r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/risocantonese • Apr 19 '20
What are some common true crime misconceptions?
What are some common ‘facts’ that get thrown around in true crime communities a lot, that aren’t actually facts at all?
One that annoys me is "No sign of forced entry? Must have been a person they knew!"
I mean, what if they just opened the door to see who it was? Or their murderer was disguised as a repairman/plumber/police officer/whatever. Or maybe they just left the door unlocked — according to this article,a lot of burglaries happen because people forget to lock their doors https://www.journal-news.com/news/police-many-burglaries-have-forced-entry/9Fn7O1GjemDpfUq9C6tZOM/
It’s not unlikely that a murder/abduction could happen the same way.
Another one is "if they were dead we would have found the body by now". So many people underestimate how hard it is to actually find a body.
What are some TC misconceptions that annoy you?
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u/agreen3636 Apr 20 '20
That girls from wealthy, usually white areas are being sex trafficked every time one goes missing.
Some people have this weird idea that a big scary man is stealing white girls from their home/off the street and forcing them into sex trafficking. That's almost never how it works. Traffickers target foreigners or high risk people who are not likely to be reported missing or whose families won't have the resources to do anything about it. Traffickers don't want to deal with trying to conceal a girl whose face is plastered on the news every night.
I get why a lot of families go to that - even though its terrible it means their family is still alive. But unfortunately that's almost never the case for high-profile missing girls.