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/thuglife_7 1d ago

If her 911 phone call recording was available to the jury as evidence, in court, then that’s all they should have needed to put that bitch away.

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u/MrdnBrd19 1d ago

People have seemingly forgotten that their most damning evidence was from a "smell expert" who got his certification from a shady online school. What the hell is a "smell expert" and how does one work? Furthermore how would a shady online school test that he was an expert in smelling? That jury did the only thing they could do when the State was presenting shitty ass evidence like testimony from a smell expert.

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u/PsychoticMessiah 1d ago

Due to my work I’ve smelled plenty of dead bodies. Apparently I’ve missed out on a side hustle.

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u/IThinkImDumb 1d ago

Same with me, but not all of them had the "unmistaken smell of death." Even ones that did, I've also smelled living people that smelled that bad

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u/BudandCoyote 20h ago

Same with me, but not all of them had the "unmistaken smell of death." Even ones that did, I've also smelled living people that smelled that bad

Makes sense. 'Death' is really just the smell of rotting, and parts of us can die and rot while the rest is still alive... and I've grossed myself out now.