And let’s not forget the kind of people who seem to be doing the investigating around here: “Burnt corpse? Roof of the house blown off? Baby with scar on forehead? Must have been the first ever Killing Curse backfire.”
But the facts I listed were publically available, and apparently that’s the best conclusion anyone else could draw. (and we know Dumbledore didn’t tell anyone his conclusion, because even Moody didn’t know)
Since Dumbledore didn’t give anyone else access to an undisturbed scene, it’s merely the best conclusion that anyone could draw who wasn’t an actual professional investigator / smart person.
Actual professional investigators would know not to come to any conclusion without actually investigating the scene. (Whether or not they trusted Dumbledore to investigate is a different matter.)
Smart people would think:
They have already marked the Night of Godric’s Hollow, as reported by Albus Dumbledore, as an anomalous and potentially important event. They have wondered why it happened, if it did happen; or if not, why Dumbledore is lying.
And let’s not forget the kind of people who seem to be doing the investigating around here: “Burnt corpse? Roof of the house blown off? Baby with scar on forehead? Must have been the first ever Killing Curse backfire.”
Dumbledore was the one who investigated that...
But the facts I listed were publically available, and apparently that’s the best conclusion anyone else could draw. (and we know Dumbledore didn’t tell anyone his conclusion, because even Moody didn’t know)
Since Dumbledore didn’t give anyone else access to an undisturbed scene, it’s merely the best conclusion that anyone could draw who wasn’t an actual professional investigator / smart person.
Actual professional investigators would know not to come to any conclusion without actually investigating the scene. (Whether or not they trusted Dumbledore to investigate is a different matter.)
Smart people would think:
And he had very good reason to not release his true hypothesis to the public.