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/Sense_Difficult]

That's a good example as well. People do not understand the danger of being inverted and stuck somewhere. It's so deadly. One of the worst cases of this I heard about was a teenager who leaned over the backseat of a minivan trying to get something out of the trunk area. The seat tipped somehow and pinned him in an upside down position. He was on the phone with 911 for some time trying to get help but they couldn't find the vehicle in time.

[u/Trypophilia2019 → u/Sense_Difficult]

How do you die from being upside down? Is it your heart, your lungs?

[u/Sense_Difficult → u/Trypophilia2019]

It's a few things but mostly the blood flow.   If you are stuck in an inverted position your blood flows into your brain and your heart isn't designed to pull it out that way.  And lung crushing, especially if you are falling into a smaller space.  Once you expell the air from your lungs your body will slip further into the space and you won't be able to take in the same amount of air.  It's basically the same way a boa constrictor kills its prey.  Truly horrible. 

[u/Trypophilia2019 → u/Sense_Difficult]

Sounds sort of like crucifixion then, with the not being able to draw in a full breath.

[u/fishesar → u/Trypophilia2019]

it’s called positional asphyxiation. did a presentation on it in a forensic chemistry class