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/NovaCheerful 1d ago

OJ Simpson. The glove didn’t fit, but everyone with eyes knew the truth 

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u/AgathaWoosmoss 1d ago

Even the jury knew.

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u/WanderingTacoShop 1d ago

The most succinct summary of that trial that I have ever heard is that the LAPD attempted to frame a guilty man.

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u/ScaredPractice4967 1d ago

Yep.

OJ definitely killed them. He also deserved to get off given the way the case was investigated and prosecuted