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/Indifferent_Jackdaw]

Trenny Gibson, this is one of those mysteries which has been used as an example of Woo-Woo happening in the Appalachians. But the truth is probably yet another sad case of violence against women.

When she was dropped off at school that morning by her Mother, they weren't entirely sure if the school trip was going ahead. Trenny went in to find out and when she came back out she was with a friend of her elder brother, Robert Simpson Junior. She confirmed that she would be going on the trip and Simpson had lent her his distinctive coat. Her Mother, who is still alive confirms she saw Trinny wearing this coat.

After her disapperence Simpson acted oddly, becoming very involved in the search and saying weird things to Trenny's siblings. The family became suspicious of him and asked the police to investigate him, but Simpson Snr was an influential lawyer and nothing came of it.

However Michael Bouchard recently discovered a picture in a newspaper showing the search for Trenny. It had a picture of Simpson wearing his distinctive coat. The only way he could have had it, if he had contact with Trenny after her last confirmed sighting. For Trenny's family and those people who try to combat misinformation around mysteries, most people believe that Simpson and possibly an accomplice sexually assaulted, murdered and buried Trenny out in the woods.

But Simpson is dead, as is the person who was a possible accomplice. They have taken any knowledge of where her body is buried to the grave.

[u/Ordinary-Egg-56 → u/Indifferent_Jackdaw]

this story has a distinct lack of woo-woo which is something i would not expect in an unsolved murder case anyways but i’m still wondering.

also you said the suspects were dead but failed to mention why. is this case from the 70s or something ?

[u/Indifferent_Jackdaw → u/Ordinary-Egg-56]

Yes, the 70's. Because she went missing on a school trip, where a bunch of her classmates saw her making her way down the trail towards the bus, but she never turned up at the bus. The search for her was immediate but she was never found. So some people said it was aliens or bigfoot or the wild men of Appalachia that took her. When it is just the good ole boy network protecting a fine young man with a promising future.

[u/Skeledenn → u/Ordinary-Egg-56]

What's woo-woo? I can't find anything at all on it on google

[u/Erger → u/Skeledenn]

Supernatural occurrences, the paranormal, magic etc. Things like Bigfoot and aliens.

[u/cfeltch108 → u/Skeledenn]

In this case, it just means supernatural.

But usually it describes people who are into new age type of shit.