Was Crouch Junior a DE? (was Re: ESE!Fudge)

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 113560

> > > HunterGreen wrote:
> > > We don't even know for sure if Crouch Jr. was a DE at all 
before he was arrested. 
> > 
> > Hannah originally: Well, he had a place in the circle of DE's.  
<snip>
 
> mhbobbin responded:
> I'm sorry to raise the ghastly endless unresolved discussion of 
> *GASP* The Three Missing Death Eaters, but when it is said that 
> Crouch Junior had an empty place in the DE Circle, that is  an 
> unresolved assumption. The one we are led to believe by Madame 
> Rowling, who likes to send us wandering down the wrong path. 
> 
> If only someone had thought to --when Crouch Junior reappeared as 
> the Polyjuice Potion wore off--lift the sleeve on his shirt and 
look for the Death Mark. Because of that omission we are condemned 
to wonder whether Crouch Junior was truly the Third Death Eater. 
Until proven, I think that assumption is best written in pencil not 
ink.
> 
> The key is the word *re-entered* my service.  If we absolutely 
knew that Crouch Junior was a DE before the Fall, then  it would be 
safer to assume he was the most faithful servant, stationed at 
Hogwarts that LV refers to. IMO, JKR left the door open just wide 
enough for us to consider it just might be Snape that is the Third 
Death Eater. 
<snip>> 

Hannah now: I don't have my copy of GoF on hand, but IIRC doesn't LV 
go on and say something about the loyal DE at Hogwarts being the one 
responsible for Harry being present?  And that seems certain to be 
Crouch, by his own admission under veritaserum.  

The 're-entered my service' comment I took to refer to re-entering 
after LV's fall.  I assumed that their service was taken to have 
ended at that point, so all of them were re-entering.  Also, if 
Snape was a spy right up to the fall, then from LV's pov he hadn't 
left his service any more than the other DE's had.

But till the 6th/ maybe 7th book I'll agree that the identity of the 
missing DE's is written in pencil only.
Hannah