Snape's involvement in the murder of Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 169149

> Carol
> > 2) There is no reason to kill Black, who is stuck in 12 GP and no
> > threat to the DEs or Voldemort.
> 
> wynnleaf
> Absolutely.  There seems to be some assumption that there was a "we 
> hate Sirius" movement among the Death Eaters, motivating some sort 
> of drive to kill him.  Why?  We know of no particular animosity 
that 
> any DE has toward Sirius except possibly Bella.  There's no real 
> strategic advantage in killing Sirius, unless the DE's thought that 
> killing him would open up Grimmauld Place to them.  But even there, 
> it's obvious that Sirius would have willed the place elsewhere (why 
> leave it to Bella or Cissy, for goodness sake?!).  
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Alla:

And still JKR remarked that there is a reason why Sirius had to die. 
Besides Harry has to go on alone reason. Now, maybe that reason would 
be Sirius helping Harry, but it could be any reason that Dung so 
nicely summarised in her post.

And this reason maybe something we don't know yet, something why 
Bella and Narcissa or anybody else wanted Sirius dead.

But even if DE did not have any such reason, which is surely possible.

What matters to me is that *Snape* is likely to have such reason in 
my view.

Nothing new is needed for that. Just Snape animosity and desire for 
revenge. Do I think Snape's animosity is arising to the level of 
wanting Sirius dead? Yes, I do think it is a possibility.

JMO,

Alla