a profile of the killer. She also narrates the lives of victims before and after the attack transformed their life or the life of their surviving families. Through her interviews with detectives, McNamara details the investigative processes that have been used to develop theories about the identity and location of the killer, along with the questions that are still left unanswered.
McNamara passes away before she can finish the book, so her friends and colleagues Paul Haynes and Billy Jensen write the book’s third section, based on her notes on the case.
“Why are you so interested in crime?” people ask me, and I always go back to that moment in the alley, the shards of a dead girl’s Walkman in my hands. I need to see his face. He loses his power when we know his face.” ― Michelle McNamara.
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This summary is meant to enhance your reading experience. The insights, analysis, and overall essence is an unofficial work and not the original book. It is not intended as a substitute for the original work it summarizes. It is not licensed, approved, authorized, or endorsed by the original author or publisher.
McNamara collects witness descriptions from case files, interviews with detectives, and other evidence to compile a profile of the killer. She also narrates the lives of victims before and after the attack transformed their life or the life of their surviving families. Through her interviews with detectives, McNamara details the investigative processes that have been used to develop theories about the identity and location of the killer, along with the questions that are still left unanswered.
McNamara passes away before she can finish the book, so her friends and colleagues Paul Haynes and Billy Jensen write the book’s third section, based on her notes on the case.
“Why are you so interested in crime?” people ask me, and I always go back to that moment in the alley, the shards of a dead girl’s Walkman in my hands. I need to see his face. He loses his power when we know his face.” ― Michelle McNamara.
Disclaimer
This summary is meant to enhance your reading experience. The insights, analysis, and overall essence is an unofficial work and not the original book. It is not intended as a substitute for the original work it summarizes. It is not licensed, approved, authorized, or endorsed by the original author or publisher.
30 pages, Paperback
Published September 30, 2021
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