Snape didn't kill Dumbledore

[Sally Altass]

No: HPFGUIDX 157189

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Phil Vlasak" <phil at ...> wrote:
>
> Phil's theory on how Snape didn't kill Dumbledore. (snipped)
>
> He [LV] used a nonverbal Impedimenta curse from under the cloak a
second before Snape said, Avada Kedavra!
> The Impedimenta curse killed Dumbledore by stopping his heart so
Dumbledore was already dead when the green jet hit his chest, and
> the combined force of the two spells sent Dumbledore over the wall.

Sally:

But an Impedimenta curse doesn't kill, as it is a defensive curse
which slows the person/object hit down.  So it more than likely
wouldn't have killed DD, even if LV was able to get to H/warts to
perform the curse, surely he would just use an unforgivable curse
straight away rather than get someone else to his dirty work for
him, because after all he does hate DD.

Sally, thinking well at least the theory made me smile.