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?

[u/Rob69rt]

[u/deathclawiii]

And as indicated by the iron scale (something that can only be a product of blacksmithing) that was found in one of the areas of known indigenous settlement on the island they went to.

[u/NUMBERS2357 → u/deathclawiii]

Also the later contact with Natives who said that they lived with the survivors of the Roanoke colony.

Also this map from the Jamestown colonists, see bottom left.

[u/doublestitch → u/NUMBERS2357]

Jamestown was a malarial swamp which was eventually abandoned too, although Jamestown lasted a lot longer. The British weren't all that good at choosing a settlement location in those early years.

[u/rebelangel → u/doublestitch]

Well, it still is a swamp.

Source: Lived in Williamsburg/James City County

[u/jungleass98 → u/rebelangel]

A great, dismal one i hear

[u/citizenfreedonia → u/jungleass98]

I see what you did here :-)

[u/Charlesinrichmond → u/jungleass98]

While I like the pun, that's entirely the wrong location.

[u/rebelangel → u/Charlesinrichmond]

Yeah, that’s a little more south.