[HPforGrownups] Voldamort's original body

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 169953

From: Anna <dragondancer357 at yahoo.com>
>I've been reading a lot lately, on Leaky Cauldron mostly, 
>and to my surprise, I haven't yet come across any reference 
>to Voldemort's original body when he attacks the Potters in 
>Godric's Hollow. Voldemort later says "I was ripped from my 
>body, less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost" (GoF).  
>What then, happened to his body? It's not mentioned in any 
>of the accounts of that night, that I've seen. His body might 
>have crumpled like usually happens with the Avada Kedavra curse. 
>Or maybe his body disintegrated when his soul was ripped from 
>it. 

Bart:
Well, what do we know? From the descriptions of the reactions, it appears that it was known that Morty was just merely dead, but not really, most sincerely dead (and note that it WAS thought that Pete the Rat was really, most sincerely dead). And there WAS an explosion. This leads to the following possibilities:

1) There was at least one reliable witness. 
2) It was NOT likely that the body was found intact; that would support the really most sincerely dead scenario. 
3) If the body was destroyed, then the reliable witness factor comes in again.
4) If the body was mostly destroyed, that would explain it the conclusion. 

So, my best guess is that the body was mostly or entirely destroyed, and, in either case, but particularly the latter, there may have been a reliable witness. 

Bart