Obsession, memory...visions, hallucinations.It all started last summer." Mrs.Venable recalled how her neurotic young relative had suffered a nervous breakdown and threatened suicide following the death of her cousin Sebastian in Spain a few months earlier during the summer.Inside were pieces of broken-down furniture and rotting wood.As he opened a door to an inner room (not shown) and exclaimed: "Oh, my God!", an unseen figure bludgeoned him in the back of the head with a hammer claw(# 3 death).Ollie relaxes on a sled pulled by the mule while Stanley guides the mule.When the animal proceeds to cross a shallow creek, Ollie is separated and left lying on the sled in the water.[This was the first of two failed assassination attempts on Dumbledore""s life.] Harry suspected that Malfoy was responsible for the curse, although Severus Snape defended his innocence, and mocked Harry""s "Chosen One" status.However, prosecutors eventually dropped the case, motivated by a desire to avoid a scandal involving Holman""s pregnancy and Reynolds"" inheritance.