The Smallest Part of the Defendant’s Story May Have Big Problems.
Gazing into the confined black box that is 1509 Swann on August 2nd, 2006, there’s no detail too mundane that doesn’t deserve a second look. We don’t presume guilt on anyone’s part…nor do we presume innocence. But given the convoluted strands that come from...
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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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Dateline: Swann Street
Legendary muckraker and irritant I.F. Stone is credited with this critique of the Washington Post: “It’s a great newspaper. You never know on what page you’ll find a front-page story.”
On August 4, 2006 they got it right; news of Robert’s murder was front-page of the Metro section. This is where we first...
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It All Ended and Began Here…
An early voice in the call for justice for Robert Wone was Judy Tseng.
To mark this sad anniversary we republish her January 2007 post that detailed Robert’s last day. There’s little we can add.
“The last morning of his life, on Wednesday, August 2, 2006, Wone left his townhome in...
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If Victor was asleep, how did he know Robert’s arrival time?
A nagging question has been how did Victor Zaborsky know that Robert arrived at 10:30 pm, when he stated that he was asleep when Robert arrived at 1509?
Simple logic says that one can’t know when a person arrives and be asleep at the same time. You can do one...
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About that time line
It’s not an understatement to say there are dozens of inconsistencies when comparing the defendants’ affidavit statements against each other. Trying to match their statements to the 9-1-1 call becomes even more hypnotizing.
And we thought we wouldn’t have enough material to carry the next ten months.
About five minutes into the 911...
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E=mc2 & Time Dilation
A major point of debate for both the Defense and the Prosecution is the time line of events leading up to and through the murder of Robert Wone and the subsequent 9-1-1 call from 1509 Swann Street. The details available are those mainly described in the Affidavit in Support of the...
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No Cliche Left Behind
As we splashed through the affidavit last week, the three unprompted mentions of showers by Dylan Ward on the evening of the murder seemed murky and quizzical at first. But maybe not.
There are four mentions of showers when one includes what the MPD investigators saw. Let’s count them up:
“Joe talked about the shower...
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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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