Voldamort's original body

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 169956

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Anna" <dragondancer357 at ...> wrote:
>
> 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. To my knowledge, it's not clear if he had DE support that
> night or if he went alone to Godric's Hollow. If he had DE,
> they might have taken his body away. It seems to me that his
> body should have disappeared somehow, so that some people don't
> know for sure if he's -finished-. Thoughts?
> 
> Anna
>
Carol responds:

I have the same problem. If his body was found, mutilated or
otherwise, he would be firmly believed to be dead. If his body wasn't
found, how does anyone know for sure that he didn't just run away
after killing the adult Potters and failing to kill Harry. Is it only
Dumbledore's (and spy!Snape's) word that Voldemort was after the
Potters? Why is everyone celebrating? (I personally think that Snape
showed DD his fading or faded Dark Mark, which indicates a dead or
powerless Voldemort, and that DD already knew about the Horcruxes, but
 I don't think that DD is going to share that information with
anyone.) And the people coming out from under the Imperius curse right
and left would not be enough for everyone in the WW to think that LV
had been overthrown. How could the Daily Prophet know about that so
quickly? And how did they know that Harry had survived and had a cut
that was not yet a scar? Dumbledore must have told them. Unless Peter
Pettigrew, in the role of friend of the family, reports that he's
found the Potters dead and that he suspects Sirius Black, their Secret
Keeper, of betraying them. But he'd have had a hard time explaining
why he didn't rescue Baby!Harry. It had to be Dumbledore sending word
to the Ministry and the Ministry informing the Daily Prophet.

Which still doesn't answer your question and mine about Voldemort's
body. My guess is that it vaporized (and Peter Pettigrew, witness to
the disintegration in rat form, somehow knowing that Voldie would come
back, took Voldemort's wand and hid it).

Carol, who has never found a satisfactory answer to your question and
hopes to hear what others think