[HPforGrownups] /TMR in hiding/

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 56892

> JOdel wrote:
>
> << Who CARES what the villagers think? Tom Riddle didn't disapear for
> their sake. He was hiding from the *wizarding* authorities. >>
>
Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) continues:

> I can't disagree with Annemehr's evidence that the Ministry didn't
> have AK detectors and doesn't care if Muggles are murdered, but still
> I personally believe that the Ministry did make inquiries into this
> dramatic multiple death (which might have called Muggle attention
> to the wizarding world) and did seek to interview TMR about it. I
> believe that the 'investigation' was very shallow and it cleared TMR
> very quickly, when he was given an alibi by the highly respected and
> powerful family of one of the 'useful friends' he met in Slytherin
> House ... maybe Lucius Malfoy's father ...

I actually have the feeling the WW in general didn't even notice the Riddles
had been killed.  It has been said at least once that many wizards consider
what happens in the Muggle world to be of little import to them.  I think it
was in PS/SS that Dumbledore reveals he has subscriptions to Muggle
newspapers as well as wizarding ones, and I also believe it was mentioned
that keeping up with Muggle news is a rare thing for a wizard.  A few like
Dumbledore and those who get paid to (like certain people at the MoM) do,
but I don't think many people even noticed they died, and those who did
would not even think of young Tom, a school prefect and winner of a Special
Award for finding the Monster that was killing students at Hogwarts.  Frank
Bryce's story of a dark-haired young man being spotted near the house was
not believed by most of the townspeople.  I wonder if the newspapers would
have even bothered to print it, or if they would have devoted their time to
vilifying Bryce and insinuating that he had to be guilty.  Although it's
interesting that the Underage Sorcery department (too tired to look up
actual name) at least wouldn't have detected Tom using magic outside of
Hogwarts...

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova