[Devil_Anse]

Seems to me, if they never found the body and never built up enough evidence to charge him, yes. Eventually a death certificate would have been issued, even w/o the body. I think that's what he'd need to collect.

There are, however, people on here who are evidently very familiar w/ life insurance claims and disputes. They say the insurance company would be very careful about investigating. I guess so; I'm just also bearing in mind that if an insurance company drags its feet too much about paying out claims, sometimes they get sued for bad faith.