Patton Oswalt responds to life sentence for Golden State Killer


When a judge handed down a life sentence without the possibility of prosecution to the so-called Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, Patton Oswalt thought of his late wife, Michelle McNamara.

, the 2018 nonfiction book about her own obsession with solving the cold case of the serious rapist and murderer who terrorized California in the ’70s and’ 80s. Although McNamara died at 46 in 2016, due to an undiagnosed heart condition and an accidental overdose of prescription medication, Oswalt helped complete her book according to an autopsy. It became a bestseller and HBO adapted it for a six-part documentary that closes this month. “Data-reactid =” 33 “> McNamara was the author of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, the 2018 nonfiction book about her own obsession with solving the cold case of the serious rapist and murderer who terrorized California in the ’70s and’ 80s. Although McNamara died at 46 in 2016, due to an undiagnosed heart condition and an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, according to an autopsy, Oswalt helped complete her book. It became a bestseller and HBO adapted it for a six-part documentary that closes this month.

Patton Oswalt and Michelle McNamara, pictured in 2012, married in 2005. (Photo: Lester Cohen / WireImage)

Oswalt marked the event with vintage photos of McNamara. He said he also thought of the victims, survivors and others who have worked on the case over the years. “Go in peace, everyone,” he said.

Oswalt married McNamara in 2005. He is now raising her 11-year-old daughter Alice with actress Meredith Salenger, his wife since 2017.

congratulations McNamara in February 2018. Then, when DeAngelo was taken prisoner just three months later, less than three months after his late wife’s book was published, Oswalt pointed out their contributions, after a sheriff said the book did not directly affect the case, except that the public was interested in it. “data-reactid =” 63 “> He earlier congratulations McNamara in February 2018. Then, when DeAngelo was taken prisoner just three months later, less than three months after his late wife’s book was published, Oswalt pointed out their contributions, after a sheriff said the book did not directly affect the case, except that the public was interested in it.

At the same time, officials noted that the public interest and DNA evidence is what led them to resolve the matter.