One Year Ago Everything Changed In mid-September, when Diane Durham’s statement came to light about conflicting stories of the evening’s events, the ground seemed to shift. However, the original ground shaking event in the investigation occurred one year ago when Dylan…
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Powerful Slave, Master Criminal
New Book Offers Fresh Insights into Storied Case Here’s what we know: a young male was (inconclusively) sexually assaulted and murdered. Two of the men suspected were involved in a gay relationship with a master and slave subtext. The slave…
Blood Sport
Durham’s statement sheds new light on blood found in Robert’s duodenum Diane Durham’s statement that the defendants found Robert on the first floor, and Gary Reals’ reporting that the body may have been moved twice, together make a compelling reason…
Happy Birthday Culuket
Video Greetings For One Super Special Guy (Updated: Gifts Galore!) We pride ourselves on having learned good manners from our mothers, so we are here today to extend hearty birthday wishes. And besides, birthdays are such a great excuse to…
"Isn't He Our Friend?"
Detective Waid’s Handwritten Notes Create More Questions Today, the Swann Street defense team heads to the Moultrie Courthouse for an in camera review, which in plain English means a review of documents and/or other evidence in the Judge’s chamber. The…
Lawyering Up
Joe & Victor hire a friend; Dylan goes from zero to 60 in seconds For more than two years after the murder of Robert Wone, not a single charge was filed in the case. Many believe one of the reasons was…
Welcome Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Itching for news on Phelps Collins, don’t go far….. A big shout out and welcome to the folks over at the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, whose blog ran a write up about our op-ed in the Washington Post. We appreciate…
It's A Date…
Two Weeks Before Robert Wone’s Murder… Three years ago this week, on or about July 19, 2006, Robert began making plans to stay the night at a friend’s house in Washington, DC. Last month Paul Duggan wrote in the…
Mean Streets
A Spike in Murders? Hold a News Conference Three years ago this past weekend marked the anniversary of the announcement of the “crime emergency” in the District of Columbia. On July 11, 2006, twenty days before the murder of Robert…
The "Real" Killer
Will the “Real” Killer Please Stand Up Recently, the editors here at WMRW.com gathered for dinner to discuss the case with a friend who has known the defendants. His take on the case has evolved. When he first heard about the…