I'll Be Gone in the Dark is that the depraved serial rapist and murderer at the docuseries' center feels like a footnote in Michelle McNamara's story.
In fact, Joe DeAngelo's name is not explicitly stated until very late in HBO's limited docuseries from director Liz Garbus. Instead, we spend the majority of the show getting to know McNamara, the dedicated true crime blogger whose grassroots investigation led to DeAngelo's eventual capture, and the lives she touched in her quest for justice.McNamara died of an accidental drug overdose in 2016, before the mystery to which she dedicated her life's work was solved.
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