5:00pm Adjournment
The first half hour of Joe Price’s videotaped interrogation was played in court this afternoon. Seeing it is far different than reading it on the printed page.
The trial reconvenes at 9:00am tomorrow. A full recap of today will go up by 7:00pm
3:45pm Update
The afternoon session evidence kicked off David Schertler’s continued cross of...
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…That Was
Four days of testimony and cross yielded plenty: first the opening statements on Monday then Kathy Wone’s powerful testimony on her husband’s last day was perhaps the most memorable.
The three witnesses who had the chain of custody on Robert that night, EMT Jeff Baker, ER Nurse Leah Lujan and Deputy M.E. Lois Goslinoski...
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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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