death to capslock

But how did people know that Voldemort fired a killing curse at *Harry* at all? Someone coming upon the scene immediately after would have seen that two people were killed and *something* happened to make their killer vanish or die without leaving a body; it could just as likely have been something that one of the dead adults (who have a knowledge of magic after all) did that took Voldie with them. Why assume the BABY did something? As oryx says, the CAT could have been responsible for the scar so far as the average person was likely to know without having been guided to think of Harry-as-target. Who knew that Voldie shot off THREE AKs - beyond Voldie, Harry, and Dumbledore if he legilimized infant Harry (otherwise it is speculation on his part, as he *was not there to see it*)? His wand was never found to be tested, so that's out.