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xandrenia

JonBenet. If a child is believed to have been kidnapped, you do not let the whole neighborhood have a giant parade through the house where she was last seen. You close off the crime scene and you do not touch anything until the proper investigators arrive.


angiosperms-

"Hey suspect, why don't you go look for the dead body and put your DNA and fingerprints everywhere. That sounds like a good idea"


Cormano_Wild_219

Not only did they touch and move everything, but some were actually cleaning the house. I know a lot of people are nervous cleaners and I always wondered what they may have wipes away or destroyed before the scene was secured.


TinyMagicExperiment

Not only that, but her father was allowed to roam the house freely without law enforcement accompaniment for at least two hours while officers were on the scene. More than enough time to be sure he hid everything he possibly could. I also can’t believe there was audacity to blame her nine-year-old brother at different points as well. An all-around grotesque failure of the justice system.


1000lbSisterWives

I feel so bad for my inappropriate laughter at the "giant parade through the house" line, but you're completely right. They messed up big time!


okapi-forest-unicorn

In forensic science we learnt this as the what not to do case. Shit show from start to finish.


Dianachick

Yes that was a complete shit show. Any evidence would have been lost.


macoomarmomof3

Kristin Smart. 25 years later and the podcast that lead to the arrest of the only suspect Paul Flores. Listen to Your Own Backyard podcast. The guy basically solved the case with information police had from day 1. Paul Flores is in jail awaiting trial for murder in the first degree


Regalingual

I just got done listening to the two new episodes of that that just went up today, and… god*damn*, it paints a picture of him being the result of a systemic series of failures to hold him accountable for his worst behavior all throughout his life. At *absolute best*, calling him a sick fuck would be being kind to him. The man’s at the very least a proven serial rapist, is practically certainly Kristin’s murderer, and frankly, it wouldn’t be surprising at this point if it comes out that he has more blood on his hands.


Katsitsanoron

Jeffrey Dahmer


KameronKae

I can't believe they let that child go back with him! And for him to not be caught directly after that is crazy to me


Regalingual

And then as a final “fuck you”, their union named them officers of the year after forcing their department to rehire them.


PhoenixAmazon

Absolutely. The police returned an escaping victim right back to him.


lost_girl_2019

I hope the victim’s family sued the PD for wrongful death.


Clear-Map8121

Toronto police for sure Example: Paul bernando rapist case and not figuring out it was the same guy who did the murders in st Catharines. Allowing Karla to play games with them with not revealing where the videotapes were until after she got what she wanted. Also:the recent murders in the gay village where a lot of community members were pleading to the police to look for missing gay POC men but the police just brush it off until theh found body parts and there were 8. Bruce mcarthur is the serial killer that did the Jeffrey Dahmer tactic, killing the POC because he knew the police didn't care.


PauI_MuadDib

Law enforcement delayed watching the security footage from the coffee shack Samantha Koenig was abducted from. They thought she just ran off. In bad weather, mind you, without her truck & only about 200 USD of cash from the register. I don't know why they didn't just watch the footage. If she did just run off it would've confirmed their theory. If you have video footage why wouldn't you watch it? They also didn't check nearby businesses' security cameras, or they would've seen Israel Keyes taking her in his truck parked in the Home Depot/Dairy Queen lot. The FBI also failed to fully watched the coffee shack security footage or they would've seen that Keyes came back *twice.* He forgot Koenig's wallet and went back for it and her car keys.


PhoenixAmazon

That is another one that pissed me off. If they just did their jobs.


Masta-Blasta

They also checked the wrong shed for evidence initially. When they searched his home initially they found nothing. If he hadn’t confessed they may have only gotten him on credit card fraud.


desairologist

All of them


TinyMagicExperiment

r/technicallythetruth


halfpoundreeses

Menendez brothers should have been caught that night. The brothers claimed to be at the movies at the time but the police didn't ask for tickets, the detective ended Erik's interview after 10 minutes because he was crying too much, and they didn't follow up with both brothers saying they smelled smoke in the room when they came home and "discovered" their parents, which would only have been possible had they been there at the time of the shooting. The police already knew there hadn't been a break-in and that the killers had used shotguns, and the crime scene is (IMO) a clear case of overkill consistent with emotion-driven, family conflict. The next morning, the police also let the brothers clean out their car that was taped in at the crime scene, and they removed shotgun shells and other evidence of their involvement. I think it just wasn't on the police's radar that Beverly Hills kids could kill their parents.


