McNamara died in her sleep on April 21, 2016, at the age of 46. At the time of her death, she had been in the middle of her hunt for the killer, and her book was unfinished. Crime writer Paul Haynes, investigative journalist Billy Jensen, and McNamara 's widower Patton Oswalt helped finish the book after McNamara 's death.
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Crime writer Paul Haynes investigative journalist Billy Jensen McNamara 's widower Patton Oswalt