The Expanding Orbit of the Price Family
Everyone’s life is complicated by family. For many, especially gay men, the truth of that statement extends beyond biological relatives to what’s often called “family of choice”: those with whom we associate, build lasting bonds, and come to depend on as integral to our personal lives.
The Swann Street...
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Fatty Cat and Kitty (Updated with photo and updated again)
Over the next couple weeks we hope to give updates on those involved in the Wone case; not just the three defendants, but their roommate Sarah Morgan and some of the secondary players as well.
We start with Phelps Collins, a participant in one of the more bizarre...
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How the Coming Battle Over Evidence Will Shape The Trial’s Outcome
No doubt many readers of this site – we’re looking your way, legal eagles – have far more experience and expertise in this subject than any of us. Still, we’re in agreement that the brewing legal battle over what evidence can and can’t be...
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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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