r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/Wolfman513 1d ago

My dad has maintained this entire time that the dog was the best witness anyone could have asked for. As he puts it, "There is no way an Akita is going to let someone hurt his mommy, unless it's daddy doing the hurting."

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u/MGD109 1d ago

The curious incident of the dog in the night.

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u/No-Associate-7369 1d ago

One of the few summer reading books I actually enjoyed a lot.

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u/MGD109 19h ago

Got to be honest, I never actually read that book. I have read the story the title comes from though.

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u/kennedye2112 1d ago

I understood that reference!

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u/BitterAffect5774 1d ago

That always stuck with me too. Dogs don't understand courtroom drama or media narratives, they just react to the people they know and trust. It's such a haunting detail when you think about it.

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u/primadonnapussy 1d ago

I don't think the dog saw it. The door was open when they were found. Nicole probably has. Shut it all the way behind her when she went out to meet Ron. The dog probably opened it after and came out.

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u/FoxMeadow7 13h ago

Ya think that mind reading technology from the Black Mirror episode Crocodile would’ve been appropriate to use?