It is based on McNamara’s book: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, which was released posthumously in February 2018.
In April 2018, authorities arrested former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, then 72, on suspicions that he is the Golden State Killer.
More than 50 rapes and at least 13 murders have been attributed to the Golden State Killer across California.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, a new documentary series coming to HBO, focuses on the real-life case of the Golden State Killer – and true-crime author Michelle McNamara’s work to bring to light the elusive criminal.