Ill Be Gone in the Dark

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But the show has taken a step back and gotten a much larger perspective than expected.

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The arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo changed their lives, and it also didnt.

The narrative needs a wind-down, and the party serves the purpose.

Is there an occupation better suited to someone intent on flouting rules and abusing power?

How sickening is that?

The image of DeAngelo in the courthouse, old and frail and diminished, is a cold comfort.

It summed up how I felt during the event and sometimes after, she says.

But it doesnt have to sum up how she feels now.

McNamara had been skeptical about that connection before she died.

She did her part to see to it the blankness would triumph no longer.

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