Case File 750978 Part 1 by BunyipBudgie
Part 1
November 18th, 1987
Cecily sat reminiscing as she just couldn't see what else she could have done. She had a 3 year long, mutually antagonistic history with her supervisor that said don't trust or rely on him. So as the case progressed and those nasty little questions started up she had gone elsewhere with her questions and suspicions.
It had been such an innocuous order that got her involved that Wednesday night. As he was leaving on his way home the evening shift supervisor Dawlish had walked into her cubicle at the St Mungo's Auror Office with his usual supercilious sneer and had simply ordered her to take care of the whinger out front before she finished up for the night...
Working notes and report copies of Auror C Hesle commencing August 27th, 1987 relating to case 750978 - severe child abuse leading to attempted murder.
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 01
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 01.27am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: ~~
Report: Case assignment of Case file: 750978
0127am Supervisor Dawlish (St Mungo's Auror Station, evening shift supervisor) assigned me a possible child abuse case just reported by Old Spicer (wizard) of Horsell, Surrey (near Woking, Surrey) – note a mediwizard is attending him.
See attachments 1 – note from Dawlish
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 02
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 01.27am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: ~~
Report: Interview with Vincentius Spicer aka Old Spicer, complainant;
0127am I was assigned by Supervisor Dawlish to investigate a possible child abuse case just reported by Vincentius Spicer aka Old Spicer (wizard) of Horsell, Surrey – note a mediwizard escorted him to the Auror station and waited for him; Occupation: herbalist; Initial report verbally given to Supervisor Dawlish at St Mungo's Auror Station at 1237am today.
0135am Interview room 1: Old Spicer (aka Vincentius Spicer) states that earlier tonight he had just gone to be bed when he heard (in order), a muggle car stop in front of his home, a car door opened, footsteps, the car trunk being opened, childish screams of agony, a grunt, the trunk slamming shut, the car door being slammed shut, and the sounds of an accelerating car and the splatter of gravel.
By the time he got to the window all he could see of the muggle vehicle were the bright taillights of a dark coloured vehicle.
When he got outside he found a badly injured child who kept muttering what sounded like: "No Unca Vermin" & "Don't hit!"
He covered the boy with his cloak and then floo called St Mungo's Casualty Dept.
The attending MediAlert team stabilised a male child and transported both to St Mungo's Casualty Dept. where the child was admitted for treatment.
Old Spicer was given a Pepper Up potion for shock and kept for observation; he is to be released in two hours.
Old Spicer also made the comment that the boys clothing was not of any of the local muggle school colours around Horsell, Surrey but was typical muggle primary school clothing for the childs age.
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 03
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 02.07am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: ~~
Report: Interview with the St Mungo's nightshift MediAlert Team – Senior Mediwitch Parry
0210am Interview room 1: Senior Mediwitch Parry states that she & Mediwizard MacEoin were the overnight duty alert team for St Mungo's Hospital when an emergency floo call was received at 12.50am from a wizard who identified himself as Old Spicer of Horsell, Surrey. He stated that some muggle(s) had just dumped a badly injured boy at his front gate and driven away.
12.51am Floo'd straight to the Spicer home in Horsell and found a badly shocked wizard outside, standing over a cloak-draped child.
Mediwitch Parry stated she removed the cloak, assessed the childs injuries and prepared him for emergency portkeying to St Mungo's. On arrival at St Mungo's Casualty Ward at 12.53am she transferred the child to the care of Healer Kealy.
01.00 I took Mediwizard MacEoin & Old Spicer back to our office where I interviewed Old Spicer over everything he'd done or observed about the still unidentified child and began writing up our report.
See attachment 2 Response report of St Mungo's MediAlert team and interview notes;
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 04
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 02.30 am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: ~~
0230am Contacted MoM DMLE Domestic Services and requested assistance for a severe child abuse investigation – child's identity unknown but definite muggle involvement;
0235am Auror Dafod Milward floo'd in to assist me.
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 05
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 02.42 am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: Dafod Milward
Report: Interview with the St Mungo's nightshift MediAlert Team – Mediwizard MacEoin
02.45am Interview room 2: Mediwizard MacEoin states that he and his partner Senior Mediwitch Parry were the duty alert team tonight for St Mungo's Hospital when an emergency floo call was received at 1250am from a wizard who identified himself as Old Spicer of Horsell, Surrey, who said that he'd just found a badly injured boy at his front gate after noises of a muggle car and screams.
Mediwizard MacEoin stated that he did the following:
12.51am They floo'd straight to the Spicer home in Horsell where they found a badly shocked adult wizard outside, standing over a cloak draped child;
12.51am Mediwizard MacEoin said he administered a Percussi potion to the man (identified as Old Spicer) for his obvious shock;
12.52am at Senior Mediwitch Parry request he used his camera to record the scene and the childs condition and treatment;
12.53am emergency portkeyed the four of us to St Mungo's and transferred the child to the care of Healer Kealy;
1.04am We went to our office with Old Spicer where I got a cuppa tea for ourselves and Old Spicer whilst Senior Mediwitch Parry got Old Spicer's help filling in all the details of the childs discovery etc before we arrived;
I believe Old Spicer has told us the truth about his involvement;
1.20am I escorted Old Spicer to the Aurors station to make our reports. The auror who took our initial report told us to wait whilst he got someone to do our interviews and then he departed.
