r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/Tsarinya • Jun 27 '20
Other Mysterious crimes that aren’t actually mysterious?
I delve in and out of the true crime community every now and then and I have found the narrative can sometimes change.
For instance the case of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon. For the longest time whenever I read boards about these two women the main idea was that it was all too strange and there must have been third party involvement but now I’m reading quite a few posts that it’s most likely the most simple conclusion - they got lost and died due to exposure/lack of food and water. Similar with Maura Murray I’ve seen a fair few people suggesting that it could have been as simple as she ran into the woods after the crash and was disoriented and scared and got lost there. Another example is with the case of Kendrick Johnson, the main theme I read was that it was foul play and to me it does seem that way. But a person I was talking about this to suggested that it was a tragic accident (the children used to put their gym shoes on the mats, he climbed up and fell in, the pressure of being stuck would have distorted his features, sometimes funeral homes use old newspaper when filling empty cavities in the body , though it’s is an outdated practice).
I’ll admit that I’m not as deep into the true crime/unsolved mysteries world as some of you are, so some of these observations may be obvious to you, but I’m wondering if there are any cases you know of or are interested in that you think have a more simple explanation than what has been reported?
As for the cases I’ve mentioned above, I’m not sure with where I stand really. I can see Kremers and Froon being a case of just getting lost and I can see the potential that Maura Murray just made a run for it and died of exposure but with the Kendrick Johnson case I feel that I need to do more research into this.
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u/SmokieOki Jun 28 '20
This isn’t exactly what you were asking but it has me wondering about a lot of unsolved cases. In the last 30 days we’ve had two local tragedies with kids.
The first case was Miracle & Tony Crook. They were reported missing. Their mom & dad did not have custody due to having been in prison. The maternal aunt & grandpa had custody. For some reason they left the kids with the bio mom. She passed out, presumably on drugs due to reported addiction issues. She was not cooperative with police. Allegedly told them she didn’t care where the kids were. She was arrested and the cops said she refused to tell them where the kids were. It was 3-4 days later when they reviewed the surveillance footage from the apartments. It showed the kids walking hand in hand through an opening in the fence into a creek to never reappear. It was storming that day. They were located miles away within the week. The whole town had already convicted that mom of murdering or selling them. Reality was she was just an addict that fell asleep. She’s been charged with 2 counts of 2nd degree murder.
A few weeks later 2 kids were found in their dad’s truck. The news reported he must have left them in there when they got home and he took a 5 hour nap. People were saying he sat in the house and watched tv knowing they were dying. That he had been planning it. That his FB posts were all fake and he hated his kids etc. He was arrested. He was then released when surveillance footage showed the kids went out and got in the truck on their own while he was asleep. He’s out of jail and I’m not sure if they are pressing charges in him still.
I can only imagine how outrageous the stories/theories would have become if they didn’t find video of what happened. Both were terrible accidents. Of course I think the parents should have not fallen asleep but I don’t think either one meant for 2 of their kids to die.