>Allie again:

>That's interesting, I had always thought that Voldemort (and his 
>body) was vaporized when the AK rebounded on him.  *WAS* his body 
>just lying there in the ruin?  I've never heard mention of a body 
>before.  But if there was no body, that brings up the question of 
>how did anyone know he was gone?  Unless someone else was there and 
>witnessed it (conspiracy theorists, take your pick:  
>Snape/Peter/Lupin/Hagrid/Dumbledore).

Alesia: 
I always figured there had to be something at Godric's Hollow, otherwise why would the Ministry or anyone else believe LV was dead (or gone) and that he didn't just escape?  

What I did find in my reread of chap 23 that I found interesting is the line from (HBP pg 506 US edition) DD is talking about Nagini and he says "After an interval of some years, however he used Nagini to kill an old Muggle man, and it might then have occurred to him to turn her into his last Horcrux."

We know Nagini didn't kill Frank Bryce so the killing Dumbledore is referring to probably happened prior to his return from England.  Did LV manipulate Nagini while he was still in Albania in 'infantile' form to kill someone threatening him?  That seems to be what DD is suggesting here.  (Which supports my idea about the Bertha Jorkins killing) But also wouldn't LV have killed enough people along the way that he doesn't need a new killing to create a Horcrux but has merely chosen to do it that way.  (It does seem LV has a rather large flair for the dramatic.)

JMO,
Alesia