"", Lane’s defence pointed to the fact that the Crown could not prove that Tegan was dead, nor did it have any evidence to establish that if Tegan had died, Lane was responsible.""
Note this person is in prison based on circumstantial evidence alone ...
Someone posted several examples of no body no conviction
A case on point, excerpt from link below
www.ruleoflaw.org.au
This is a very interesting article re police and prosecution and questions procedures of both and rule of law ...re no body ...
so I am guessing that guilt can be found without a body ....according to law , right or wrong ...