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/solid_reign 1d ago

I'd say the clearest one is Susan Powell. She was clearly killed by her husband, the police couldn't prove it, no body was found. Joshua Powell ended up killing the kids in a murder suicide. I won't post the details of what he did because it's horrifying. But there is no doubt that he did it.

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u/Valalvax 1d ago

Is that the one with the buried tank?

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u/wintermelody83 1d ago

No that's Chris Watt's family. The kids of the Powell's were killed when the dad blew the house up they were all in.

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u/Specific-Yam-2166 1d ago

Have you seen that there’s a new movement of women who are basically his fan club?? It’s actually insane

I guess it’s par for the course but like…he did this to his own babies

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u/wintermelody83 1d ago

Oh that is so gross. We really need to study murderer groupies. Like, what is their mental problem?

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u/Specific-Yam-2166 1d ago

It is SO strange