Who was witness to the killing of James and Lily?

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No: HPFGUIDX 42214

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "tmarends" <tmarends at y...> wrote:
> Pip wrote:
> > 
> > My bet would be that the voice Harry heard telling Lily to 
> > run wasn't James [we do not see James die in That Which Must 
> > Not Be Mentioned, and that particular scene was specifically 
> > approved by JKR so it would fit in with as yet unrevealed 
> > plotlines] - and this is why Lupin was so surprised (PoA p. 
> > 178 UK hardback) when Harry told him he heard James. James 
> > probably died somewhere outside the house; it was Someone 
> > Else inside the house that Harry heard.
> > 
> > Whoever the Someone Else was, they survived and were able to 
> > contact Dumbledore and tell him what happened.
> > 
> > My current theory is 'it wuz Snape' - though the problem with 
> > this is  the question of why Harry wouldn't have recognised 
> > Snape's voice. However, 'it wuz Snape' is the simplest solution 
> > to several other  problems.
> > 
> 
> Now Rim A.:
> 
> Although an interesting theory, I have reason to doubt it was Snape 
> who could have been in the house when Lily was killed and the AK on 
> Harry backfired.  Assuming it wasn't James and he died elsewhere, I 
> have a different theory on who could have been in the house.  Peter 
> Petigrew.  He was the secret keeper.  He was in cahoots with 
> Voldemort.  Harry heard "Lily, take Harry and go!  It's him!  Go!  
> I'll hold him off---" (POA, pg 240 US/hb) while learning the patronus 
> with the boggart.  Harry assumed it was his father, but it could have 
> been anybody on Voldemort's side whom the Potter's trusted.  That's 
> why I think if it wasn't James' voice he heard, it must have been 
> Peter's.
> 
> Tim A.