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November 7nd, 1981; Daily Prophet Special Edition

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Vanquished!

By Lois Kent

Ladies and gentlewizards, the Ministry has just confirmed that the Dark Lord is dead!

"We are unable to release how he was finally defeated," Mister Bartemius Crouch, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, said at a press conference earlier, "But he is dead. We are now rounding up all the so-called Death Eaters and will be trying them under Veritaserum."

"Whatever for?" another Reporter asked as we were all wondering the same thing. The use of Veritaserum in trials is rare.

"We have reason to believe that the Dark Mark can only be taken while free from any coercion of any sort