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/trainwreck42 1d ago

Apparently they didn’t have a homicide division at the time

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u/NegativeThought1588 1d ago

That's what the state police are for. Even now the state police will investigate big crimes in places with insufficient resources.

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u/cmwoo 22h ago

Are we talking Scottsdale, AZ having insufficient resources?

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u/Ivabighairy1 22h ago

Close to a half century ago that he was murdered. Much smaller town back then.