I had considered that he might have left behind the functional equivalent of that death* doll.
I had considered that someone might have taken her body (the very first possibility to occur to me).
I had not yet considered that he might have replaced the body and someone else stole the fake. If nothing else, I would not expect it to stand up to scrutiny. But damn, I really need to update on the basis of:
As a cunning man once said, there could be more than one plotter and more than one plan.
Chapter 93, just after Harry has spent two minutes with Hermione; McGonagall seeing Hermione
And in chapter 53,
Becomes
In fact, perhaps Harry replaced the body, and them someone else stole a copy.
Just a thought.
I had considered that he might have left behind the functional equivalent of that death* doll.
I had considered that someone might have taken her body (the very first possibility to occur to me).
I had not yet considered that he might have replaced the body and someone else stole the fake. If nothing else, I would not expect it to stand up to scrutiny. But damn, I really need to update on the basis of:
I had thought he’d Transfigured the doll into existence from something commonly found in mortuaries.