DCist: Wone Murder Update: All Three Roommates Indicted

Eleonora

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:52:36 -0500

ricky d, I am wondering about that too - but that will be another string of murders that won't be solved. Life is so cheap here. No one in the law enforcement system seems to have given two sh-ts that other people might get hurt by these people. If you read the affidavit carefully, you'll see that the cops never even interviewed the fourth resident of the home until days later; they didn't talk to all the neighbors, etc. Just the usual half-assed "Are you going to confess? No? well, run along then - and next time, please do your killing in a different jurisdiction." @taloisi1, monkeyrotica, etc. - Making stupid, smutty jokes about the victim's sexual orientation is wrong.

ricky d

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:57:28 -0500

Anybody remember that guy in DC who had two different out-of-town houseguests die of suspicious prescription drug overdoses a week apart? Police didn't really investigate or anything? Any connection to this, at least in terms of methodology? I suspect the poor guy was subjected to drugs or asphyxiation and accidentally dispatched thereby and the stabbing was intended to cover it up.

taloisi1

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:59:22 -0500

Wone may have been "straight" but he was a total queen, from what I hear.

papayablue

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:56:45 -0500

Sadly, the reason it took so long to indict these guys likely has nothing to do with MPD proper but rather everything to do with the fact that all of DC's forensic evidence is processed by the FBI Crime Lab. That means that the FBI lab determines the time frame in which the analysis is processed and analyzed and reports sent back. It can take months and even years, depending on their backlog. It's insane and is a huge reason why so many cases in DC go unsolved- without rapid forensic evidence, a lot of witnesses will recant their statements and the case is lost. When DC gets their own crime lab in the next 2 years, hopefully this will change. Best of luck to Mrs. Wone and hopefully these 3 will be brought to justice.

NPGMBR

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:34:42 -0500

Im guessing that it took this long to bring formal charges because MPD had to have sufficient evidence for a grand jury to indict these guys. Contrary to what we all believe MPD has to get their ducks in a row if they want to ensure that they have sufficient evidence to refute anything the defense will throw at them. These people know their jobs and understand that there is no such thing as an open and shut case i.e. the Ramsey case! Everyone thought the parents did it and now; all these years later we find out they were telling the truth.

lukfarang

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:33:21 -0500

So when exactly will they be charging these guys with murder?

Deep

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:30:47 -0500

According to the evidence, there was no indication that Wone struggled with anyone. @iAManugget pretty much what you said plus... another theory of Wone being drugged and not being conscience enough to defend himself. Ouchies!

trebek26

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:58:14 -0500

According to the evidence, there was no indication that Wone struggled with anyone.

Hillman

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:56:59 -0500

CSI and Law and Order are fucking up the jury system. More and more jurors think the fantasy crap on CSI is real and are refusing to convict without such fancy fake evidence. It sucks to be a prosecutor these days.

Politburo

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:55:57 -0500

"b/c unless CSI is a complete and utter crock of shit" Famous last words... "BUt they guy had his mouth guard on" Am I the only one who doesn't consider this indicative of anything? It's not like they couldn't have just put it in his mouth after the fact.

iAManugget

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:58 -0500

this is what i have always thought: wone was straight, the guy was gay. they are doing coke a little bit. maybe a little too much. gay friend comes onto wone, wone pulls a wtf, verbal confrontation ensues, they are like 'all right all right'. shit calms down for awhile. wone falls asleep, friend who cant stand being rejected comes onto wone while he is sleeping. wone wakes up, struggle ensues, gets knocked out or some shit. dude sexually assaults wone, then realizes wone is dead. friends come home or downstairs or wherever the hell they are and go 'holy shit batman!' and the guy says wone came onto him, basically playing the defense card. they clean stuff up thanks to what they see on mythbusters and csi and play the stupid card.

