Have you, or could you, commit the Perfect Crime?

Question

Not like stealing a box of matches or whatever.
Make it a reasonably big one.

A Top Cop told me once that you have to do it alone. Partners are a liability.

Answer 1

The perfect crime... Happens all the time. You just don't hear about it.

Face it, cops on the whole are only marginally smarter than the criminals they apprehend. They have a saying "thank god criminals are stupid". For the most part they are right, and those are the ones that do the time, as an above poster mentioned. The problem the cops have is when they run into a criminal that has more IQ than is needed to tie his own shoes. Then they are lost!

Why else do you suppose only 30% of murders are solved in the USA.

The cop who told you you need to do it alone was right. The perfect crime can leave no witnesses. Partners are witnesses. Most people who end up in jail (who are intelligent) are there because they trusted someone else, who in turn sold them out to the police. If you are going to have partners, kill them too.

A perfect crime can leave no evidence. Right yourself a list, before you go do the crime, about what clean up afterwards needs to be done. Rework the list over and over in your head, until it is second nature. If you follow your list, you are more likely to clean up any mess you leave behind.

All in all, use your head, trust no one, don't change your lifestyle even with new found monies, tell no one, don't appear interested in the story as it's broadcast, but don't avoid it either, do this, and you too can become a perfect criminal!

Or so I have read in the many books I have read!

Answer 2

The perfect crime not only leaves no evidence but is never reported or is in fact legal. Identity theft for a long time was a perfect crime. Some forms of electronic fraud are still. When it comes to traditional crime, however, the technique of the criminal can never be foolproof--most rely on security through obscurity or misdirection.

Replacing stolen goods with counterfeits, making a dead person appear to be only missing or the victim of suicide, using exotic poisons...like a magic trick, one need only encounter a fellow magician who knows the trick--and everything fails. It's actually the murderers who try to be clever that get caught. Think of the English detective novels where a killer creates an elaborate puzzle, which just happens to be investigated by the world's most talented puzzle solver. Random killings lacking an ego signature are by far the best way (see Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer).

I do have a plan for a financial fraud that is at present perfectly legal. So I know that I could commit the perfect crime. A perfect murder or robbery, though, I don't think is possible.

Answer 3

A perfect crime is a crime committed so perfectly that no evidence is apparent, and the culprit cannot be traced.

Since evidence must be matched to find the culprit, the best way to commit a perfect crime appears to be one outside the circle of suspects that police can question. In practice, however, those who commit serious crimes are usually linked to the victim in some way, and the police know from experience which people to question. A crime based on a chance meeting, such as a rape, murder or mugging, can go undetected if no connection remains. However, a rapist will most likely leave his DNA (e.g. in the form of semen) and sustain minor injuries, which might indicate his guilt; a mugger might be found with his victim's belongings. Moreover, the police have the fingerprints and DNA of convicted felons on file. Many criminals spend stolen money too freely or brag about their crime.

A murder committed by somebody who had never before met the victim, has no criminal record, steals nothing and tells no one might be a perfect crime.

Would-be perfect crimes are a popular subject in crime fiction and movies. They include Double Indemnity, Strangers on a Train, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Witness for the Prosecution, and Dial M for Murder.

It is possible that many perfect crimes have been committed and remain undiscovered, which might be the very definition of a perfect crime. Some crimes might have been solved if the police had better resources at their disposal or had not overlooked vital evidence. In the well-known case of Jack the Ripper, plenty of evidence was left at the crime scenes, but the crimes were never solved.

Some crimes such as the Zodiac murders of the late 1960s, the Tylenol scare of 1982, and the Diane Suzuki case of 1985 are referred to as perfect, but the possibility always remains that a culprit will ultimately be identified.

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I doubt I could

Answer 4

Well if you stabbed someone with an icicle the murder weapon would melt and therefore never be found. It's not the perfect crime but then I'm not a criminal.It's a good start at least !

Answer 5

no matter how much CSI you watch,you're still going to get caught for the crime.Only people on drugs or with mental health problems really think they can get away with breaking the law!

what exactly do u think the perfect crime is?

if u do the crime u will do the time!

unless its something stupid like ur example.

Answer 6

Everyday I commit the perfect crime, I pay tax!

Answer 7

If I have committed the perfect crime I certainly wouldn't be telling anyone about it...that would make it far from perfect

Answer 8

I would never do it, but I remember once reading somewhere that the perfect crime would be to stab somebody with an icicle. Thought that was fiendishly clever.

Answer 9

D'oh.
Look, punnem, the "perfect crime" is one that is never discovered. If I were to TELL someone, then it wouldn't be "perfect" any more, at all at all.
Sheesh and other comments.

Answer 10

I am 95% confident I could commit a rather large crime and never get caught. Won't give you any details, otherwise you'll know it was me!!