When were the Longbottoms attacked? (was Re: Did the Potters know the prophecy?)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 117428


Ginger wrote:
  When the trio visits him in the cave,
> > they start talking about young Barty.  Sirius says, (ch.27, p.527
> > US paperback) "Crouch's son was caught with a group of Death 
Eaters 
> > who'd managed to talk their way out of Azkaban.  Apparently they
> > were trying to find Voldemort and return him to power."
> > 
> > Sirius was in Azkaban within a couple days of LV's demise.  
Since 
> > Bella was his cousin, he'd have taken special notice of her 
arrival 
> > compared to the arrivals of strangers or near strangers.  I 
would 
> > think that talking one's way out of Azkaban would take a bit of 
> > time.  
>
Potioncat:
Hope I've snipped this in a way that makes sense. 

I take the phrase "...managed to talk their way out of Azkaban." to 
mean that they were never sent to Azkaban. Perhaps picked up for 
questioning, let go, then captured after the Longbottom incident. I 
can't imagine how they could have incarcerated and let go.

Of course, I've been wrong before.