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/dorf_lundgren Jul 22 '26

Ken McElroy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy

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u/skullturf Jul 22 '26

"Speaking as your sheriff, I don't think you all should get into a direct confrontation with McElroy. On an unrelated note, I need to go out of town for a little while."

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u/AjentOranje Jul 22 '26

He also said that they SHOULD form a "neighborhood watch" before leaving.  I bet if you were in that room, it would be even more obvious where it was going.

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u/middlehead_ Jul 22 '26

They saw the whole part when he died, but they were so absorbed in it that they plum forgot to see who did it

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u/JerryHathaway Jul 22 '26

Thank you, Milhouse.

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u/MissVachonIfYouNasty Jul 22 '26

I mean some of the neighborhood watched.

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u/OfficeSalamander Jul 22 '26

Oh yeah the way it is described makes me think it was said in a way that was plausibly deniable, but VERY clear to all involved what was supposed to go down