The bodies of James and Lily Potter

[loonyloopyrjl <loonyloopyrjl@yahoo.com>]

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Pepsiboy <pepsiboy71 at m...> wrote:
> I've often wondered what happened to the
> bodies of James and Lily after their
> deaths at the hands of Voldemort?  I know
> Hagrid was the one to find Harry and take
> him to Dumbledore (but not before running
> into Sirius), but I often wondered of the
> bodies were ever recovered? Or even buried?
> We know that the house was burning when
> Hagrid got there, but why did it burn? Did
> the backlash from the Killing Curse prove
> so powerful that it actually caused the
> burning?  Just curious....

Me:  I don't have the texts with me, so working
from memory ...
1. Sirius says he found the bodies of James and Lily.
2. Cedric's body is intact after Wormtail AK'd him.
3. The bodies of Volemort's father and grandparents
were intact and whole. IIRC, Cedric and the Riddles
had the same expression on their faces, so I'm
assuming Voldemort AK'd his family.
4. From items 2 & 3, I don't think fire is associated
with Avada Kedavra.
5. After Moody/Barty Crouch Jr. killed Crouch Sr., he
transformed his body into a bone and buried it.  This
is not evidence that wizards bury their dead, but it is
likely.
6. We aren't told of any visits by the Dursleys and
Harry to the Potters' gravesites.

So, I think the Potters' bodies were recovered and buried
by members of the Wizard World. The fire might have been
caused by Wormtail when he caused the explosion that killed
the twelve Muggles?

Loony Loopy, who is a little creeped out by such a morbid topic.