I do believe they did thank the public, which I’d say is different than thanking Michelle McNamara.

She had stayed up obsessively every night researching. Sometimes when she was asleep and her husband walked in, she’d go into full panic mode, thinking she was being attacked. She was plagued by bad dreams. The night before she died, her husband asked that she really get a good night’s sleep, and sleep until she woke…

You’re, of course, absolutely right. There were cops that kept the case alive, and who willingly worked with Michelle McNamara. They wouldn’t let the case die.

Who knows when this all shakes out how much her book solved this, but I’d be amazed if the huge publicity for the book, articles and blogs she’d done in the past, working with the police, facilitating them working together, did nothing.

I have no verification, but someone on Twitter said he was the guy in the puffy jacket in the lower right. Again, I can’t speak to the credibility.

“I knew his wife was killed.”

There used to be this old game show I’d always watch in the middle of the night where they’d trot out relatives of famous people and a “celebrity” panel would try to guess the famous person by asking questions.

I know, right?

He was probably waiting for this day, at least since the book was published. Michelle McNamara wrote exactly how she imagined it going down, and that would seem pretty vivid and prophetic if you’re the guy. He must have been resigned.

Not to mention he could not resemble the guy less.

I think it only looks that way to people who’ve not been following this, because if you do you see it as a picture of Michelle McNamara, pictured with her husband, as opposed to Patton Oswalt with a woman. :)

That was one of my first thoughts.

There will be a press conference later today.

That would be very “the call is coming from inside the house.”

DNA and computers have helped different police forces cooperate and tie together cases they only suspected were related.

100% DNA match is being reported, along with the detail that he’s talking.

All I know is they’re saying 100% DNA match.

I’ve been pretty giddy about this for the last couple hours. Loved the book, and wanted this found for all the obvious reasons, but also as the fulfillment of Michelle McNamara’s efforts.

You’re basically doing the “I was spanked and I grew up fine” argument. No one has a perfect childhood, and I can’t imagine one where there’s no bullying. That doesn’t mean adults need to do half the work for the bullies by feeding them stereotypes.