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Hydrochloric acid may have been a better choice, but some interesting studies have found sulfuric acid is second most effective.

Postmortem tissue alterations induced by corrosive substances – a scoping review

Another study on human tissues dates back to 2011, where a group of researchers in America, represented by Hartnett, Fulginiti and di Monica28 examined the effect of household substances on five types of human tissues, namely bones, teeth, hair, nails, and skin/muscle/adipose tissue. However, the specific number of analyzed samples is not specified. The study involved the use of seven different substances including: hydrochloric acid (31.45 %), sulfuric acid (95–98 %), caustic soda (100 %), bleach (5.25 % sodium hypoclorite), organic cleaning substance (bacteria and enzymes – no concentration available), Coca-Cola (unknown concentration of phosphoric acid) and water (as a control). The duration of the study ranged from a few hours to 30 days for the submerged group. The authors assessed the macroscopic appearance and samples weight and concluded that hydrochloric acid was the most destructive agent, with tissue destruction occurring in less than 24 h. Sulfuric acid followed as the next most destructive substance. No notable changes were observed in tissues submerged in water or organic cleaning solution

I've actually had a bit splash in my face while working in a lab. Luckily I was wearing safety goggles, but the tiny bit that did contact my cheek was quite painful and immediately did some damage. It doesn't seem inconceivable that they would attempt to dispose of evidence by sealing it in barrels of acid, including human remains that may have already been in the process of decomposing. It also doesn't mean it was the only thing used to conceal evidence. Definitely don't believe these people have done much to earn the benefit of the doubt.

It’s hard to believe that a bunch of billionaires on a private island with bodies to dispose of would chose that as a method.

I would say it's harder to believe a sex trafficking pedophile island run by a bunch of billionaires to serve the world's elite, ever existed in the first place, or that it continued operating for as long as it did while victims of trafficking were flown in to be tortured and as some witnesses have claimed, murdered. And yet...

If a scientist famously attempted to do it, not sure why you would think these people wouldn't?

Larissa Schuster, also known as “the acid lady”, utilized her knowledge as a biochemist and access to professional laboratory substances to dissolve her husband's corpse in hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sulfuric acid “The People V. Larissa Schuster.