Prosecutors have closed their presentation of evidence to the Wizengamot today, after five days of witnesses and evidentiary hearings. Testimony was heard from the Aurors who first responded to the scene. Travers' defense team tried to paint Frank and Alice Longbottom as friends of one of the deceased and that their presence on scene was against MLE policy. Marlene McKinnon was Mrs. Longbottom's roommate at Hogwarts. There was also evidence given by Avis Booth, lead magical investigator, who pulled the traces of signature from the murder scene. Most notably was the near certainty that Orpheus Travers' wand was the one that cast the grisly Dark Mark above the McKinnon household.

Defense for the accused made several objections to the circumstantial evidence provided as to the charges against Avery and Edgecombe, but damaging testimony from Joceline Shimpling (ex wife of Marcus Edgecomb) and Juliana Travers about their endurance of spousal abuse at the hands of their husbands and some paperwork suggesting that Avery is in the black market trading of pets has set the prosecution up for a very strong close of evidence, according to our legal expert, Maeve Riley.

Starting Monday, each of the accused will present their arguments and defenses. For more information on what possible legal theories may be used, see page 8.