Comments on: Has The Swann Street Three-Way Always Been A Two-Way Street?

By: Bea

Bea — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:28:50 +0000

Agree, David. The press conference at Covington (can see it on YouTube) made pretty clear that Kathy Wone was asking that the defendant(s) come forward or that their friends/acquaintances tell what they know. Joe may have believed that he could persuade her of his innocence in November 2007, but my guess is that she was having none of it – and she was wearing a wire in case he slipped up. He’d have assumed this too.

By: David

David — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:17:26 +0000

I read the lunch between Kathy Wone and Joe Price much differently. By November 2007, Kathy clearly knew that authorities believed the crime scence was tampered. In August 2007, she was part of a press conference where Eric Holder asked for those who knew what happened that night to come clean — a not to veiled reference to the Swann Street housemates. Any lunch between Kathy Wone and Joe Price in November of 2007 was not as the defense motion states “a chance to see how the other was holding up since Robert’s passing.” It seems that it was more likely Kathy asking Joe to be held to account about what happened that night.

David

By: CDinDC

CDinDC — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:04:10 +0000

Joe carrying on “business as usual” by attending the funeral, having lunch with mrs. wone, etc., shows him to be sociopathic. It was manipulative and even a bit cunning on his part to reach out like that.

By: AnnaZed

AnnaZed — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:42:57 +0000

I wonder if it was that lunch that caused Mrs. Wone to realize that she was dealing with a liar and possibly a murderer. Joe’s amazing nerve in presenting himself to her as a friend and confidant does not surprise me.

By: Clio

Clio — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:55 +0000

Per Nelly’s quote, why would Joe be having lunch with Kathy in November 2007? Was he trying to preempt litigation, or was he merely fishing for where the investigation was leading?

By: Nelly

Nelly — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:01:55 +0000

“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” In this case, the reverse turned out to be true. After all, most people are murdered by people they know, not some random psycho on the street or an intruder.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:29:05 +0000

What has remained most unsettling for me is the notion that such a cool guy may have met his untimely, tragic end at the hand(s) of ‘friends.’

‘Friends’ who knew more about Robert than most any of us, yet still may have…

By: CDinDC

CDinDC — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:37:20 +0000

That was a lovely post, Mike. Speaking as a borderline misanthrope, I know goodness when I see it. The world has lost a beautiful soul.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:22:12 +0000

What’s always on my mind is how rare someone like Robert is – one of the few who strive effectively against “the darkness.” Despite the selfishness and cruelty you see around you every day, people like him really lift your spirits. In addition to being a tragedy, this whole thing seems so abominably unfair – really a crime against us all. All of us who believe in what Robert believed in.

Intelligence and talent fatally squandered on all sides. Will humanity always be like this? Wish I could believe in “moral evolution.” But even Clio’s peers on Mt. Olympus wrestled with these paradoxes.

By: Clio

Clio — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:53:47 +0000

Perhaps, Victor was speculating, though, because he could not believe that, despite his rough edges and origins, Joe had killed Robert so quickly and brutally. So, Victor was holding out hope that Dyl did it by merely speculating that Dyl could not do it. Just speculatin’?