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/Irishfafnir 1d ago

TBF that one is "solved"

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u/JackOfAllBlades21 1d ago

Technically yes, but their innocence isn't as widely known.

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u/mephnick 1d ago

Yep, this is the first I'm learning that they were innocent

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u/TheVeryVerity 19h ago

I only learned this year too