wordyshipmate82 t1_jad83oc wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:30 PM

I thought it was very well written, and I enjoyed the parts about her life. I am not, generally, a fan of the "true-crime" genre, but since this subverted the genre, I enjoyed it, though it is perhaps this same subversion that many of you object to.

At the very least, her work and notes led directly to finding the Golden State Killer, which has been well documented. Without Michele's work, he likely would not have been captured.

Myshkin1981 t1_jadpfy4 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:19 PM

Her work and notes did not directly, or even indirectly, lead to the capture of the Golden State Killer. Genetic genealogy led to his capture. They uploaded his DNA profile to a DNA database, where they found several distant relatives. They then used genealogy to trace them all back to a common source, and from there created a list of possible suspects. They then used what they already knew about the Golden State Killer to eliminate possible suspects until only Joseph James DeAngelo remained. This was a shitload of work done by investigators, and Michelle McNamara had nothing to do with any of it