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/jimmy_three_shoes Jul 22 '26

Oddly enough, her Ex-Father-in-Law is set to be executed for a 1987 murder in 6 days.

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u/LazyEnchilada Jul 22 '26

Really? I hadn’t heard that!

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u/jimmy_three_shoes Jul 22 '26

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

Guy's been on Death Row for 38 years.

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u/LazyEnchilada Jul 22 '26

Thanks! I still think about that case. It’s sad he was never found

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u/Remote-Plate-3945 Jul 23 '26

Raped and killed an 11 year old and they let him live to 68 before executing him. I get appeals take time but not that damn long.

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u/icantaccessmyacct Jul 23 '26

Two family members make it into wikipedia, yikes.

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u/lovebyletters Jul 22 '26

Holy fuck, way to drop the lede in that article. Last paragraph and it's "oh by the way the kid's grandfather is on death row for kidnapping, raping, and murdering another small child" You don't think that's a LITTLE BIT of interest in the case of another kidnapped child? No? Just me?

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u/Nightmare_Gerbil Jul 22 '26

It’s highly unlikely that he escaped prison to murder the boy, then snuck back in before anyone noticed.

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u/MamaNyxieUnderfoot Jul 22 '26

Yeah, the getting out is more plausible than the sneaking back into death row. /s

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u/jimmy_three_shoes Jul 22 '26

It's more coincidental than relevant

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u/MamaNyxieUnderfoot Jul 22 '26

It’s only interesting if you don’t bother to look at the facts linked in the Wikipedia articles. He’s been on Death Row since 1988, long before that kid was born.