DD and Godric's Hollow (Long)

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 145797

I'm sure there must have been a huge number of posts regarding 
exactly what happened at Godric's Hollow, and if anyone can point me 
towards the best ones, that would be great.

However, in the meantime, I have been thinking a lot about DD's 
involvement in the events that unfolded after Voldemort's demise.

After Voldemort's demise, we know that Harry was found in the rubble 
by Hagrid. Does this mean that DD never visited Godric's Hollow after 
Voldemort's defeat? If he had, he would surely not have left Harry in 
the rubble! But if he didn't visit Godric's Hollow, how did he know 
that Voldemort had been defeated? The time-frame from the point of 
Voldemort's failure to kill Harry and Harry's arrival at Privet Drive 
seems very short. Therefore events must have unfolded fairly rapidly.

My guesses are as follows!!

Someone was with Voldemort when he attempted to kill Harry. I do not 
believe that DD can ascertain that Voldemort had been stripped of his 
physical body without some kind of eye witness account. It was this 
person who immediately alerted the OOTP. DD who is at Hogwarts 
immediately dispatches Hagrid to fetch Harry (as I said before, I 
don't think DD would leave Harry in the rubble). Sirius (who is not 
at Hogwarts) also receives this information and rushes off to 
Godric's Hollow. This explains why Sirius & Hagrid turned up at 
Godric's Hollow at the same time. The fact that Sirius seems unaware 
of DD's instruction to Hagrid also confirms that DD and Sirius were 
not together when they learnt of Voldemort's demise. Hagrid uses 
Sirius' motorbike to fly Harry to DD. But where did DD go next???

Interestingly, Professor McGonagal has somehow learnt that DD intends 
to bring the boy to Privet Drive and has been staking the place out 
for some time (probably told by Hagrid, who despite trying to be 
discrete, will always let some important point slip!). So where did 
DD disappear to from the time when Voldemort was defeated, to the 
moment he finally arrived at Privet Drive? 

As for the eye-witness, well the obvious candidate would be Snape. 
But why did he not stop Voldemort murdering Lily/James. My wife's 
theory is that it wasn't until that precise moment that Snape 
switched sides (i.e. the murder of Lily).

And finally (slightly unrelated), what was the object that Voldemort 
had taken to Godric's Hollow to create the Horcrux? And where is it 
now?

OK, that is quite enough questions!!

Happy New Year to all,
Brothergib