Dr. Goslinoski’s Report – And an Opposing View
It all really started here nearly four years ago, with a murder. Then an autopsy was performed to help solve that murder.
And here we are now, 72 hours from the start of the trial that may answer some of the enduring questions about the murder which took...
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Ethereal vs. Visceral
In the not to distant future, eight weeks from yesterday to be exact (assuming no continuance), Judge Lynn Leibovitz gavels in United States vs. Joseph Price, Dylan Ward, Victor Zaborsky
In yesterday’s post on the Government’s Opposition to the Defendants’ Joint Motion to Compel Rule 16(a)(1)(e) Disclosures, we got a clearer picture of what...
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Hard Copies
As promised, the three motions filed ahead of Friday’s 2:05pm status hearing. Two seem rather routine. The third, not so.
The Government’s Response to Defendants’ Joint Motion to Exclude Uncharged Criminal Misconduct at page one argues that since the case’s previous Judge Frederick Weisberg had not set a briefings and motions schedule, which would...
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The Toxicology Report
For the past three years, case watchers have held many unanswered questions regarding several aspects of drugs, testing and blood samples. Both prosecution and defense teams have shared some of those questions.
In the original affidavit, the government theorizes that prior to his stabbing Robert Wone was injected with paralytics. They base this on two...
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…Except At Swann Street.
Evidence is everything at trial. Cases rise and fall on available evidence, regardless of true justice. Most often, it’s the presence of evidence (DNA, ballistics, a bloody glove, etc.) that determines the prosecution’s path and the defense’s opportunities. In the Robert Wone case, it’s clear the absence of evidence will figure...
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Blood Does Not Lie
The idea of blood and its “spatter” traces seems ugly.
Let’s be clear: it is. Uglier still is an unsolved murder.
We pursue this in the spirit of a better understanding of what happened August 2nd, 2006.
There’s no doubt both prosecution and defense teams are zeroing in on what crime scene evidence will...
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I Read The News Today, Oh God…
It’s accepted practice in Washington to release bad news late on a Friday afternoon. But it wasn’t mere bad news that was going to hit on Halloween weekend 2008; this was a real-life horror story.
Dominating the headlines as October 2008 was coming to a close, was the windup of Campaign ‘08. Barack...
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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 to re-examine the evidence and conclusions reached by the medical examiner. Both Durham’s and Reals’...
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Questions for Chief Lanier About The Investigation
As weeks pass here at WMRW, we seem to amass more questions than answers. About the circumstances of Robert’s murder, its prosecution, and the principle and secondary players involved. Frustrating as it is, this seems natural in a complex case such as this.
Unfortunately there’s also a growing list of...
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More Questions About The Investigation
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the sloppy work began in this investigation.
The smart money says it occurred when DC Police failed to hit the red record button on the VCR for the first hour of Joe Price’s questioning. MPD’s crack A/V squad then failed to record a large...
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On August 2nd, 2006, Washington attorney Robert E. Wone was murdered at 1509 Swann Street. Over two years passed before any criminal charges were filed - and then only conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering charges were brought against the Swann Street housemates, all present in the home on the night of the murder: Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky.
On May 17, 2010, a DC Superior Court trial got underway and all three defendants were all acquitted in that bench trial on those pending charges.
Nearly four years later, very little seems clear about what happened that night and who murdered Robert Wone. A cloud of suspicion remains over the Swann Street defendants who have denied any involvement in the murder of their friend or in the alleged cover up.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz found a moral certainty in their collective guilt, but not evidentiary certainty. Civil proceedings in a wrongful death suit filed by Robert's family is the next chapter in this tragic story.
We continue to work together seeking answers to the mystery of Robert Wone's murder and in finding justice for his memory and legacy.
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