What Diet Smith admitted was that he destroyed the Space Coup by sending it into space. Last time I checked, the destruction of your own property was not a crime.
It appears that neither or Smith or Tracy knew/suspected at the time that anyone was on board. So Tracy would have had reason to believe he was “covering up a crime”. Over time, it became apparent that the two doctors (and one of the brothers) was missing. At that point the issue of a possible crime emerges. But what crime? Not “murder” because Smith had no clue that anyone was on board. Maybe “manslaughter” in that he was careful about checking for passengers before sending the ship to its destruction in Jupiter.
But really, what you are looking at ia an accidental death. He made a mistake. That mistake resulted in a lose of life.
Tracy now had to decide whether this was a “crime” or a “mistake”. The police do that all the time. In this case, he decided on “mistake” and walked away from the investigation.
What Diet Smith admitted was that he destroyed the Space Coup by sending it into space. Last time I checked, the destruction of your own property was not a crime.
It appears that neither or Smith or Tracy knew/suspected at the time that anyone was on board. So Tracy would have had reason to believe he was “covering up a crime”. Over time, it became apparent that the two doctors (and one of the brothers) was missing. At that point the issue of a possible crime emerges. But what crime? Not “murder” because Smith had no clue that anyone was on board. Maybe “manslaughter” in that he was careful about checking for passengers before sending the ship to its destruction in Jupiter.But really, what you are looking at ia an accidental death. He made a mistake. That mistake resulted in a lose of life.
Tracy now had to decide whether this was a “crime” or a “mistake”. The police do that all the time. In this case, he decided on “mistake” and walked away from the investigation.