Deep

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:26 -0500

Jeesh! I just read the full affidavit and somebody screwed up big-time. I have watched one episode of CSI and I never watch any of those Law and Order shows because of my earlier interests in crime and forensics. I found all those shows full of BS and misleading.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:33:21 -0500

It's been an open secret for years now that if you're into sadistic thrill killings, Swann Street is where you want to go. Leopold & Loeb, Dick & Perry, the guy who invented the Falcon Punch...they all got their start on Swann Street. They should just bulldoze the entire block and replace it with selfserve frogurt stands, glory holes, and a sci-fi-themed cupcakery called, "Bake Me To Your Leader."

greeper

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:33:01 -0500

Oh, one more thing ==> isn't Price's lawyer Eric Holder? WHo was just nominated as Obama's AG?

greeper

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:32:02 -0500

Reid, read the affidavit I linked to. Agreed about the puzzling parts re; his own semen. BUt they guy had his mouth guard on and I presume the police had a reason for concluding he was straight. I also am puzzled about the police inability to detect blood, even washed blood, b/c unless CSI is a complete and utter crock of shit, they can spray something and use a IV light and like 30 years from now the blood will still be there. I thik there is a lot of info we don't know, and I'm a little hesitant to say the guy was in a bukake or gay sex party when his wife is still probably mourning and can presumably read. He sounds like a victim to me...but I admittedly am just an interested bystander.

lrg

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:31:26 -0500

he said a murder he WASN'T involved in

IMGoph

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:28:17 -0500

deep: i find it hard to believe that you can tell anyone anything about how you would react to a murder you were involved in unless you've actually been an accomplice to one. that's not the kind of thing that you can just speculate about.

Deep

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:24:38 -0500

I've lived with a lot of people and I would never... ever...never...ever...never..ever...lie to a police officer about a murder if I wasn't truly involved with it. I would have sung like a canary. That'll teach you for drinking my last beer.

Reid

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:10:39 -0500

Greeper, I don't know that I'd say he "was clearly not a participant". We have some statements from the three people involved (and presumably his wife) that he was 100% straight. Fine, but when you read the real nitty gritty details, you can't help but think there may be a chance that's there's more to the story. To be blunt, they found Wone's semen inside his own rectum. I'm not sure how that happens without some willing participation. Maybe somebody could explain it to me. Either Wone was a willing participant and it went bad, or they drugged him and assaulted him whle he was unconscious (but does that even make sense?) I don't know. If I saw this on Law and Order (probably SVU), I'd think they were getting too ridiculous.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:08:32 -0500

So did the "evidence" end up on him before or after he'd been stabbed? And have the police gotten around to questioning the District's only known cannibal necrophile?

greeper

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:59:16 -0500

Wone was straight. Not a sex party. It sounds like the one guy (Dylan Ward) did something and the other two found it and covered it up, out of some sort of S&M-related sense of obligation. THe affidavit is here http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/files/ward_affidavit and the press account interpreting the affidavit seem a little off. THe guy was clearly not a participant and I feel so sorry for him and his wife.

lrg

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:58:17 -0500

this makes my skin crawl

Deep

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:37:54 -0500

@monkeyrotica I was going to say you took the words right out of my mouth..but it sounded too nasty for strangers to say to one another in a chat device. He was washed to remove the man-goo. So that means it was more than the three guys getting arrested. I think we got ourselves another DC Madam sex jiggy.

no_more_caffeine

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:21:21 -0500

So it wasn't the one-armed man?

Kev29

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:18:48 -0500

Law and Order style... whoever talks first wins the plea agreement with probation and a dismissal of charges. MPD almost had to wait for Law & Order to produce the episode and for two fictional characters to just solve the case themselves. Wait, I probably just gave them an idea.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:04:38 -0500

One word: Bukkakke.

Deep

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:02:28 -0500

@Boomhauer My dibs also on "Sex party that gone out of control" with a twist of ecstasy and other drugs. I'm waiting to hear the reason on why they washed him?

Boomhauer

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:52:23 -0500

Anyone want to start a pool on what defense gets used? I have dibs on "Sex party that gone out of control"

Politburo

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:46:15 -0500

Law and Order style... whoever talks first wins the plea agreement with probation and a dismissal of charges.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:34:04 -0500

Didn't everyone on the dcist thread discussing this pretty much call it the day after it happened? I recall a collective "WTF?" followed by a "typical DC police screwup investigation."

Deep

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:12 -0500

When I first read about this, I knew something was not right. Nothing really stolen. Drunk and spent the night. Now we find out that he was washed before the police got there. I mean, come on. Who washes the body of a friend who was just robbed in your house? You call the police. Did Chief Wiggums investigate this one?