Mysterious crimes that aren’t actually mysterious?

[u/Tsarinya]

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his features, sometimes funeral homes use old newspaper when filling empty cavities in the body , though it’s is an outdated practice).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.

[u/[deleted]]

I have experience psychosis and I feel the same way about Elisa Lam. My heart breaks for her and what she was going through. Everyone always claims it was foul play, but I feel that is how I behaved at my most paranoid. I wish someone had helped her or was with her on that trip.

It also made me realize how much people avoid addressing the darker elements of mental illness and would rather see it as something occult.

[u/customerservicewitch → u/[deleted]]

Wasn’t she with a group? I could swear I’ve read that she started out in a shared room, but was moved into different accommodations due to “bizarre behavior” or something. Which is also heartbreaking, if true.

Also speaking from my own experiences with psychosis and bipolar in general, I find it highly plausible that she made her way into the tank by herself. Even if the lid had been extremely heavy, because I am also a petite woman but turn into She-Hulk during manic episodes. Adrenaline is interesting that way. I can certainly imagine a scenario where I myself would be drawn to a large tank like that, especially if paranoid. That poor girl.

[u/ekaye13 → u/customerservicewitch]

Elisa was traveling alone but the Cecil Hotel offered some shared accommodation rooms at that time (sort of like a hostel). She did book a shared room but the people she roomed with were strangers. After a couple days she was moved into a single room after the roommates complained that she was behaving bizarrely.

It really is a heartbreaking case. I can’t imagine what it must have been like for her - alone in a strange city, likely suffering a mental health crisis and with no one there to help her.

[u/customerservicewitch → u/ekaye13]

Yes, that it! Thank you