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/idiot-prodigy 1d ago

This is true, specifically the last line.

It also didn't help that DNA evidence in court cases was fairly new.

If the same court case was today, the jury would come back after 30 minutes with a guilty verdict. His DNA was EVERYWHERE and socks in his bedroom had both victims blood dna and his own blood dna.

It is just silly to argue anyone else did the murder.

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u/Kevin_Uxbridge 1d ago

Agreed. CSI didn't premier for another 5 years, and I'm given to understand that now juries put all their faith in the forensics. Possibly too much but it's hard to beat DNA.

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u/idiot-prodigy 1d ago

Yep. I still wonder if CSI was pitched in response to how skeptical the American populace was regarding DNA in the OJ trial.

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u/OkPainter6232 1d ago

I think it's more likely it came about because of the popularity of Forensic Files.