Unless you enjoy reading detective stories, you probably have not heard of Harry Bosch.  Bosch is the lead character in a series of novels by the American author Michael Connelly, an intrepid detective who, despite his rebellious streak and character flaws, always solves the crimes to which he is assigned.
     At one point in an investigation, Bosch learns the identity of the person who killed his mother when, sadly, Bosch was only eight years old.  Although his mother was a prostitute, she loved Bosch deeply, and he her.  He never knew his father.  After obtaining this person's address, Bosch went to see what he could find.  Unfortunately, it turned out that this person had passed away.  He would never face earthly justice for his crime.
     Subsequently, Bosch tracked down the perpetrator's grave, staring at the name for a long time.  "You got away with it," he said, "you got away with it."  And he did.  Like Pol Pot, the murderous dictator of Cambodia in the early Seventies, who never stood trial, this person died without having to account for his crime.
     So it is for all those who commit crimes and are not apprehended in this life.  They die untouched, perhaps unknown, in every way forgotten.  If there is a God, however, a God who remembers everyone who lives and dies, these people do not die totally forgotten or unassailed.  They are remembered.  And if this God is holy, a God of love as well as a God of moral standard, these people will, one day, be asked to explain their lives.
     We do not know how this will happen, nor do we necessarily know its outcome.  But we know enough.  Because God is there, purpose, purpose in a world pervaded by good as well as purpose in a world damaged by evil, will prevail.