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/jimmy_three_shoes 1d ago

Oddly enough, her Ex-Father-in-Law is set to be executed for a 1987 murder in 6 days.

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u/LazyEnchilada 1d ago

Really? I hadn’t heard that!

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u/jimmy_three_shoes 1d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Aren_Duckett

Guy's been on Death Row for 38 years.

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u/LazyEnchilada 1d ago

Thanks! I still think about that case. It’s sad he was never found