GOF question- who was "one more murder"?

[heathernmoore]

No: HPFGUIDX 32236

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "btk6y" <btk6y at v...> wrote:
> Question about GOF that has probably been asked before... in the 
first 
> chapter when Voldemort is talking to Wormtail and says that they 
just 
> need to commit "one more murder" and their path to Harry will be 
free, 
> whose murder are they talking about?  The only person that I can 
think 
> that he is talking about would be Crouch Sr, but he only kills him 
when 
> he runs away from the Imperius Curse, it's not like it's a 
necessary 
> murder.  Voldy's path to Harry would have been clear if Crouch Sr 
was 
> alive or dead, as long as he was controlled by the Imperius curse.  
> Cedric, obviously, was not who he was talking about.  Any thoughts 
> would be appreciated.
> 
> Bobby

  Presumably this would have been either Dumbledore or Petunia 
Dursley, but the plan of action Voldemort ended up going with to 
obtain Harry's blood seems to be a deviation from this. I have the 
impression that Voldemort is/would be hedging his bets a lot more 
this time around, and is using a lot more contingency planning.

 == heather (uma)