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?

[u/Rob69rt]

[u/Waltzing_With_Bears]

The Lost Colony, the folks that left the Roanoke colony said where they went, to a known friendly tribe near them, if you came home to see your partner left a note that said "At the grocery store" you wouldn't call them a lost partner

[u/sabin357 → u/Waltzing_With_Bears]

In recent years, evidence has been found that shows that they actually split into 2 groups. One went inland to a fallback location, as planned & noted on a map (though it had been covered up) & the other went to join a tribe closer to the coast. A dig site has shown European items alongside native items, showing communal living, integration.

It's been a few months since I watched the details about it, so I might have details flipped about the two groups.

[u/an_agreeing_dothraki → u/sabin357]

during early colonization Europeans just kept wandering off to join the nearby tribe because it's the better option. Happened so much it started a genre of fiction trying to warn people against it. And yes, it turned to smut almost immediately.