[HPforGrownups] The death before Harry's

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 8327

Amy Z wrote:

> In GoF chapter 1, Voldemort tells Wormtail that they just have to kill one
> more person and then the way to Harry is clear.  Who is he talking about?
> In fact three people die before he gets his shot at Harry (Frank, Crouch,
> Cedric), but none of those murders is planned at that point.  I thought
> maybe he *was* already planning to kill Crouch, but later it doesn't seem
> that way; seems like he was planning to keep him under the Imperius Curse
> indefinitely and just had to kill him because of his escape.  So who was he
> going to kill?

Oh, good catch! I remember wondering about this myself, the last time I reread
GoF, but by the time I got to the end I'd forgotten about it again. I have no
idea, does anyone?

--Amanda