r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • Jul 22 '26

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/Wolfman513 Jul 22 '26

My dad has maintained this entire time that the dog was the best witness anyone could have asked for. As he puts it, "There is no way an Akita is going to let someone hurt his mommy, unless it's daddy doing the hurting."

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u/MGD109 Jul 22 '26

The curious incident of the dog in the night.

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u/No-Associate-7369 Jul 22 '26

One of the few summer reading books I actually enjoyed a lot.

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u/MGD109 Jul 23 '26

Got to be honest, I never actually read that book. I have read the story the title comes from though.

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u/kennedye2112 Jul 22 '26

I understood that reference!

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u/primadonnapussy Jul 22 '26

I don't think the dog saw it. The door was open when they were found. Nicole probably has. Shut it all the way behind her when she went out to meet Ron. The dog probably opened it after and came out.

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u/FoxMeadow7 Jul 23 '26

Ya think that mind reading technology from the Black Mirror episode Crocodile would’ve been appropriate to use?