[HPforGrownups] New with a question!

[The Fox]

No: HPFGUIDX 56593

From: "luv_lotr2" <luv_lotr2 at yahoo.com>

>It says in the first chapter that the Riddle family were all killed...well, 
>at least in the Muggle's eyes.  They just died for no apparent reason.  
>Since  Tom Riddle was an only child, who becomes 
>"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", how is it that as Voldemort he is able to kill 
>James and Lily Potter?  Did he not actually die? Was he just petrified 
>along with his parents?

The three dead people were Tom Riddle the elder -- i.e. Voldemort's father, 
who left his wife and son when he discovered she was a witch -- and *his* 
parents, i.e., Voldemort's grandparents.  All three were Muggles.  It was 
Tom Marvolo Riddle, Lord Voldemort, who killed them.

Fox

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"... I think I'd like it
if he *could* be wicked
and *wouldn't."
-- Anne of the Island
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Come on, Nature
Just because I don't feel weak
Don't mean I feel so strong.
-- the Proclaimers
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