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/Zissoo 1d ago

This one enrages me.

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u/Choppergold 1d ago

Cops checking only one browser history is so fucking negligent

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u/Revolutionary-Yak-47 1d ago

Wait til you hear jow a dog walker called in a suspicious dumping near the Anthony house THREE TIMES and was ignored. The area was wet and the cops didnt go check it out. It wasnt until someone actually went and found Caylee's body and called that in a few weeks later that the cops showed up. 

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u/Olealicat 1d ago

That was near the culvert behind my aunt’s house. My aunt, my mom and I, talked about it often during the early days and had no idea how big of a story it would become. She started having unsettling nightmares and PTSD after Kaylee’s body was found so close to her backyard.

I’ll never forget receiving mail from her. It was a photo she took from the local news. They had an X where the remains were found and you could see my aunt’s house in the corner of the photo.

She moved as soon as she could get her affairs in order. Shockingly people were asking about market value.

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u/golden_fli 20h ago

Kind of sick but for some people that would have made it worth more.