Regulus' death

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 170189

---  "sistermagpie" <sistermagpie at ...> wrote:
>
> wynnleaf,
> ... Sirius may have
> known the date of Regulus' death. We have no hard 
> evidence that he did not know the date, although 
> Sirius' comments about it in OOTP are pretty vague,
> .... But the tapestry has death dates for Regulus, ...
> 
> But that doesn't explain how Lupin could possibly know
> that only "a few days," went by between... between 
> what? ... Either way, how could Lupin know?
> 
> <snip>
> 
> ...

> Magpie:
> I would take that a step further--Lupin and Sirius 
> could both have heard of Regulus' death, but how on 
> earth did anyone know that he'd turned? ...
> 
> He leaves the note saying he knows he'll be dead but
> afterwards LV will find out he took his Horcrux. ...
> ...
> 
> So what exactly did anybody on the other side know?

bboyminn:

First and foremost, I'm not buying any 'Lupin is a 
spy and a traitor' theories; I'm just not.

Next while some very good observations have been 
made in this thread, people seem to be overlooking
one major factor; perhaps not overlooking it but 
not sufficiently regarding it. That factor is time.

Regulus did not die last week or last month, he died
more than 15 years ago, and 15 years is a lot of 
time for the truth to come out. Also, note that 
Lupin was in Dumbledore's inner circle, if 
information like this was available, I think 
Dumbledore would be likely to tell Lupin. 

Now certainly Dumbledore is very closed lipped, but
this event, Regulus's death, was a done deal. It was
over and there was no need to hide information. Since
Regulus was dead and his death served as a very nice
cautionary tale to anyone considering joining 
Voldemort, plus it involved family members of some
of the Order, I think an explanation was due. 

Also, once Voldemort was vanquished, it seemed that
some DE's/supporters/sympathizers/Imperioused were 
more than willing to spill their guts to keep from 
being prosecuted, or to receive more favorable
treatment. Not to mention the various spies that 
both Dumbledore and the Ministry had; Snape in
particular. 

So, information would become available. There would
be interrogations, trials, investigations would
continue, etc.... Word would spread, and in 15 years
a lot of details could have become generally known 
that were not known while the war was in progress.

We have no indication nor likelihood that Lupin or
Sirius knew everything immediately. What they are
both saying now represents information accumulated
over the course of over 15 years, many conversations,
and much investigation.

For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn