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MURDER OF INNOCENT
WIZARDING FAMILY IN TINWORTH

Six days ago, the magical residents of the
partially wizarding community Tinworth, Cornwall, South West England, were
horrified to discover that one of their ‘loveliest’ (to quote the mayor)
families had been murdered in the night. 
Matt Fisher, 34, and his wife Debra Fisher, 33, along with two of their
three children, were killed in their seaside home in the early hours of Monday
morning. The whole town, including muggle residents, are deeply shocked by the
murder and cannot believe anyone could have a true motive to do this to the
sweet Fisher family. Close friend and neighbor Thomas Meadows stated:

“They
were an exceedingly peaceful and loving family, and took much part in the
wizarding and muggle communities of our village. Matt and Debra both had simply
jobs, nothing dodgy, and were lovely people. I just can’t think of anyone who
would have a motive to do such a thing.”

Debra’s parents, Kerry and Marcus Langdon,
also expressed similar opinions:

“Debra
and Matt were very sensible and steady, excellent parents and optimistic
people. They welcomed everything and everyone, but they also kept away from the
bad type. We just can’t understand why anyone would kill them in cold blood
unless it was for money.”

From reports and information at the crime
scene, it has been evaluated the family was killed for exactly that. It seemed
the murder was a robbery that either went wrong, got out of hand or the
burglars were extremely violent. They made away with many family valuables and
all loose money, as well as Mr. Fisher’s Gringotts vault key. However, despite
this being a reasonable explanation, the extended family of the victims were
not satisfied, suspicions aroused due to the entire family being killed so
harshly and the fact that they were not a wealthy family or typical target of
robbery. Therefore, once the ministry had moved out, private detectives were
hired and continue to investigate the crime.

Work Colleagues were interviewed, but nothing
of interest could be found out. Merry Davis, a witch who worked alongside Matt
Fisher in the department for regulation and control of magical creatures,
stated:

“Matt
kept himself to himself – he was a very quiet man and though friendly didn’t
socialize much in the workplace. I don’t think he was altogether happy with his
job – he preferred history and was researching the wizarding war last I heard
of it - but he did the job well. Still, I couldn’t tell you much about him – as
I said, he never really talked to us.”

Debra Fisher worked from home and was, to
quote the mayor ‘very involved in the
community and the lives of others but didn’t talk about her own.’ She worked
from home on Magizoology research and looked after her two children who were
still living at home; Angela and Davy.

Meanwhile their third and oldest child,
Jennifer (Jenny) Fisher, twelve years of age, remains at Hogwarts, surrounded by sympathizers
as she mourns the unexpected and sudden death of her family. Jenny was the only
one to have escaped the attack and is still having trouble coming to terms with
the shock, though surrounded by friends and teachers, all of which are helping
to soften the blow and provide support. She is soon to be taken out of school
for a short period, however, for the funeral and mourning process. Private
Detectives also interviewed her the other day for more information and received
the only clue so far:

“Mum
and Dad are – were – very dedicated and loved me and my siblings very much…I
still don’t understand how anyone could – could kill them. I know they were
involved in some sort of organization but it was nothing shady.”

However, when asked to further enlighten upon
the subject of the organization, Jenny could give them nothing more and only
said a few more words before breaking down into tears once more:

“I
don’t know any more about it...I wasn’t told. I think it had something to do
with History but I don’t know….”

So, while private detectives delve deeper
into the mystery, Ministry officials have come to the verdict that two
individuals committed the crimes in an act of robbery. Details came from
various witnesses stating they had seen two masculine figures running from the
house, and from the crime scene. It is also thought that the two men were
intoxicated as the house appeared to have been stumbled through blindly and
strongly smelt of drink, as well as a bottle having been smashed over the heads
of Matt Fisher before he had been murdered using the killing curse.

However, one ministry official, Dorian Cartwright,
strongly believes that the murder is linked to the attack on Sir. Angus Kern
and Mini the house elf last month. He stated:

“In both cases there are the same two men and
pointless killing. I, like the families, believe there are more motives behind
the killers and that the robbery element may have been faked. Somehow, I think
these crimes are connected, and Angus Kern had a lucky escape.”

This statement, however, has been dismissed
as ludicrous by many, as there are no connections between the victims. The
Minsitry is now hushing the crime and leaving the family to further investigate
and mourn the victims.

- Written Lilia Le Fay, with
extracts from ‘The Daily Prophet’