Category: Robert Wone

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…

Burn After Reading

Fahrenheit 1509 At midnight on the steamy evening of August 2, 2006, DC Police arrived at 1509 Swann Street to begin a murder investigation.   An investigation that supposedly continues to this day. On the floor of Dylan Ward’s bedroom they found an issue of…

Remembering Robert

1,096 Days Later the Search for Justice Continues Sunday, August 2, 2009 will mark the third anniversary of the murder of Robert Wone.  Acknowledging this day must remind those who loved and worked with him of the tragic loss they have suffered.…

Welcome Criminal Justice Legal Foundation

Itching for news on Phelps Collins, don’t go far….. A big shout out and welcome to the folks over at the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, whose blog ran a write up about our op-ed in the Washington Post.  We appreciate…

Standard Operating Procedure

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…

Post-Op(ed)

  Our sincere thanks to the Washington Post for giving us the chance to weigh in on the investigation of Robert’s murder as it enters its third year.  First time visitors should read Paul Duggan’s excellent  two  part  Post series from…

Talking Points Memo

More Questions About The Investigation It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the sloppy work began in this investigation. The smart money says it occurred when DC Police failed to hit the red record button on the VCR for the first…