Hmm, is the Forbidden Forest within Hogwarts wards? Because I thought the reason he didn’t kill Hermione himself was so that Harry wouldn’t take it seriously when the wards said that “the defense professor” killed her.
If the wards do extend to the forest, Tracy can say she saw a dark thing which was not Quirrell kill Draco. If the wards don’t extend to the forest, killing him in the forest doesn’t alert the wards. The first is a motive against discreet killings, the second is a motive against doing it inside hogwarts.
Hmm, is the Forbidden Forest within Hogwarts wards? Because I thought the reason he didn’t kill Hermione himself was so that Harry wouldn’t take it seriously when the wards said that “the defense professor” killed her.
If the wards do extend to the forest, Tracy can say she saw a dark thing which was not Quirrell kill Draco. If the wards don’t extend to the forest, killing him in the forest doesn’t alert the wards. The first is a motive against discreet killings, the second is a motive against doing it inside hogwarts.