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If you could solve one unsolved mystery

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shessocool · 02/03/2025 00:02

Which one would it be? Missing persons, unsolved murders or even random unexplained events.

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x2boys · 14/03/2025 08:13

ChampagneSuperNova00 · 14/03/2025 07:52

Yes that was very strange

I personally think it was just a tragic set of circumstances
My teen is similarly disabled and relies on us for everything, whilst he wouldn't wander off it is thought Nora has got disoriented when a door closed begin my son probably would too and try and search for us
Nora being found naked doesnt necessarily strike me as odd either as my son would strip off if his clothes got wet he doesn't understand that this is inappropriate
It was a heartbreaking case.

sashh · 14/03/2025 11:41

MermaidMummy06 · 02/03/2025 02:21

I'm in Australia so only Australians would know about the Beaumont children.

Three siblings taken at once, in the 60's, South Australia. Every time it comes back into the news, my parents, who were locals at the time, talk about how the crime caused people to start dead locking their doors & keep kids inside. They're still looking, although have a pretty good idea who took them.

This is quite a famous case world wide, and I'm sure children were stopped from going to the beach or other things. I know in the 1970s in the UK parents were not too bothered about you going out if there were two or more children together.

@ChompandaGrazia I'm in Wolverhampton and when they widened the ring road they found a body that had been there years.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/body-left-on-traffic-island-for-two-years-5372419.html

It's a really busy road and it is disturbing how easily a body can be hidden / not found.

Body left on traffic island for two years

A woman's decomposing remains were found yesterday on the central reservation of a ring road near Wolverhampton city centre, where they are thought to have been for more than two years.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/body-left-on-traffic-island-for-two-years-5372419.html

CerealPosterHere · 14/03/2025 11:47

@sashh there is a roundabout on a duel carriageway near me with a very overgrown wooded middle. I always think if I wanted to hide a body I would put it there. There's no CCTV. Would need a quiet night at 2am though so no motorists see me lugging a body into the roundabout. I'm not sure how feasible actually getting the body there...if I had an accomplice it would be easier.

ChompandaGrazia · 14/03/2025 12:19

sashh · 14/03/2025 11:41

This is quite a famous case world wide, and I'm sure children were stopped from going to the beach or other things. I know in the 1970s in the UK parents were not too bothered about you going out if there were two or more children together.

@ChompandaGrazia I'm in Wolverhampton and when they widened the ring road they found a body that had been there years.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/body-left-on-traffic-island-for-two-years-5372419.html

It's a really busy road and it is disturbing how easily a body can be hidden / not found.

We had similar where I am. There was a plot of land in a nice residential area that had hoarding around it. Eventually it was sold and they started to clear it. There was the body of a man found that had been there for some time. Right next to nice big houses.

Riverswims · 14/03/2025 13:46

MeowCatPleaseMeowBack · 06/03/2025 12:29

I'm aware of a few older cases where pictures of the victim's distinctive dental work or distinctive teeth were published in dentistry journals as a general 'do you recognise these teeth?' kind of thing.

that’s not what happens “do you recognize these teeth” 🤔🙄🤣 we’ve had the Police walk up to the desk and ask for records. and there are laws about dental record keeping available online for your perusal

sashh · 14/03/2025 13:49

CerealPosterHere · 14/03/2025 11:47

@sashh there is a roundabout on a duel carriageway near me with a very overgrown wooded middle. I always think if I wanted to hide a body I would put it there. There's no CCTV. Would need a quiet night at 2am though so no motorists see me lugging a body into the roundabout. I'm not sure how feasible actually getting the body there...if I had an accomplice it would be easier.

OK so you are going to think I am deraigned, but I read a lot of crime fiction.

You get the body there by, well, it not being a body at the time.

As for an accomplice, friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies.

XelaM · 14/03/2025 13:50

JFK murder

MeowCatPleaseMeowBack · 14/03/2025 14:11

Riverswims · 14/03/2025 13:46

that’s not what happens “do you recognize these teeth” 🤔🙄🤣 we’ve had the Police walk up to the desk and ask for records. and there are laws about dental record keeping available online for your perusal

Erm, yes, it has happened.

tedibear · 14/03/2025 14:17

All the missing people cases are so sad. I think for me I thought right away of Madeline but they are all worthy cases. The little boy Noah in Northern Ireland is such a strange case and it all looks so suspicious.

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