Murder of Robert Wone on Peacock

[Anonymous]

I remember when the first Washingtonian story was published and reading it in horror. I feel so sad for his widow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it make any sense to anyone on this planet that anyone OTHER than the 3 defendants could and did do this?

I haven’t seen the doc but am familiar with the events. Wasn’t the issue that it could have been 1, 2, or 3 of them who killed Robert and in the absence of one or more of them turning against the other(s), there’s no way to prove which 1, 2, or 3 of them raped and killed him?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it make any sense to anyone on this planet that anyone OTHER than the 3 defendants could and did do this?

why weren’t they indicted for murder? isn’t cleaning up the blood sufficient evidence?

Yeah I really don't get how they weren't indicted. Or how they. couldn't get one to flip on another.

I think their mistake was focusing on trying to flip Ward, the supposed “third wheel,” against the other two when they’d have been better off focusing on flipping Zaborsky. I kind of think Ward and/or Price and Ward (who were into a bunch of sexual stuff Zaborsky wasn’t) killed Robert and maybe Zaborsky was only involved in the coverup.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it make any sense to anyone on this planet that anyone OTHER than the 3 defendants could and did do this?

I haven’t seen the doc but am familiar with the events. Wasn’t the issue that it could have been 1, 2, or 3 of them who killed Robert and in the absence of one or more of them turning against the other(s), there’s no way to prove which 1, 2, or 3 of them raped and killed him?

Exactly it's hard to get to probable cause for any of them without one of them flipping. Its like prisoner's dilemma except the deal held (which isn't supposed to happen)

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Anonymous wrote:I knew Robert. Not super well, but we had friends in common. He was such a kind person.

I remember being so confused when my friend called me weeping to tell me Robert had been killed. It just didn’t make sense. I watched episode 1 last night and had the same sense of disbelief I’ve always had about how in the world did this happen to Robert.

It's tragic. I have friends who knew him and Joe in college and I occasionally crossed paths with Joe professionally. Always seemed very tightly wound but normal enough, who could imagine this degree of depravity and betrayal of a long time friend?

To me always seemed like a planned thrill kill with cleaners on standby and the added thrill of racing against the clock. Psychopaths can mask well. Joe had a lot of BDSM images on a work computer at Arent Fox, he liked to push and push the edge.

I hope his widow is doing ok. I do wonder what happened to Victor and Joe's kids, they must be adults by now?

Joe supposedly had a very abusive childhood, sometimes victims can morph into monsters. No idea why the others seemed so in his thrall. Dylan was supposedly doing home massages in FL at one point. Victor is still in marketing, his hurrah was the Got Milk campaign.

The house on Swann has been redone and sold for an eye watering sum before cv.

I also hope that one day Robert will get true justice. I know Covington tried.

[Anonymous]

I listened to a podcast about Robert's murder just before we moved to DC. I can't bear to watch the show, but I read this article from 2010, which was very thorough.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2010/04/20/robert-wone-life-death-and-love/

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Anonymous wrote:I think the theory that they accidentally OD’d him makes sense. Wone might have consented to the injection. They may have been planning to molest him while he was drugged.

It’s too bad you can’t slander the dead from a legal standpoint, because if you could then you just did. I knew Robert. He would not have “consented” to an injection. Go to hell.

[Anonymous]

I have such a hard time thinking Joe suddenly decided to kill a long-time friend. I think this was Dylan's plan and the police totally screwed up by thinking he was the most likely to flip, I think Victor was. I think Dylan talked Joe into some sexual assault/BDSM thing and then either got him to take it too far (premediated plan) or ODed him and got Joe to panic & they decided to kill him. I think Victor may have known about the sexual assault/BDSM thing, but had no idea he was dead and that's why he seems actually distraught when the police arrive.

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Anonymous wrote:I have such a hard time thinking Joe suddenly decided to kill a long-time friend. I think this was Dylan's plan and the police totally screwed up by thinking he was the most likely to flip, I think Victor was. I think Dylan talked Joe into some sexual assault/BDSM thing and then either got him to take it too far (premediated plan) or ODed him and got Joe to panic & they decided to kill him. I think Victor may have known about the sexual assault/BDSM thing, but had no idea he was dead and that's why he seems actually distraught when the police arrive.

The coroner said Robert was still alive when he was stabbed and blood clotted in his intestines. I think these guys clearly did this, its like if there intent was to drug him and rape him but it's so strange they killed him, the coroner said his body showed no signs of a struggle. It's just so bizarre.

[Anonymous]

They each stabbed him once

[Anonymous]

The lack of blood in the room, coupled with the limited time to clean up, is so weird. I wonder if they attacked him in the shower. Horrible however it went down. I hope he gets justice someday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have such a hard time thinking Joe suddenly decided to kill a long-time friend. I think this was Dylan's plan and the police totally screwed up by thinking he was the most likely to flip, I think Victor was. I think Dylan talked Joe into some sexual assault/BDSM thing and then either got him to take it too far (premediated plan) or ODed him and got Joe to panic & they decided to kill him. I think Victor may have known about the sexual assault/BDSM thing, but had no idea he was dead and that's why he seems actually distraught when the police arrive.

+1 I posted the same. I think Victor had some idea that Joe and Dylan had some kind of nefarious plan for that night (though maybe not the full extent of it) and didn’t want to be involved hence he disappeared up to his room to “watch TV” when Robert came over.

[Anonymous]

I drove by that house . Nobody living in there

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Anonymous wrote:The lack of blood in the room, coupled with the limited time to clean up, is so weird. I wonder if they attacked him in the shower. Horrible however it went down. I hope he gets justice someday.

Roberts semen in his own bottom is one of the craziest things I've ever heard.

If they attacked him in the shower he would have defensive wounds, there were none.

[Anonymous]

Can anyone speak to what the best podcast is about this murder? I never have enough time to watch documentaries that I am interested in, but I do tend to have time for podcasts while I commute.