The question no one is asking
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nicotinequeen63 — 9 years ago(July 22, 2016 01:34 PM)
I don't see anything wrong at all with the OP's questioning this whole, vague process. What DID cause this relatively young woman to just die in her sleep? What is the holdup with an autopsy and official cause of death? And to the poster who keeps 111csaying it's none of our business/well, of course it's our business. A young, (supposedly healthy), mother just dies in her sleep, (how awful!), so yes, we want to know how something like this could happen. Do you expect to wake up in the morning to find where young, healthy people have just died in their beds? Is that normal in your household? Plus, we can't just ignore what she did for a career. She wrote about true crimes, mainly murders/so, of course we are curious if her career and private life somehow collided. Michelle McNamara had a high profile career with a lot of followers and fans, so you can't get angry or defensive at the public for wanting some answers.
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DeathRay93 — 9 years ago(September 29, 2016 02:01 AM)
Unless the OP is a family member or a beep detective hoping for an IMDB confession it is none of their business. I am curious too but the family has no obligation to release the cause of death. They may be keeping it quiet to respect her memory. It's possible she died drugs or even committed suicide. If her family besides Patton and Alice is old fashioned. They would never discuss such matters.
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jigalini — 9 years ago(November 14, 2016 11:22 PM)
It is a legitimate question. She was young, and her husband is famous. Plus he talks about it publicly. They do it to everyone, so unless they stop questioning all other such deaths, people do deserve a right to ask.
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CaptainStanley365 — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 11:57 AM)
She was young, and her husband is famous. Plus he talks about it publicly.
Exactly. There is nothing wrong with simply asking especially when he is so vocal about it. The thing I notice about his comments too. they're very much about HIM. HIS grief, HIS experience how HE wanted her to get some rest so he told her to sleep until she wakes up. How HE went to get her favorite coffee for her and when he returned she wasn't breathing. (A very self serving comment - look how nice of a husband I was). Now he comes out with this speculation that she OD'd on Xanax by mistake and how that's what the paramedics on the scene told him while HE was crying and throwing up (look how hysterical I was.. poor me).
There is a huge chance he had nothing to do with it but why can't people simply ask the question? Because he's famous and people like him? People who don't even know him?
Frankly even if he had nothing to do with it his "look at me and MY feelings" comments are rather off putting.
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TheOriginalFakeShemp — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 07:10 PM)
The whole thing is a bit suspect. I get taking xanax to get to sleep, I've done it myself, but unless you're combining with other drugs and/or alcohol, it takes quite a bit to fatally OD, and it wouldn't be a question, an autopsy would say, point blank, X amount of Alprazolam found in system. Whose prescription was it? If they were hers then that's one thing. If they were Patton's, though? It doesn't take much imagination from there. At best the guilt would be considerable, at worst it's a wrongful death suit. Either way I hope it's nothing more sinister than that, despite everything I really like Patton, I've met him twice and he was always gracious and friendly,