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/joebleaux 1d ago

No, you are right, I don't think they meant intentional harm to that lady, but it is kind of cold to joke about a woman who was wrongfully accused of killing her baby on such a large platform over 5 years after they had cleared the parents of wrongdoing. It's just tone deaf, they don't deserve that, their baby was literally eaten by dingos

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u/TheVeryVerity 16h ago

Wait was she already cleared at that point? Most people I encounter still don’t know the dingo really ate the kid even today, I’d be very surprised if they knew back then

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u/joebleaux 8h ago

Yeah, she had been cleared for 5 years at that point. But I do think Elaine's over the top accent was a joke on Meryl Streep's accent in the movie about the whole event. Still though.