5:00pm Update: Adjournment
A full recap of the day’s activity hits around 7:00pmET… The prosecution finds its feet and the defense tries to trip them up.
3:00pm Update – If the Knife Doesn’t Fit…
Detective Bryan Waid was called back to the stand to authenticate the “exemplar” knife obtained by MPD to act as a dummy of the...
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Tags: autopsy report, Dr. David Fowler, Rule 29, Trial Coverage, you must acquit
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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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Tags: autopsy report, Dr. Lois Goslinoski
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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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Tags: autopsy report, Dr. Lois Goslinoski, drugs, ketamine, paralytic agents, Thomas Connolly
Posted in Lois Goslinoski, autopsy report, forensics, indictments, ketamine | 99 Comments »
Twenty for Twenty-Ten
We learned quite a bit over the course of 2009. Among the highlights: MPD Officer Diane Durham’s end-of-shift statement that contradicted the Trouple’s story on where they discovered Robert; the fact that all three of the housemates either left their places of employment voluntarily or not; a change in judges for the...
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Tags: autopsy report, Dylan Ward, Joseph Price, Judge Leibovitz, legal defense fund, Michael Price, MPD investigation, Sarah Morgan, unliquidated assets, Victor Zaborsky
Posted in Dylan Ward, Joseph Price, Michael Price, Phelps Collins, Robert Wone, Sarah Morgan, Uncategorized, Victor Zaborsky | 65 Comments »
Hey, Hey DNA! What Can You Do For Us Next May?
There’s quite a bit to pick through after last week’s motions and status hearing.
Start with the headline from Friday’s status hearing, “Win, Lose or Draw.” Just what did Bernie Grimm mean by that? Was he revealing a defense strategy?
A large part of Friday’s hearing had the...
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Tags: autopsy report, Bernie Grimm, Dr. Henry Lee, legal strategy, status hearing
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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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Tags: autopsy report, Diane Durham, duodenum, Joseph Price, Timeline, Victor Zaborsky
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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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Tags: Ashley's Reagent, autopsy report, BlackBerry, Cathy Lanier, MPD investigation, RFA, Robert Wone
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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 murder in August of 2006, he thought for sure it was an intruder. Over the...
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Tags: autopsy report, Joseph Price, real killer
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Erik Prince Trumps Kathy Wone
>> Updated throughout; Additional Video
The good news: Judge Frederick Weisberg finally got around to setting a trial date in the matter of U.S. v. Price, Ward and Zaborsky. The not so good news: it’s a year away on May 10, 2010. Does anyone’s Outlook calender even go that far into the...
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Tags: 1509 Swann St NW, autopsy report, civil suit, Dylan Ward, Joseph Price, Kathy Wone, legal teams, Louis Hinton, Michael Price, paralytic agents, Victor Zaborsky
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Now You See It, Now You Don’t
One care barely flip a page in the original affidavit without coming across another seemingly inconsistent or curious statement jumping out. A couple of Victor Zaborsky’s don’t seem to match up.
Page 1 of the affidavit is the transcript of Victor’s call to 9-1-1. After dialing he is instructed...
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Tags: autopsy report, Robert Wone, towel, Victor Zaborsky
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