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I'll Be Gone in the Dark concluded



The author, Michelle McNamara, died before this book was completed. It's great that editors and friends put this together--this murder/rapist should not be forgotten. However, the "pieced together" aspect of the book keeps it from being a top-notch book.

Interesting questions: Should police have access to DNA held by Ancestry.com and the like? They could match DNA and find criminals, or at least close relatives of criminals and from there . . . ACLU issues, that's for sure, in allowing govt to comb through DNA files.

Was the murderer a pilot? A Sacramento State student? A realtor? Builder? One thing seems semi-certain: he had some sort of job.

It's possible that the book will lead to more clues and he'll be found. It's also possible, though not mentioned, that he's dead.

Recommended by Marian and of interest because of California.  Author died of fentanyl and other drugs in her system.  Sounds like another story in itself right there.  Also interesting that her husband was apparently okay with her obsession.  Seems to me that it would cause a huge tension in a marriage.

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