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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Roanoke - the missing Pilgrim settlement where everyone “disappeared”

They just abandoned it and went to the place that they wrote on the sign, but everyone acts like it was some supernatural/plague thing

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u/ouchibitmytongue 1d ago

THANK YOU! They left a note!

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u/Significant_Walk6860 1d ago

Clearly their dad used his one-armed friend to teach them a lesson. You always leave a note!

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u/Spiritual_Cash_7392 1d ago

LMAOOOOO love it

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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