Statute of Limitations: SERIAL KILLINGS

[PaperbackWriter]

I am developing a screen play, the main character in which is a serial killer. My question has to do with the Statute of Limitations, if here is one, regarding serial killings/mass murders.

If a serial killer is not caught; and if the killlings stop for a period of decades, with evidence leading authorities to conclude that the killer is dead, is there a statute of limitations which renders this person a free man?

If you are knowledeable in this area, kindly provide information regarding the existence or non-existence of a Satute of Limitations in relation to serial murders. Please also delineate the specific criteria which one must meet in order to staisfy such a statute if one exists. Thank you. I appreciate your assistance.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

I am developing a screen play, the main character in which is a serial killer. My question has to do with the Statute of Limitations, if here is one, regarding serial killings/mass murders.

If a serial killer is not caught; and if the killlings stop for a period of decades, with evidence leading authorities to conclude that the killer is dead, is there a statute of limitations which renders this person a free man?

If you are knowledeable in this area, kindly provide information regarding the existence or non-existence of a Satute of Limitations in relation to serial murders. Please also delineate the specific criteria which one must meet in order to staisfy such a statute if one exists. Thank you. I appreciate your assistance.

My response:

There is no Statute of Limitations on homicide, no matter what the circumstances. As a matter of fact, there are still some Nazis that are being hunted down, in the hopes of bringing them to trial.

IAAL

 

[PaperbackWriter]

Woops! So much for THAT plot. . . hehehehehe. You, IAAL, sound to be just the professional I was looking towards for advice. Thanks for your prompt reply.