Who was Wormtail supposed to murder?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 44415

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "dcyasser" <dcyasser at y...> wrote:
> Goblet of Fire, in the Riddle House, LV and Wormtail are going 
over 
> the plan, discussing the next murder that Wormtail is to 
commit,  along with Crouch Jr., that will clear the path to get to 
Harry. 
> "Come Wormtail, one more death and our path to Harry Potter 
is clear." Who is that intended victim? 
> Is it Moody?  Was Crouch supposed to kill him, but kept him 
alive, as he says, to question him about his past and his habits? 
> And Voldemort doesn't mind the change in plans? Or does he 
not know  about that? 
> 

Voldemort was in no position to object to the change in plans, 
since it was  JKR's not Wormtail's. In other editions of the book 
the language has been changed:  from "murder" to "curse" , from 
"died" to "disappeared" and from "death" to "obstacle removed."  

I have a feeling the person who was originally supposed to die 
was Crouch Sr., but that JKR decided she wanted Crouch Jr. to 
kill him, not Wormtail.

Pippin