I think one of the points of the creditable Michael Kitchen series "Foyle's War" (set in England during WWII) is that, with blood flowing in red rivers across the Channel, yet individual deaths in England must be researched and the culprit found under law.

And I can't hold back on the quote, (I've heard attributed to Stalin, but don't know for sure) "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic".


Regarding ashes. There is a gentleman in The States going from ballpark to ballpark and flushing the ashes of his pal, a onetime plumber.

If it can be done for a good man, why not a bad man?

The only difference is motive.