Journal Theft
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alternityWe had intended to delay this statement until morning, but events make it rather more urgent to communicate the facts of the matter.
MLE swiftly determined that Charlotte Smythe's journal was stolen by a young woman named Margaret Wynn. They quickly determined that she had not acted of her own volition, but was under some sort of coercion -- possibly the Imperius curse, but in this case the curse appeared to be doing additional damage. The message left in the Charlotte journal was not a threat against her safety, as they claim. In fact, what I wrote was an urgent plea to give us information on the spell used on her, so that we could undo it. Tragically (though not surprisingly) they refused, and the damage to young Meg Wynn may now prove irreversible.
We do have some information on the culprit. We believe him to be a male with a scar on his right hand across the knuckles; it is a large, distinctive scar and looks as though he was splashed with a potion and the burn failed to heal properly. It is possible he has additional people working for him -- but it's also possible they may not be doing so willingly, so PLEASE, if you suspect that a friend or relative may have fallen under this dangerous criminal's power, consider coming forward.
This should go without saying: we do not torture innocents. We have many methods at our disposal to allow us to be quite sure that the innocent are swiftly released, the victims given our utmost protection, and the guilty punished. Auror Lestrange, whom they also slandered, is a professional whom I have never known to act with anything other than grace and restraint.
As further information is confirmed, we will share it, in the hopes that this individual is identified. We are offering a substantial reward for information that helps us to bring him to justice.
MLE swiftly determined that Charlotte Smythe's journal was stolen by a young woman named Margaret Wynn. They quickly determined that she had not acted of her own volition, but was under some sort of coercion -- possibly the Imperius curse, but in this case the curse appeared to be doing additional damage. The message left in the Charlotte journal was not a threat against her safety, as they claim. In fact, what I wrote was an urgent plea to give us information on the spell used on her, so that we could undo it. Tragically (though not surprisingly) they refused, and the damage to young Meg Wynn may now prove irreversible.
We do have some information on the culprit. We believe him to be a male with a scar on his right hand across the knuckles; it is a large, distinctive scar and looks as though he was splashed with a potion and the burn failed to heal properly. It is possible he has additional people working for him -- but it's also possible they may not be doing so willingly, so PLEASE, if you suspect that a friend or relative may have fallen under this dangerous criminal's power, consider coming forward.
This should go without saying: we do not torture innocents. We have many methods at our disposal to allow us to be quite sure that the innocent are swiftly released, the victims given our utmost protection, and the guilty punished. Auror Lestrange, whom they also slandered, is a professional whom I have never known to act with anything other than grace and restraint.
As further information is confirmed, we will share it, in the hopes that this individual is identified. We are offering a substantial reward for information that helps us to bring him to justice.