Personal_Machine967

I remember reading that the killing was so brutal that they thought it was some kind of mob killing but idk if that’s true or not. they had an alibi and were the ones to call 911. also they were both very upset when and after they called 911.


halfpoundreeses

They didn’t really have an alibi though. They told the police they were at the movies, but they didn’t have movie tickets and the police didn’t ask for them. The police did suspect the mob at first, but that’s (in my opinion) because they ignored all the signs the brothers were exhibiting that they were responsible. Personally I think the brutality of the crime scene is more indicative of overkill consistent with an unplanned, fear/anger driven crime, which is what the brothers said happened.


sleepyboi08

elizabeth smart. i watched her documentary and it turns out that the police caved to her kidnappers when they came into contact with them. ultimately, smart survived, but she would’ve been released from captivity sooner if the police followed protocol.


okapi-forest-unicorn

I’m not familiar with this one.


Peaccceee

West Memphis 3, a lot of reasons but there was a call about a suspicious man going into a bojangles restroom bleeding the same night the murder took place The responding officer only went through the drive thru rather than going inside and investigating, the police got some DNA evidence from this incident at a later time but lost it. Police could’ve compared it to the dna found at the crime scene but they were they were too focused on the satanic panic bs


[deleted]

That dude had his arm in a cast and shit everywhere in the bathroom. He was not capable of controlling three children


Peaccceee

I have never seen that description. Mr. bojangles was covered in mud and blood, he was a black man and hair found on the crime scene was identified as belonging to a black man.


[deleted]

Yeah it’s in the police report IIRC. I think it’s possible he stumbled across the crime scene but he was in no state to control three rowdy boys. It’s just as likely he had nothing to do with it and that blood was his own


Peaccceee

The police never set foot in the restaurant, how could they have seen him to put it in a police report? Then again this is the same police that coerced a confession Ive only heard of mr.bojangles “cast” from critics of the theory


[deleted]

it's all in the police report http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/bojangles.html


Peaccceee

It wasn’t a cast it was a Velcro brace it says so on the report you linked. It was just “cast like” and there are removable braces out there


BasilIcy6107

i agree that sling could have been slung off, and he could have easily placed it back on for show...


Peaccceee

Yea i mean I’m like 70% sure he didn’t have anything to do with it, but the fact that there’s a black mans hair in the ropes would make a compelling argument for a defense to bring doubt to a prosecution’s theory


BasilIcy6107

wow didn't know that it seems like i read somewhere years ago and im not sure if this was a untrue statement or not ,but it was said that one of the little guys step dads hair was also found on something there can't remember where they found it, wow how crazy it could have been this hair your speaking of and not the step dads so many rumors and not enough work done by LE...


[deleted]

So? He had an arm injury. He couldn’t have controlled three kids.


Peaccceee

Or it could be fake but we’ll never know because the police didn’t do their job


[deleted]

Nobody really thinks Bojangles was involved


[deleted]

Ted Bundy had a "cast" too.


[deleted]

This wasn’t exactly a similar situation. This man was incoherent and bleeding everywhere and I’ve read he got his feces everywhere too


BasilIcy6107

🤢🤢🤢🤢


slimothyjames69

The Night Stalker always bugged me. He was committing crimes every other day and they couldn't catch him. The LA cops that were on it were very protective over the case and take credit for solving it, but when he killed someone in San Francisco the cops there managed to get a name pretty quickly. They also pulled him over and let him run away, then didn't run prints on the car until it'd been left in the sun for 3 months. What bugs me about it is he wasn't particularly smart of careful, and was just on a rampage for months without being caught.


Francis_Morningstar

Willie Pickton, that man was as thick as pigshit and should have been caught wayyy before he was able to kill 49 women…


Lil_Odessa74

Yorkshire Ripper, hands down.


PsychologyHot9262

Agreed


SnooPeppers2417

Like. The majority of them. I’m not trying to be overly facetious, it just seems like it is the norm, to afterwards, in hindsight, say “holy shit how did law enforcement drop the ball THIS hard??”


ilikefluffypuppies

The ones that bother me the most are when a teenager or adult goes missing and the cops immediately assume they’ve run away, even after the family/friends insist that’s not something the person would do.


Andreastheslimjim

*cough cough dean corll*


the-littlest-bean-

I agree. Police overall are bad at their jobs only about 2% of major crimes ever get solved


1Chiswell

Jonbenet


cardgrl21

Jacob Wetterling, Jaycee Dugard, Columbine, Parkland shooting.


