Voldemort's Body

[Muggle Lover]

I am not 100% sure, so i thought i would ask you guys.
we know that voldemort used his horcrux to "maintain life" for lack of a better term, but are we ever told what became of the body at Godric's Hollow? i mean, even if voldemort maintained life after being "killed" there still would have been a body?
am i right? or am i just missing something?

[Alz]

I think when I asked this one before - the general consensus was that it was destroyed in the explosion of the house - kind of the same as the Potters ... of course then that doesn't explain why Harry remained in tact and unhurt ...
We know the house was destroyed somewhat - I'm guessing his body perished in that backfire moment ... unless of course the house was levelled post mortem ... but that is another thread somewhere!
Of course - it is still an interesting question all the same - was there any bodies?

[halliemei]

I think you ask an important and interesting question. It would seem to me two things -- whatever happened to James' and Lily's bodies is the state that Voldemort would have been found AND there's a way that everyone knew Voldemort was "gone" and assumed dead. I would think that a body was there. Else . . . we're back to the discussions on WHO else was in Godrics Hollow that night and why did everyone believe them (as well as how did the word get spread so quickly).

[Alz]

Almost a digression here - but you would have to assume Dumbledore was there at some point - if anyone could gain the public confidence it would be him - but it seems to buck what we are told about him getting others to do the Godric Hollow visit and him creating a safe place for Harry in which to give him so added extra's in the security market.

I always felt the lack of bodies was a void in the books the same as Harry never asking about where his parents final resting place was (addressed in book 6 I know!) - I still wonder if they are destine to become inferious - I mean no mention of their bodies etc just seems really random. Then we were told we would never see and alive Lily and James - in JKR's world that doesnt mean they are gone and forgotten!
I do have to wonder thou - if their bodies were destroyed with the house - why did JKR never come out and say that - which begs the question can we expect a more enlightening reason which will become evident in book7?