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Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Journals / Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia / Issue 3, 2021 / Features of the use of indirect evidence in the investigation of murders «without a corpse»
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FEATURES OF THE USE OF INDIRECT EVIDENCE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF MURDERS «WITHOUT A CORPSE» Features of the use of indirect evidence in the investigation of murders «without a corpse»

Published in Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia · Pages 170–177 · Rubric: Forensic science; forensic activities; operational search activity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2021-3-170-177
Received: 05.02.2021 Accepted: 20.08.2021 Published: 01.10.2021 Language of publication: RUS
Authors
OL
Oleg Skomorokhov
ORCID
VY
Vyacheslav Solodovnik
ORCID
ABSTRACT
In cases of murder «without a corpse», the most difficult and responsible task of the investigator and the court is to resolve the question of the guilt of the person accused of murder, when the event of the crime is established only by indirect evidence. In these cases, the question undoubtedly arises whether the accused will not be convicted of «killing» a living person. This consideration imposes additional duties on the investigator to inquire into the versions about the missing person’s presence with exceptional depth, on the one hand, and about the murder committed by the accused, on the other. The entire classification of indirect evidence for its use in proving the guilt of the accused, when the corpse is not found and defendant denies his guilt, can be divided into two large groups: indirect evidence that is not related to the behavior of the accused and evidence related to his behavior. The first group of indirect evidence includes facts that indicate the murder of the victim and the possible guilt of the accused in the murder. The second group involves evidence related to the defendant’s behavior: the behavior of the criminal aimed at evading his responsibility for murder; cases of the suspect (accused) showing awareness of certain elements of the crime mechanism and all other types of behavior that indirectly indicate guilt. The article analyzes the possibilities of their use for obtaining truthful testimony from a suspect (accused) and his conviction by a court in cases of murder without a victim.
KEYWORDS
investigation of murders, disappearance of the victim, circumstantial evidence, the accused, destruction, concealment, traces of the crime, initiation of criminal proceedings, nondetection of the corpse
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