Merope's Death

[mompowered]

No: HPFGUIDX 138111

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, laurie goudge 
<parisfan_ca at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> --- Eric Oppen <oppen at m...> wrote:
> 
> > Reading about Tom Riddle's background, a question
> > occurred to me.
> > 
> > Basically, it's like this:  How do we _know_ that
> > Merope Gaunt Riddle wasn't
> > murdered?
> > 
> > 
> 
> True we DON'T know she was killed by familly. But I am
> more inclined to think that once bro and dad found out
> waht she did they disowned her and left her to her
> fates figuring if she slept with 'one of them' she
> wasn't family no more and washed their hands of her. 
> 
> That is my take anyways.
> 
> laurie

I think that Merope was not murdered as Mrs. Cole at the orphanage 
said she died within the hour after giving birth to Tom.

Cheryl