Category: Robert Wone

Drips and Slow Leaks

Missed Deadlines, Missed Opportunities The August 16, 2006 edition of the Washington Post had two pieces relating to Robert’s Murder.  On the editorial page was a letter to the editor from  high school classmate, Raymond John Mollica.  He tells us…

Search and Seizure… and Snooze

Burying the Lede After the first wave of media coverage hit on August 4th and 5th, the next significant piece was on the 14th by Emma Schwartz of the Legal Times.  And she had the goods – the search warrants for Price’s home, his office…

Blood From A Stone

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.…

Milk of Amnesia

More than Mother’s little helper… Tomorrow marks one month until the status hearing with Judge Weisberg to review the status of evidence testing of the 3-4 cc’s of Robert Wone’s blood specimen remaining from the autopsy. The status of other…

Legacy

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…

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…