sherlock would’ve been able to check if moriarty was dead or not
he’s been capable to deduce many cadavers within each series
the only problem is the fact he didn’t have time on his side
if he even dare stalled then the ones he loved would’ve been killed
so sherlock could only assume the worse
he always believed moriarty was some sort monster that never cared about living or dying as well
because in truth moriarty doesn’t give a fuck about living
ah, ha, ha, ha, staying alive, staying aliveso when seeing him shoot his self in the head he’s going to automatically jump to the conclusion that he’s dead
but you must also remember that sometimes sherlock is wrong
he was wrong about the key code, the sugar causing hallucinations, the appledore vaults