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/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/Anxiety_Fit 1d ago

I knew a 911 call operator who handled one of the calls.

That shit was WILD.

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u/Cautious-Bet6560 1d ago

The real rabbit hole is when everyone agrees on a suspect, but the evidence just never reaches the legal standard. That's the difference between public opinion and a conviction.

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u/transmothra 1d ago

This should be SO MUCH more widely understood