"There is no one in the world who can be somewhere and leave without a trace. Any man who could isn't human."
— Inspector Lunge, Monster
If you did commit the perfect crime, nobody would ever find out — so how could anyone possibly know that there weren't perfect crimes?
And as soon as you looked at it that way, you realized that perfect crimes probably got committed all the time, and the coroner marked it down as death by natural causes, or the newspaper reported that the shop had never been very profitable and had finally gone out of business...
And as soon as you looked at it that way, you realized that perfect crimes probably got committed all the time, and the coroner marked it down as death by natural causes, or the newspaper reported that the shop had never been very profitable and had finally gone out of business...
Santini: And I thought I'd performed the perfect murder.
Columbo: The perfect murder, sir? Oh, I'm sorry. There is no such thing as a perfect murder. That's just an illusion.
Columbo: The perfect murder, sir? Oh, I'm sorry. There is no such thing as a perfect murder. That's just an illusion.
Philip came up with a plan. Assassination is the biggest, quickest money there is. And the crazy money goes to killers who are reliable — who can get rid of bodies permanently. With you, we could do that. Anton made sure no-one knew who was really responsible for the murders.
— Barron, to Cassel, White Cat
