"We have evidence and a motive," Potter announced today outside the Ministry of Magic in an early morning press conference. "Dating back several months, we have many threatening notes sent to the Ministry not to mention eye witness accounts of menacing behavior from Dawlish. It is of the Ministry's belief that Dawlish’s motivation in these heinous crimes was twofold. One, by committing these murders, he was attempting to make the Ministry look bad. It was his goal to spread fear amongst our wizarding public and cause distrust in the effectiveness of the Aurors and new leadership of Prime Minister Shacklebolt. This was his twisted attempt to be reinstated as Head Auror. Secondly, Dawlish targeted his victims. Each victim was found tied to the stake with Acromantula silk. During his last year as Auror prior to the War, Dawlish dealt exclusively in a case of Acromantulas being sold on the black market particularly for their silk. He likely confiscated the only known remaining Arcomanulta silk in wizarding Britain. Though an initial connection between the victims was not apparent, our Aurors can confidently say that Dawlish murdered those of Pure-blood ancestry. He had a vendetta against Pure-blood families due to being attacked by Death Eaters in the War. He blamed them for the loss of his career and reputation."