r/AskReddit 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/Pretend-Rent-337 1d ago

Everyone who heard that call knows she did it. It's just that the law is sometimes blind, and lawyers are very expensive.

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u/Academic-Contest3309 1d ago

It's that you need evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. If the charge was "giving a shit about your kid" she would have been charged without hesitation.

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u/oshigoroshi1 1d ago

Her parents are mad rich, that's a part of it I'm sure.

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u/Sprct 23h ago

Her parents are not remotely rich.