Chapter 31

Left alone in the empty seminar room, Iheon took off his glasses and rubbed his face with both hands.

The reason murder cases without a body remain unsolved was simple. There was no body to prove the victim’s death.

Even if the culprit confessed, nothing changed.

Under current law, if a defendant’s confession is the only evidence, guilt cannot be recognized on that alone. There must be evidence supporting that the confession is not false.

Of course, it did not necessarily have to be direct evidence such as a body or a murder weapon.

As long as murder could be proven through indirect and circumstantial evidence.

There were two problems.

Had the victim actually died?

Had that death been caused by the culprit’s actions?

To punish Muerte for murder, both had to be proven.

The emails and audio files Muerte had sent so far were circumstantial evidence supporting kidnapping, injury,…