*When* did Dumbledore die?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 145125

Pippin:
> > It was fresh enough to wipe away. 

Gerry: 
> But JKR is sometimes rather nonchalant.

Pippin:
I think the other references to blood and bleeding show
she wasn't being nonchalant here. Of course it could
be a Flint. But then so could anything.

Gerry: 
> But then they have to catch Snape first, and perform that spell. They
> did not bother with Sirius, so why would they now? 

Pippin:
Sirius was accused of having blown up a street and destroyed
thirteen lives with a single spell. It was not an Avada Kedavra
spell, which takes one life at a time. If his wand was tested,
the absence of a shadow wouldn't have proved anything.

I would assume that Harry will catch up with Snape before
the Ministry does...in which case we might have a scene
very much like the one in the Shrieking Shack with the 
roles reversed. Harry will be insisting on immediate vengeance
and Hermione might say it wouldn't hurt to hear 
what Snape had to say. She might even stand in front of
him. Do you think Harry would hex her?

Pippin