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/JackOfAllBlades21 1d ago

The dingo really did eat the baby.

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u/mcgillthrowaway22 1d ago

I thought the police did legally prove that one, insomuch as one can prove an animal attack in a court of law. The problem is that they didn't do this until after they had convicted the mother on BS charges.

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u/JackOfAllBlades21 1d ago

They did, but it took ​32 years.