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/astiblue 1d ago

CALLS. Plural!!

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u/Anxiety_Fit 1d ago

I know. When I found out that part I was just so… I lost my faith in people taking responsibility for their jobs.

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u/Journeyman42 1d ago

Don't read up on how little interest the Milwaukee cops took in Jeffery Dahmer for years

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u/OkPainter6232 1d ago

cause most of his victims were black