Was there a Cult of Callas on Swann Street? With the weather dipping into arctic freezing terrority this winter, it also seems that information about the Robert Wone case is moving at a glacial pace. While we wait for movement, we thought…
The Philadelphia Story
When Is A Cold Case “Cold”? It’s been more than four years since Robert Wone was found stabbed at 1509 Swann Street on August 2nd, 2006. Nobody has ever been charged with his murder. The evidentiary trail has run dry,…
Ranking Rankin
Reporting Last Week’s News Today It’s official. Judge Michael Rankin is to inherit the caseload of retiring Judge Brook Hedge. And along with that comes the Wone case and October 2011 trial. As it appears on the DC Superior Court website:…
Gray Days
Rhee’s out, Lanier’s in…and Still Working on the Wone Case. Ask her for help this week. Newly installed mayor Vincent Gray got a somewhat incongruous inaugural gift this week from the man he’s replacing. Namely: Washington’s homicide rate for 2010…
In The Beginning
First Night(s) Over the past three years we’ve heard from a number of people who lived on Swann Street at the time of Robert’s murder. Many of them still do. Almost all vividly remember the night of August 2, 2006 and…
2 Down, 1 To Go
The Long, Strange Trip Continues There may be no better time than the holiday slows and the two-year anniversary of the site to take stock of what’s happened and what lays ahead. A year from now the civil trial will be over. We joked…