GOF: US Murder vs UK Curse

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88141

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Andrew" <baseball_07_05 at y...>
wrote:
> bboy_mn:
> > From the US quoted text, I can not determine who will be murdered, 
> and why Voldemort thinks no one will notice.
> > 
> > The usual suspects-
> > 
> > -Bertha Jorkins (already dead)
> > -Frank Bryce (soon to be dead <snip>)
> > -Barty Crouch Jr (<snip> certainly he will live)
> > -Barty Crouch Sr (but they didn't kill him, they kept him alive 
> >  but at home <snip>)
> > -the Real Mad-Eye Moody (well, they didn't kill him either. <snip>)
> > -Dumbledore (Didn't see any early-on plot to kill or curse him)
> > -Harry Potter (well, not Harry because his death comes at the end 
> >  of the plan, not the beginning, and his death couldn't be a quiet
> >  unnoticed death)
> 
> 
>         On this, am I mistaken or was Crouch Sr. killed in the 
> Forbidden Forest and his body covered in the invisibility cloak. 
> That counts as a death. Although the UK edition does make more sense.
> 
> Andrew

He was eventually murdered by his own son, but that wasn't part of the
original plan and didn't need to be done before Crouch Jr. could get
to Hogwarts and initiate the part of the plan involving Harry. He did,
however, need to be cursed, as did the real Alastor Moody, which is
where the confusion comes in.

Carol

Carol