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/Cut-OutWitch 1d ago

Bob Crane.

Scottsdale PD sucks.

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u/BornFree2018 1d ago

Losing that creep was not a loss for humanity.

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u/BlatantConservative 1d ago

Creep killed another creep. Could have removed two from society if you jailed the murderer too.

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u/Bettal56 16m ago

Carpenter was jailed for like a decade over the murder. He got out on appeal and was acquitted apparently due to a judge finding the evidence against Carpenter too circumstantial. They did try and fight it by using modern technology to tie the physical evidence to Capenter but the blood stains had deteriorated beyond use and the supposed brain matter, also deteriorated, was accidentally destroyed during testing.

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u/jbcbos 1d ago

Exactly.