When Sophie Mol died there was a lot of confusion on what had happened to her and if she had simply drowned and there were no people involved in the drowning of Sophie Mol. If Estha had indeed had something to do with the death of Sophie Mol I feel as though there would have been some resolution. Im not sure if I believe that Estha had something to do with it, but I do realize how Margaret Kochamma could have thought Estha had caused her daughters death. On Another side Estha could have indeed done something, but is so scared that he cannot begin to fathom what would happen to him if he admitted that he had done a terrible deed.