Murder conviction still possible without body
Q :The police suspect there's been a murder, but no body has turned up anywhere. Does this mean they have to give up on the case?
A :That's what 1949 London serial killer John George Haigh boasted to police after killing Mrs. Durand-Deacon, saying he had dissolved her remains in acid so the victim no longer existed, says E. J. Wagner in "The Science of Sherlock Holmes .”
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