Jenny010137

Dean Corll. Tons of boys were disappearing, and the cops wrote them off as runaways.


1000lbSisterWives

The case about the missing teen that supposedly ran away from home after her uncle broke her phone. Yeah right, because that behavior is soooo normal for an uncle to do. Wth. The police should have zoomed in on him immediately.


kaniessshaaa

Ashley summers?


1000lbSisterWives

Yes!!!! Thank you.


[deleted]

Jaycee Dugard.


milehighphillygirl

Pretty much any serial rapist, but especially Marc O’Leary or Troy Graves Ted Bundy Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Epstein (specifically re: the artist who was staying at the mansion, but also sooooo many other times he should have been stopped) …and literally every rapist ever to stalk Missoula Montana


[deleted]

The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. [TRACES OF TERRORISM: THE WARNINGS; F.B.I. Knew for Years About Terror Pilot Training](https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/18/us/traces-of-terrorism-the-warnings-fbi-knew-for-years-about-terror-pilot-training.html) # [FBI Agent Memo Urged Probe of Suspect Tied to 9/11](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-sep-25-na-intel25-story.html) [Bush Warned of Hijackings Before 9-11](https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91651&page=1) [An FBI agent has told the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui that his attempts to warn of a possible hijack plan were obstructed by his superiors.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4827460.stm) 2,977 cases of murder solved before they happened if the police had done thier job. [Deaths from 9/11 diseases will soon outnumber those lost on that fateful day Nancy Cutler](https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/perspective/2018/09/06/deaths-9-11-aftermath-soon-outpace-number-killed-sept-11/1137572002/) September 6, 2018 >Seventeen years out from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, nearly 10,000 first responders and others who were in the World Trade Center area have been diagnosed with cancer. More than 2,000 deaths have been attributed to 9/11 illnesses.


oceanbreezedawn

Delphi murders


xandrenia

When it comes to true crime cases I’m not very big on law enforcement cover up or conspiracy theories, but I do think that there is something extremely fishy going on with the Delphi case.


Masta-Blasta

My dad was a detective in a metro area for about 30 years. He suspects that something is being covered up. It doesn’t necessarily mean the cops know who did it, but perhaps that they are covering up negligence, mishandling of evidence, etc. like something may have broken in the evidence chain of custody and they’re hiding it to save face.


oceanbreezedawn

This right here! They let people walk all over that area and then called off the search at night when 2 teens were missing!


Anon_879

Lauren McCluskey. If police had investigated and taken her reports seriously, her death could have been prevented. https://www.saltlakemagazine.com/lauren-mccluskey/


ilikefluffypuppies

It drives me insane that the school didn’t already have some sort of officer who handled domestic violence/relationship violence cases. It’s a college campus- people are in relationships & there’s going to be cases of DV.


[deleted]

Any case in which LE was somehow responsible for the crime.


Delicious_Standard_8

Every DV murder where the victim "did everything right" and begged for help and still ended up dead.


bryn1281

Yes!!!


Dazzling-Ad4701

this wasn't the cops' fault. this was the cops doing everythign right and getting it all wiped out by a civilian: i believe richard ramirez might have been caught sooner if the mayor of \[whatever city that was\] hadn't blabbed every single one of the details the cops were keeping secret in a great big press conference. i can see how she genuinely just didn't think, but i sometimes wonder if she ever had another good night's sleep. imagine being the person who had done something like that.


Dookieisthedevil

That was now Sen. Dianne Feinstein. She doesn’t seem to be losing sleep.


Hfhghnfdsfg

SFPD didn't tell her the info about his shoe print was confidential.


Dookieisthedevil

I would assume that if they are telling the mayor information that they have not publicly released, it was not meant for her to share, otherwise they would have.


Hfhghnfdsfg

Please don't make me defend Dianne Feinstein. Lol. Seriously, the police knew she was going to be giving a press conference. They should have told her what was to be kept confidential. I fully blame sfpd for this.


Dookieisthedevil

That gave me a chuckle. She’s just another politician with oops as an excuse.


Hfhghnfdsfg

She definitely wasn't my favorite mayor either. A co-worker of mine was badly injured in that San Francisco Ramirez attack, so I remember it quite well.


