Comments on: What's Wrong With the Intruder Theory – pt. I

By: Dario

Dario — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:04:52 +0000

I haven’t read every comment on this site, but I wonder if anyone’s raised the possibility of a fifth person being in the house that night: not an intruder, but a friend of the three housemates (maybe a playmate of Dylan Ward’s). He might have been there the whole evening, and slipped out right after the stabbing, taking the knife, syringe and other evidence with him. Since he was a visitor (like Wone), the housemates would naturally have used him to dispose of the evidence (taking a gamble that no one had seen him enter the house). It would explain a few things, such as the speed of the clean-up and the disappearance of the murder weapon.

Of course, it doesn’t explain the planting of the decoy knife: the only possible reason for that would be if the real murder weapon were hidden on the premises or nearby. Besides the timeline, that may be the case’s most puzzling feature.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:48:25 +0000

Call me crazy but if I find a dead friend in my house and think there is an intruder I am not going to be despondent. I am going to running around that house with a baseball bat. Or a huge knife of my own. Anyone crazy enough to break into your house and kill someone could definitely stick around to kill some more people. I would not just be sitting in that room in my underwear. I would be searching the house ready to defend myself. Angry as hell and ready to catch the perpetrator. I would also relay how freaked out I was to police. Tell them I have no idea if the person is still in there etc. The reason they weren’t scared out of their minds and looking for a means to defend themselves is because they knew exactly who did it. And they knew the exact circumstances of how it happened.

By: She did it

She did it — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:16:27 +0000

that never sat right with me either. it’s not that far, especially if you are married and do the trip daily. we need to see e-mails on days up to the night in question for context here.

the comments on this thread are wonderful, so many pointing to ward, assisted (later?) by price, while the Ma’am (Victor) got her beauty sleep.

By: jmdrwac

jmdrwac — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:34:13 +0000

Let’s see: the intruder broke into the house, stole nothing, disturbed nothing, wandered to a remote part of the second floor, killed a houseguest and took the time to put the houseguest’s own semen in his rectum.

Folks, that just did not happen. It’s not even worth speculating about.

A lot about this evening is a mystery, but there are two things we can know for sure: 1) an innocent young man was killed and 2) an intruder did not do it.

By: Concernednetizen

Concernednetizen — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:09:57 +0000

I don’t think Wone showered at all that night until defendants showered him, put him in his tee shirt and put his teethguard in his mouth. He was attacked and incapacitated the minute he stepped into the house, i.e., 10:30 p.m. This gave the defendants over an hour to rape, kill and then clean up. I think Wone was fatally stabbed w/in the first 1/2 hour of his being in the house which gave defendants nearly 45 minutes to clean up and coordinate their stories.

The rape/murder couldn’t have happened unless the basement tenant’s absence was assured. I wonder when she told defendants she would be out that night. Could the defendants have suggested she absent herself because they were planning on having a houseguest? Or did she say she would be gone at which point defendants invited Wone over?

By: DC Sleuth

DC Sleuth — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:19:43 +0000

That’s a good point, JAF.

Anyone know if Robert was aware of Joe’s drug use? I could imagine that Joe could have kept that hidden from work/school related friends, but wonder if anyone who knew them happens to know.

I really wonder what Robert’s opinion of and relationship with Ward was like – if Joe and Victor threw a birthday party for him they must have all socialized at times.

By: CDinDC

CDinDC — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:03:08 +0000

Gooood point.

By: Just Another Friend

Just Another Friend — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:48:40 +0000

Orr maybe he intended to socialize, but when he arrived Joe and/or Dylan was already hopped up on something, making socializing (at least, the kind of socializing Robert had imagined) difficult, so he just turned in.

By: CDinDC

CDinDC — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:11:10 +0000

Anonymous says: “His wife made a statement that part of his plan for the night was to spend time with Price.”

Exactly, his intentions were to spend time with a friend, and I’m basing basing my conjecture on what his wife said. Not the trio’s version of what happened.

by the way, are you the same “anonymous” that posted “He was doing a CLE class that night….” If so, do you think you could come up with a screen name? It’s hard to know who we’re dealing with…..anonymous could be 10 different people.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:47:14 +0000

Maybe he intended to socialize but upon arrival they urged him to get ready for bed or said that they were turning in? Whatever they needed to have happen to get their plan underway? If their statements were truthful I agree with you that it wasn’t much time to socialize, but I’m not sure that we can infer his intentions from what Price & Co. said happened, I mean, he didn’t go there planning to be murdered either. His wife made a statement that part of his plan for the night was to spend time with Price.