[CaptainK]

You can use circumstantial to convict someone for murder without finding the body.

[null and void]

You can use circumstantial to convict someone for murder without finding the body.

You can, but it's VERY challenging.

In one case a leg was found and the defense attorney successfully argued that since a man can live without a leg, finding a leg was no proof of his death!

And if you try and fail, and the accused is acquitted, they cannot be charged again under double jeopardy when a body finally turns up.

Most grand juries will no bill a case without a body.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

You can use circumstantial to convict someone for murder without finding the body.

Very difficult. Has to be a lot of evidence. Generally, with no body, no case.