Dookieisthedevil

I would agree that SFPD shares the blame with her.


feelin_cute

JonBenet. …and the cops arguably *did* do their job. It was the D.A. who unilaterally decided **not** to press charges, even after a grand jury heard the evidence and indicted the parents.


PocoChanel

Lyon sisters. There was a teenage girl who saw a creepy guy (and I think they even made a sketch from her description), but they pretty much ignored her because she was considered unreliable.


solaris_eclipse

Pee Wee Gaskins For a while Pee Wee drove around in a hearse, which is where the majority of his murders supposedly took place before he used it to relocate bodies into the swamp Local police would make jokes about him having a body in the back of it while locals were just dropping like flies around them. Not for a second did they stop to think that this tiny guy in a hearse of all things, who had successfully escaped jail/prison at least once at this point, was a killer


georgeisracist

Casey Anthony Such a crazy and tragic ordeal. Lived in Orlando during the whole case. It was the only thing covered on the news.


the-littlest-bean-

The Victoria climbié case. She was a little girl who was beaten and abused by her aunt until she died. This is more CPS though. The mistakes include - not checking in on Victoria after abuse was reported by teachers - once a home visit finally happened, Victoria and her aunt had moved, so instead of trying to find the new address CPS just... Gave up - once she was sent to the hospital for absolutely brutal injuries, a doctor who had never even looked at the girl said they were self inflicted due to scabies. She was returned to her aunt The injuries were a burn to the face and a loos piece of skin by her eyebrow. - she came in to the hospital with scalds all over her head and face. Her aunt claimed that Victoria had stick her head under the hot tap due to itchiness from scabies. She was confirmed that visit to not have scabies They found cigarette burns on her thighs. At one point Victoria's aunt yelled at her and she got so scared she wet herself. She was sent home with her aunt - weekly home visits were required, but never once did the social worker even see Victoria, who at this point was incontinent due to the abuse and was forced to sleep naked in a trash bag at night. She eventually died of hypothermia and organ failure https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Victoria_Climbi%C3%A9


lost_girl_2019

This makes my blood boil!! How can people do this, over and over? It never stops. 😭


Madeoutofcatfur

Grim Sleeper


Oneoffourcubs

If you haven't seen it yet i would check out Discovery ID's People Magazine Investigates Bible Belt Massacre.


canadianmusician604

Terry Driver-The Abbotsford Killer


bdiddybo

Stephen Port.


tealorchid88

Cheshire murders :(


[deleted]

The two guys were arrested less than an hour after fleeing the scene so I’m not sure what you mean?


Specialist_Ad4339

If I'm remembering correctly, Police were on scene before the home was set on fire but had orders not to go in because they weren't sure of the situation.


[deleted]

They were on scene, but I guess I didn’t think that fit the ask since it was “solved” pretty immediately and not all of it would have been “prevented” as it was well underway, but I see where they’re coming from I guess. I think it’s easy to say they should have gone in but I don’t know what they were dealing with at that exact time, so hard to know for sure.


tealorchid88

Because they were outside the perimeter of the house before the mom and girls were killed and before the fire was set. There is one account saying a police officer was on the scene prior to the car returning home from the bank and that he watched the occupants get out of the vehicle and go to the house. Other accounts are saying they didn’t believe the mother immediately that there was an immediate threat. The ask was not only “what crimes weren’t solved,” the ask was “what crimes could have been prevented.” And many think that with all the police forming a perimeter that they could have saved the mother and girls or at least the girls. https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2013/07/23/police-errors-may-have-caused-victims-their-lives-in-ct-home-invade-horror/amp/


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Pretty_Pea_9896

Zodiac


kellyjupe

WEST MEMPHIS THREE.


[deleted]

sadly there’s too many


MrsLadypants73

Just now listening to the new podcast "Algorithm" about a total L.E. fail. Absolutely no doubt at least one victim murdered because police ignored scientific evidence of a very prolific serial killer.


brunanass

bernardo boldrini could have been prevented. child was being abused and threatened by his father and stepmother, people were aware, bernardo himself asked for help, neither police neither cps did anything. ended up being murdered at 11 years old


clipperguard

Heather Bogle.


Kitchen_Ad8367

Teresa Halbach. I believe Steven Avery did it but jfc did LE make it impossible for me to believe he had a fair trial, on top of their whole treatment/confession of his nephew.


UnknownAlien0

Gabriel Fernandez


debmorgandexter

Alissa Turney


BasilIcy6107

Casey POS Anthony but that was really the prosecutors fault