Who was witness to the killing of James and Lily?

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 42242

Richelle Votaw wrote:
> Tim A writes:
> 
> > 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. <snip>
> 
> The secret keeper wouldn't have been in the same house with those
> whose secret he was keeping, would he?  That would seem to defeat the 
> point to me. Because if anyone really needed the secret keeper they
> couldn't find him if he was with the ones who had the secret.
> 
> But what about Lupin?  Could it have been him?  <snip>
> Snape is a possibility, though I can't quite see it.  What about
> Sirius himself? <snip>
> Richelle

There is just a tiny little problem with all these theories about who 
was there with Voldemort: No-one is supposed to be able to find the 
house where the Potters were living, since they had cast a 
secret-keeper spell on themselves. In fact, you can't even suggest that 
Dumbledore knew the secret, since not even him knew who was the *real* 
secret keeper, and I assume you need to be guided, or helped in some 
other way, by the secret keeper to get to the house. Thus, no Snape, no 
Sirius, no Lupin (a pity! I really liked that idea - it explains neatly 
Lupin's surprise).

About the only one that would fit is Pettigrew himself, trying to 
protect his cover but, as some have pointed out, his voice is squeaky. 
Of course, at time, Harry hadn't heard Wormtail before, so he could 
have assumed it was his father's voice (distortioned by the distance, 
for example), and the few times he has actually heard Wormtail where 
either a dream, very stressing for Harry (and thus with no time to 
ponder where he might have heard the voice before), Wormtail being 
deliberately subservient or any suitable combination of the three.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf