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No. The court would need to be able to prove that you were aware of the circumstances.

Though technically, abetting means you'd need to encourage them to try it out, so that one could happen depending on your wording.

Hey, don't commit any crimes, okay?

No.

Bro, I see you as a brother, so please don't do it. Make it a reality.

Neither I nor anyone I know is commiting a crime. I am asking in relation to something I'm writing.

Any case, in the perspective of law (at least, in the Philippine Penal Code), hiding a body and destroying evidence would be elevated to murder, even if it started as homicide. Second, the person who gave advice on the hiding and destroying will become an 'accessory' to the crime and will be held liable as well, provided, the prosecution can prove their guilt.

FBI OPEN UP

The mafia used cement shoes because it's hard to find the body in the water and the fishes will probably eat it.