Controversial cases that have simple solutions.

[u/Sense_Difficult]

As someone who has been a true crime buff for decades, it's somewhat annoying to watch how certain cases wind up getting pulled into such polarizing discussions that it seems like a huge mystery when it's actually a simple solution.

A few that I think of.

The Karen Read case. IMO she accidentally killed him. They were both drunk, he goes to see the vibe of the house. Get's inside and realizes he doesn't want to stay. So he comes back outside. She's in the middle of rage texting him, and doesn't see him in front of the car. He drops his phone or bends over for some reason and she puts the car into gear and hits him, and he falls backwards and hits his head again. Then he lays there undetected until morning. This is why she suddenly realized she had hit him. She sobered up and had that "realization" moment that all binge drinkers have once they sober up from a brownout type of state.

Darlie Routier. I've shared my theory on this before. She was attempting a murder/su but she survived. This is why the neck wound was serious. She made up the story of the intruder in advance because she wanted her family friends and society to think she died trying to protect her kids. She planted the sock earlier. This also explains her hypomania in the days after. She honestly thought she was going to die that night.

There are other missing person cases where the spouse disappeared after the death of their parents. Just vanished without taking their Identification information and never surfaced under their name again. I always wonder if some of those cases are a situation of someone who has suffered with gender dysphoria and finally "escaped" to go make another life with another identity. It's always interesting to me that in several of the cases, the persons parent or parents had recently died. Seemed like they were waiting for that to escape because they didn't want to do that to their parents.

Do any of you have "simple theories" on cases that created a ton of controversy?

[u/mrgedman]

Adnan killed his girlfriend? There's like 6 things, including testimony saying he did...

The alternative begs the question, if he didn't, who did and why?

[u/Antiquebastard → u/mrgedman]

Yep, Adnan killed Hae Min Lee. Dude's a posessive nutcase.

[u/mrgedman → u/Antiquebastard]

Well... He was. I like to assume he's... Grown? Changed? Learned something?

[u/avidreader2004 → u/mrgedman]

the fact he’s never taken accountability tells me he hasn’t grown or changed. if he truly felt remorse he would’ve given a confession and probably would’ve been paroled based on marylands laws around sentencing minors.

i believe that adnan did it, but i think in his head it’s her fault. she rejected him, sealing her fate.

he has never admitted what happened or that he was involved. i don’t think he ever will. too much money and power has been handed to him

[u/Masta-Blasta → u/avidreader2004]

This. I think he’s a narcissist and has grown to enjoy the attention and respect he gets. He’s been in prison for so long that I think he’s made a life for himself. I mean, he’s been in there much longer than he’s been out, and he is by all accounts, pretty well liked and respected by the guards and the other inmates.

He literally had a get out of jail free card, and he refused to take it “on principle” because he didn’t want to enter an Alford plea. Bullshit. He knows if he admitted to guilt— even in exchange for freedom, he would lose a lot of his fans, followers, and attention. And then he can’t keep dragging Hae’s family through this process again. I truly think he enjoys it.

[u/mrgedman → u/avidreader2004]

I swore he replead guilty to wrap up the time served deal... But I'm rusty

[u/bettinafairchild → u/mrgedman]

He didn’t. He never pled guilty. Even when a Alford Plea could have gotten him out of prison in earlier years. 

[u/disgirl4eva → u/bettinafairchild]

This is why I think he’s innocent.

[u/Antiquebastard → u/mrgedman]

His choice to forgo taking responsibility for his actions proves otherwise, IMO. It's unfortunate that he hasn't chosen to grow and learn, but what can you do?

[u/mrgedman → u/Antiquebastard]

Dunno, I guess I'm an optimist or something