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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What Robert Wone Still May Be Able To Tell Us
If forensics teaches anything it’s that human bodies have stories to tell, sometimes long after life has left. We just have to know what questions to ask and be listening.
In this case, barring exhumation, only three cc’s of blood is all that physically remains of...
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What Do You Give The Man Who Has…
Dylan Ward, or as he’s known to those in the DC criminal justice system and at Superior Court as CF1-026996, celebrates his 39th birthday today.
There was no way we’d let this day go by without sharing. We’re sometimes tardy, but we never forget. 39 years old; the Jack Benny birthday. ...
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A Savage Journey Into The Heart Of Dylan Ward’s Bedtime Reading
Famous Last Words, William Shakespeare by Ralph Steadman, 2006
One of the more sensational pieces of evidence cited by the MPD in the affidavit of arrest for Dylan Ward is a “full-page drawing of William Shakespeare lying dead in bed: his body shown positioned similar...
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Perspective from a Forensic Post-Mortem Toxicologist
Among the puzzles at the center of the Robert Wone murder mystery are medical questions of what chemical agents might have been used with or without Mr. Wone’s consent to render him in a condition the coroner termed, “…alive but incapacitated.”
In response to a recent post, a reader offered...
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Answers to Questions
David’s recent post elicited a number of responses, including this question:
Anonymous writes: “do the court documents indicate that he died from stab wounds or were those post-mortem?”
The original affidavit indicting Dylan Ward on obstruction of justice indicates the autopsy was conducted by Dr. Lois Goslinoski, deputy medical examiner for the District of...
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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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