Unsolved murder of DC lawyer Robert Wone 'stranger than fiction,' doc reveals: 'Deeply troubling'

It was 2006 erstwhile a salient Washington, D.C., lawyer was recovered stabbed to decease astatine a friend’s location – but location was hardly immoderate blood.

Robert Wone had 3 cleanable slits connected his chest, including 1 that had pierced his heart. According to 1 paramedic, it appeared that nan 32-year-old’s assemblage had been showered and "redressed" earlier being placed successful a bed. Yet to this day, authorities person yet to find what happened connected nan nighttime Wone died.

The unsolved execution is nan taxable of a caller true-crime documentary presently disposable for streaming connected Peacock titled "Who Killed Robert Wone?," which includes caller interviews pinch investigators and others intimately connected to nan case. It besides features unseen footage of nan interrogation involving nan 3 cardinal figures surviving astatine nan three-story townhouse wherever nan slaying occurred.

The mysterious circumstances of Robert Wone's unsolved execution is being explored successful a caller true-crime documentary. (Peacock)

"It’s 1 of those stories that’s alien than fiction," head Jared P. Scott told Fox News Digital. "It’s a execution enigma wherever you person each these group who are trying to unravel nan truth… And we’ve ne'er seen thing for illustration this before. This promising young man spends nan nighttime pinch 3 friends. And astir 79 minutes aft arriving astatine their house, 1 of those friends called 911 saying ‘Robert has been stabbed.’ It was each a very overseas scene."

It was a summertime evening erstwhile Wone, who was moving agelong hours successful Washington, was unsure of hitting nan roadworthy precocious astatine nighttime to caput location to his wife, Kathy Wone, successful Virginia. Instead, he decided to enactment overnight pinch his assemblage friend, chap lawyer Joseph Price, who offered him a impermanent room.

However, Wone did not make it to nan morning. That night, housemate Victor Zaborsky called nan police, requesting an ambulance. An EMS worker astatine nan segment instantly felt things were "very wrong." While Wone had a ample spread successful his thorax large capable to "fit your digit into," location was nary humor connected nan unfortunate aliases moreover nan floor.  No humor was coming from immoderate of nan 3 wounds. There were besides nary signs of disarray successful nan location aliases room. The spot appeared tidy. Nothing valuable was taken.

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Authorities ruled that Robert Wone died of nan stab wounds and his mode of decease was homicide. (Peacock)

According to tribunal documents, it appeared arsenic if Wone, who was lying level connected his backmost connected a pull-out sofa that had been made up arsenic a bed, had been dormant for immoderate time. His caput was connected nan pillow and his arms were down astatine his sides. A ray movie of humor pinch striation marks implied that personification whitethorn person taken a towel and wiped down his chest.

While Wone was wearing a t-shirt and gym shorts, his different apparel were folded neatly nearby. To stunned investigators, it seemed arsenic if nary convulsive struggle had occurred. While a weapon was found, authorities later wished that nan leaf was excessively ample to person been utilized arsenic nan execution weapon.

"What amazed maine nan astir while exploring this lawsuit was nan almost never-ending specifications of it, which led to chaotic speculation," Scott explained. "I’m shocked astatine really galore things you tin estimate successful nan people of 79 minutes."

Robert Wone was killed wrong 1509 Swann Street. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"There was a batch we unraveled successful trying to put nan pieces of nan puzzle together, successful trying to make consciousness of what happened," Scott shared. "It’s a chaotic story, but you don’t want to suffer show of nan victim, which is Robert. It was important to advocator connected his behalf."

Zaborsky, Price and Dylan Ward, who appeared to person precocious showered, told authorities it was an intruder who killed Wone. They described proceeding a personification heading down nan stairs of their home. When they went to investigate, they overheard a bid of grunts coming from nan impermanent room.

According to nan men, an intruder must person entered nan spot from nan backmost door. It had been near open, and it could beryllium reached if you jumped complete nan plot fence. However, their claims were dismissed owed to a deficiency of evidence.

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Prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said retired astir nan puzzling circumstances of Robert Wone's mysterious death, which still haunts loved ones today. (Peacock)

The trio was charged pinch obstruction of justness successful 2008. Defense lawyer Bernie Grimm, who besides said retired successful nan documentary, based on that nan constabulary did not thoroughly analyse nan anticipation of an intruder. According to reports, Wone’s widow filed a wrongful decease lawsuit against them that year. They pleaded nan Fifth Amendment.

Joseph Price, left, and Dylan Ward, right, were 2 of nan 3 men accused of covering up nan execution of Robert Wone successful 2006. (Photo by Mark Gail/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

According to reports, nan 3 men were successful a polyamorous relationship. The theories intensified erstwhile constabulary uncovered an assortment of activity toys that, to them, appeared for illustration torture instruments. Consequently, they wondered if Wone could person been sexually assaulted and restrained earlier being murdered.

Puncture marks recovered connected Wone’s assemblage led investigators to besides judge that he could person been injected pinch a drug, which would person caused Wone to beryllium paralyzed earlier being killed. However, an investigation concluded that nary of nan items successful mobility were linked to Wone’s death. An autopsy study concluded that nary narcotics were recovered successful Wone’s system.

District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services staffer Jeff Baker reflected connected really Robert Wone's friends reacted to his abrupt death. (Peacock)

The trio adamantly denied their engagement successful Wone’s death. They support that their friend was killed by an intruder. In 2010, they were recovered not blameworthy of obstruction and tampering charges. In 2011, nan trio and Wone’s widow settled for an undisclosed sum.

Scott said that he reached retired to nan men successful hopes that they would speak retired connected camera. He noted that while they person ne'er spoken to nan media, nan connection to stock their accounts was ever there. The lawyer that represented nan men during their proceedings did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

"The thought that they would speak retired now was ne'er thing that we expected," Scott admitted. "… [But] there’s nary inducement for them to speak retired either… We reached out, but ultimately, we ne'er heard thing back. I can’t estimate why. But we did our owed diligence arsenic storytellers. And this was nary exception."

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Defense lawyer Bernie Grimm besides said retired astir nan lawsuit of Robert Wone successful nan two-part documentary. (Peacock)

The lawsuit remains unsolved. Scott is hopeful that nan movie will promote anyone pinch accusation to travel forward.

"I wish location was much footage of Robert," Scott reflected. "You spot him grin successful these photos and by each accounts, he was a witty, lukewarm and benignant young man, an almost too-good-to-be-true benignant of guy. He conscionable seemed to beryllium this cleanable guy. He had truthful overmuch going for him. He was well-respected. He was destined to do awesome things. It’s conscionable profoundly troubling and sad what happened to him."

Victor Zaborsky, left, is seen present stepping down his lawyer Thomas G. Connolly, center, arsenic they near nan courthouse connected June 29, 2010, successful Washington, D.C. All 3 of nan defendants successful nan Robert Wone conspiracy proceedings were recovered not blameworthy by a District of Columbia Superior Court judge. (Photo by Mark Gail/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"You don’t want to get mislaid successful nan bizarre circumstances of his decease – this baffling, bizarre stranger-than-fiction story," he shared. "But his life was taken astatine specified a young age. I want group to retrieve who Robert was. I want group to cognize that justness has not been served for Robert, for his family, for his friends. And there’s still nan opportunity for that to return place."