Amateur Sleuth Identifies Golden State Killer—and Now He's Behind Bars

Amateur Sleuth

McNamara married actor and comedian Patton Oswalt and give birth to a daughter a few years after she first launched True Crime Diary. She was determined to become a "citizen detective." In 2010, McNamara read Sudden Terror by retired detective Larry Crompton who originally investigated his crimes. Intrigued, she began to look into the East Area Rapist herself...

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