See attachment 3 Copies of photo's taken at the scene and St Mungo's Casualty Ward by Mediwizard MacEoin
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 06
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 03.12 am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: Dafod Milward
Report: Collected unidentified child's personal effects and blood sample for Cognoscere Quis Sit Parens potion
03.12am Went and collected from Mediwitch Norton of the Casualty Ward the required blood sample from the still unidentified child and his clothes.
03.20am Initiated the Cognoscere Quis Sit Parens (Identify Parents - add 15 drops of blood into the potion vial; shake hard four times and pour the potion onto specially charmed parchment).
03.21am Cognoscere Quis Sit Parens parchment reads as:
Child: Harry James Potter
Father: Severus Tobias Snape
Mother: Lily Raveena Evans Potter
03.30am Went to the Children's Ward and requested a fresh blood sample from Healer Kealy since I must have accidentally ruined the original sample.
See attachments 4 Copy of Healer Kealy's report
See attachments 5 Copy of Cognoscere Quis Sit Parens porion results – 1st result
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 07
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 03.30 am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: Dafod Milward
Report: Interview with Healer Kealy in her office (located adjacent to the Children's Ward)
03.30am Received various parchments from Healer Kealy's listing the unidentified male childs medical condition and treatments (completed and ongoing) reports and wizarding & muggle photo's of same.
Male, Anglo-Saxon, black hair, green eyes;
Age - approx 6 years old – per teeth – several adult teeth have erupted & body size, signs of scurvy;
British – southern English accent per semi-incoherent screams of "No Unca Vermin" & "I be good";
Two broken legs, observed a matching adult male shoeprint shaped bruises over the bone breaks;
4 broken ribs (right side) – observed several matching adult male shoeprint-shaped bruising on right side of chest;
2 broken ribs (left side) – these older broken ribs are almost healed with no bruising showing;
Back, buttocks and upper thighs – Badly lacerated, bone showing through on back in two (2) places – evidence of whipping by a 1½" wide belt, buckle marks showing;
Wrists – injuries consistent with child been both manually held – bruising is adult hand shaped – and then being tied up with ¼" cord;
Split lips – consistent with fingerprints/slapping marks on face;
Black eye and broken nose - indicating blow by adult right-handed person;
Additional bruising – numerous underlying old bruises in varying stages of healing located on upper arms, upper thighs and torso;
Starvation – caved in stomach, ribs readily countable, stick-like arms and legs – grossly inadequate and insufficient amounts of food over a long period;
Malnutrition – signs of both chronic and severe long-term malnutrition, scurvy;
See attachment 6 St Mungo's Casualty Dept. Floo call report;
See attachment 7 Renuntavi Vulneris (List Injuries) Spell parchment - 1½ rolls;
See attachment 8 List of potions and charms used with time and date (self updating);
See attachment 9 Healer Kealy's Treatment Report;
See attachment 10 Wizarding and muggle photos from St Mungo's Casualty Dept.;
See attachment 11 Healer Kealy's recommendations for future treatment – both physically and for a Mind Healer;
See attachment 12 Healer Kealy's recommendations for an urgent child abuse investigation;
See attachment 13 Patients personal effects list – items held by St Mungo's;
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 08
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 04.46 am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: Dafod Milward
Report: Tentative identification of unidentified male child on the Children's Ward
Healer Kealy personally took me to fetch the replacement blood sample. The child was located in a private room with a mediwizard in attendance.
After she had taken the blood sample she informed us that the child had been tentatively identified as Harry Potter by his curse scar. She brushed the boys hair off his forehead to reveal the lightning bolt shaped curse scar made famous by Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore at the Potters funeral and as such, widely reported by the Daily Prophet, WWN and other papers.
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 09
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 04.11 am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: Dafod Milward
Report: Blood sample for Cognoscere Quis Sit Parens potion
04.11am Auror Dafod Milward did the Cognoscere Quis Sit Parens potion test again.
04.12am Cognoscere Quis Sit Parens parchment reads:
Child: Harry James Potter
Father: Severus Tobias Snape
Mother: Lily Raveena Evans Potter
The potion results are identical!
See attachment 14 Copy of Cognoscere Quis Sit Parens results – 2nd attempt
Case file: 750978 St Mungo's Auror Station Sheet: 10
Date: 27/08/87 Time: 04.26 am
Auror 1: Cecilia Hesle Auror 2: Dafod Milward
Report: Contacted MoM DMLE nightshift supervisor
04.26am We used the security floo in the supervisors office to contact the nightshift supervisor at MoM DMLE. I informed Supervisor Cerys that I had a serious case of child abuse that involved Harry Potter and that I wasn't sure of the additional procedures with such a case. She went to get someone senior to advise us.