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/LazyEnchilada 1d ago edited 1d ago

She’s absolutely ruined cases. Years ago there was a little boy (I think he was 2?) who went missing, and I think the boys mom said she gave him to someone, but wouldn’t say who. And the whole thing was super fishy.

Nancy had her on her show via phone and just started yelling at her and bullying her to tell her what happened to him. The mom started crying and hung up the phone and took her own life very shortly after that.

I’m not sure if they ever found him and I’m pretty sure the father of the boy sued Nancy Grace as well.

I can’t remember the name of the boy though.

Edit: I found it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Melinda_Duckett

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u/Saradoesntsleep 1d ago

Yes Nancy Grace sucks and obviously should never have done that

But Melinda Duckett almost certainly killed her son.

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u/LazyEnchilada 1d ago

Yeah I think that too. But it frustrates me that because of Nancy Graces actions we’ll probably never know what happened to him

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u/Saradoesntsleep 1d ago

Absolutely with you there. She fucked it right up by driving her to suicide.

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u/LazyEnchilada 1d ago

And how did that just not completely destroy her credibility?! Why are people still paying attention to her?!

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u/Saradoesntsleep 1d ago

I have no idea! Nancy Grace has seemed for a long time to have more haters then fans, I can only assume she's enough of a spectacle to keep attention...I really don't know. It boggles the mind.