[HPforGrownups] Re: 5th Person at Godric's Hollow

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No: HPFGUIDX 57257

In a message dated 5/7/2003 2:53:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mongo62aa at yahoo.ca writes:


> Bill:
> 
> I have always thought that other people were present that night.  For 
> one, I believe that Peter Pettigrew would have had to physically 
> guide Voldemort to the Potter residence.  This is also suggested by 
> Sirius finding him missing that night, and immediately knowing that 
> he had betrayed them.
> 
> As for other people, well, I get the impression that Death Eaters 
> work in teams of several people.  Four people were convicted in the 
> torture of the Longbottoms.  I would not be surprised if, say, Lucius 
> Malfoy was also present - he just seems the type, and is also in 
> Voldemort's inner circle.  As for a fourth Death Eater, how about 
> Snape?  I suspect that he was the spy who warned Dumbledore about 
> Voldemort's plans to attack the Potters, and so, as one of the few 
> people who knew beforehand what was intended, he would be a logical 
> choice to participate in the Potters' murder.
> 
> Bill
> 

Not quite.  The fact that Wormtail was not at his home only suggests that he 
was at some predesignated meeting place.  I would, however, agree that it is 
possible he was present.  That would be the most probable explanation for for 
how Voldemort recovered his wand in GOF.  There is no evidence that Lucius 
Malfoy had any role in the deaths of the Potters.  

L.I.W.Y.


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