LV: Where'd He Go and How did Frank Know "Something"

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 150849


Nikkalmati:

> Good thought here.  I, however, had thought that 
> whoever sent the DE's  found out right away LV had 
> disappeared after going to GH.  James and Lily  were 
> dead, so he had been there and they clearly didn't kill 
> him What was the  next stop on his list?  I don't think 
> LV would take any chances with  making a mistake when 
> killing the "one born in July". think he planned  to 
> go directly to the Longbottoms after taking care of 
> Harry and get  Neville (a la Herod killing all the 
> baby boys in Bethlehem to get Jesus).

houyhnhnm:

This makes sense to me.  Since Voldemort was unaware that he would
"mark [the prophecy child] as his equal" he may well have intended to
kill both boys, and his decision to attack the Potters first was
purely arbitrary.  Another bit of evidence that the prophecy was more
of a self-fulfilling premise than a revelation of the future carved in
stone.

I also like the possibility that Frank Longbottom observed the events
at Godric's Hollow (in lieu of Hermione's father) and that he was
tortured not for information about Voldemort's whereabouts, but to
find out how much (and whom)he had seen.  I like the idea (or rather I
like the dramatic irony; it's a gruesome thought actually) that
someone knows exactly what happened that night and who was there, but
has been unable to communicate that knowledge because he is insane and
shut up at St. Mungo's.

Longbottom could not have been at Godric's Hollow on account of its
being the Potters' hiding place, due to the Fidelius Charm, but what
if he had been following someone in his capacity as an auror? He would
not have been able to see the house, but he would have seen those who
approached it and after the explosion he would have seen who came out.
Perhaps he had begun to suspect Peter Pettigrew and hadn't had time to
share his suspicion.  But there must have been someone else. The
someone who sent the Lestranges, who may also have been present at
Godric's Hollow.