it meant that there was the slightest hint that they may still be alive , so we could not get a court order directing the registrar to issue a death certificate , but all would not have been lost if we had all been living in scotland , we could then wait seven years to have them declared legally dead , which incidentally is slightly better than in italy , which is twenty years , but in england it is a nightmare , there is nothing legal that we could do unless we come up with the bodies or can prove foul play , if you really loved me you would go to the police and confess ! ! !