Longbottoms' Secret Keeper

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 107412

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> 
wrote:
> It seems that the assumption is that Harry's parents were in hiding 
> because of the prophecy. If this is so, then surely the Longbottoms 
> would have been in hiding also. DD states that it was Voldemort 
> who 'marked' Harry, suggesting that up to this point it was not 
known 
> which child had the 'power to vanquish the Dark Lord'. This poses a 
> few questions:
> 1. If the Longbottoms were protected, how could the Lestranges have 
> found them?

Meri now: The Longbottoms weren't attacked till well after the 
Potters were killed. According to DD that was one of the reasons that 
people were so angry about the attacks. LV had fallen at this point, 
families were coming out of hiding, and people thought they were safe 
for the first time in ten years. IMHO it would be easy for Crouch and 
the LeStranges to find the Longbottoms at this point (WW yellow 
pages, anyone?). I would also assume that they were protected by 
Fidelius, but as to where they hid and who their secret keeper was we 
can only speculate till you know who lets us know. 

Meri