What happens when no body is found?

Question

Totally random question...

Suppose you were to go to the police and tell them you had murdered someone but nobody is ever found and there are no witnesses but the person you claim to have killed goes missing. Could they sentence you to jail time? If they would, how long would it be? A life sentence or just a couple of years? Is there any possibility of being given the death penalty?

If anyone is curious this is all for a story I'm working on.

Answer 1

Look up the Tom Capano case in Delaware!

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/capano/trial/

Answer 2

If you go the police, they will take your name and address; then investigate if they have a missing persons report. If that does happen they will then turn your confession over to the district attorney's office along with any follow up investigation they have done.
The take into account if you knew the victim (most homicide victims knew their killers) and await the DA to issue the command to pick you up.
From there the DA handles your hearings and briefings. Again they will look for motives, check your sanity, and connections to the last known whereabouts of the victim.
The will try to get you tell them what you did with the body. If the answer doesn't come they may keep you in jail while investigating whether a crime as been committed. They have only a certain time period for this activity and a defense attorney will continually argue for dismissal.
The DA if suspicious can ask for an obstruction of justice charge where you must answer to the whereabouts of the victim or be held in contempt. That process would continue until you stated you just made the whole thing up.
The time in jail would be spent either alone, or in constant interrogation and probing by detectives and criminal psychologists; who are going to try and break you or get you to become truthful.

One of my siblings is a felony prosecutor in California

Answer 3

If their is no proof that you did anything, then their is no case. I think you would have to confess to the cops, and if they arrest you, you would then appear before a judge. If you plead guilty, then you will be found guilty. If you plead not guilty, then you will probably go free with no evidence. Lawers have a way of throwing out confessions, the can say it was an admision, or coursed. they can have this confession dismised, and with no evidence, you would be equitied. If someone confessed and they found nothing, they may have you evaluated by phycolicists to make sure your sane.

Answer 4

In a lawyers eyes, proving murder without a body is very difficult. Even if you have a strong case with a confession, the accused can change his argument at anytime and say he didn't do it.
Exceptions are made if the case is big news, or parties involved are popular.

Answer 5

Uh oh!!! Whatcha have been given in techniques? while a physique is got here across, the crime scene is cordoned off with crime scene tape. Then, the police verify attempt to verify the guy's call & reason & time of dying & seek for weapons. They interview witnessess on the scene to verify who observed & heard what, etc. as quickly as the crime scene has been secured, & the police have accumulated their information, the homicide detectives take over, doing a greater thorough study, while they have spoken to the police & exchanged information. (sufferer's call, tackle, etc.) as quickly as the crime scene has been heavily examined, the physique is examined with the help of the coroner who formally contraptions the time & reason of dying. The physique is then released & taken to the morgue for an post-mortem. The homicide detectives flow to artwork on the case to verify who killed the guy if it turn right into a homicide. those are the undertaking-loose steps regulation enforcement officials/detective take while a physique is got here across. once you're only a curious man or woman, watch the television teach, "the 1st forty 8." My son says this is rather a lot how this is as quickly as there is been a homicide.

Answer 6

Well there isn't any supporting evidence about the murder. There has to be evidence. The way the police look at it is the person coming into to confess could be some crazy lunatic...

Answer 7

Confession of murder without any supporting evidence will not be entertained by the law enforcement agencies because the crime cannot be proven.

Answer 8

You'll end up in the "cuckoo's nest"!

Answer 9

no face , no case

Answer 10

Or maybe you are contemplating ........................................