Private Message to H. Ketteridge and D. Selwyn

[alt_crouch_jr]

Assume you've been briefed on disappearance from Hogwarts of minor halfblood, S Fawcett, female, 16 yrs. Last seen entering Forbidden Forest. (Confirmed.)

Investigation suspended. All leads fully pursued. Material evidence of creature attack, violent struggle, injury. Witness accuses Centaurs. Centaurs deny all in strongest terms. Refuse co-operation. Officially no determination made re. culpability. All likely/accessible portions of terrain searched. All available finding aids utilised. Advanced locator spell (A. Dolohov, consulting) indicates subject not present in 30 mile radius. Spell does not locate corpses.

Subject too young to Apparate. Portkey records: negative.

Certificate of Presumed Demise to be filed tomorrow a.m.

Ketteridge. Subject was fostered. Have questioned guardians (Flint, Gaius and Susannah. Domicile: Nettle Lane, Skillington, Lincs.) Last contact was 6 April, Kings Cross station. Leave it to you to notify once CPD crosses your desk.

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Private message to Barty

[alt_selwyn]

Just how negligent was the Headmistress? Did she tell you precisely what she was questioning the girl about, when she fled?

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_crouch_jr]

Fawcett had, according to Umbridge, dispensed a potion to another student and attempted to entrap the other student in misbehaviour. U suspects other students of involvement.

But then U seems to suspect nearly everyone of nearly everything. And punishes them for as much of that as she can find barest pretext to justify. She's always been a mixture of hubris and paranoia, but that's grown more potent recently. Notably so since my last summons to the school.

Nothing of use to Razzer in her office, by the way. We did look.