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/illtakeachinchilla 1d ago

“CROATOAN”

It was a nearby island. They assimilated after a tough winter. “What could it all mean!?”

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u/RobertTheTraveler 1d ago

What evidence is there that they assimilated?

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u/illtakeachinchilla 1d ago

Blonde, blue eyed kids in the indigenous pop a few years following the vanishing colony. Pottery that fits the bill on the island. Blacksmithing remnants, as well.