Born From Tragedy Three years ago yesterday, Robert Wone was laid to rest, but his good works live on through a number of service awards, fellowships and trusts. The Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Educational Fund (AEF) recently announced their…
Month: August 2009
Standing Room Only
Still a Wonderful World Three year ago today, Robert’s memorial service was held at Columbia Baptist Church in suburban Virginia. In front of a capacity crowd, sixteen eulogists delivered heartfelt remembrances of a life well-lived yet cut far too short. To mark…
A Sign of the Times
Nowhere To Go But Up The news stories pulled from the archives to mark Robert’s murder three years ago this week are pretty depressing. We saw the hazy details of the crime leaking out, the defendants’ narratives take shape, and many testimonials…
"We're Out Looking…"
Let’s All Be Careful Out There. UPDATE: MPD Chief of Police Cathy Lanier postpones “Ask the Chief” program on WTOP. At the time of Robert’s murder, Charles Ramsey was in his eighth and final year as MPD Chief of Police. …
Confidence Game
The Post’s Second Take In the Saturday, August 5 edition of the Washington Post, coverage of Robert’s murder was bumped from the Metro section’s front page to B 3. A few more details emerged in reporter Allison Klein’s second article…
The Front Page
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…
The Zodiac Filler
The Fault, Dear Brutus, is Not in our Stars… It wouldn’t be until Friday, August 4th 2006, that the Washington Post had a news story on Robert’s murder. While no clues can be garnered from earlier editions of the paper, there…
The Day After
145 Words Very little was known about Robert’s murder when the first news item was filed, 17 hours later by WTOP, DC’s all news radio station. To be more specific, very little was known by those not in the house at…
The Third Anniversary
Roby Chavez of WTTG-TV Fox 5 shares this statement he received from Ben Razi, Kathy Wone’s Attorney tonight. “My husband, Robert, was a beautiful, loving person who was murdered in the prime of his life three years ago today.…
August 2, 2006
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…