murder murdered washington august home college friend years old time lawyer living suburban virginia working general counsel downtown washington stayed night home friends located mile office according police believed restrained sexually assaulted death murder committed unknown residents home price days murder police alleged crime scene charges filed years late police charged price ward justice conspiracy related alleged crime scene men acquitted charges june charged killing november widow filed death lawsuit price ward suit settled august undisclosed sum agreement crime late august fatally stabbed staying overnight washington owned domestic partner lived thomas relationship family gone price residence approximately working late arranged days neighbors reported hearing scream later identified arrived minutes later followed police price wife pronounced dead august price ward initially spoke police attorneys video recordings interviews shown subsequent conspiracy trial denied involvement death speculated killed denied sexual relationship family described straight happily married men attended funeral price served worked time called kind gentle man killed horrible ways investigation responding emergency found residents calm behavior unusual screaming helping direct according ward attorney detectives interrogated night murder informed main suspects case asked sexually charged questions days murder gay lesbian liaison unit police called unit head sgt declined discuss unit involvement weeks murder police publicly alleged crime scene investigators spent weeks examining detail removing pieces walls staircase washing machine sink traps allegations area body cleaned revealed support search warrant offices law firm fox months death price brother accomplice residence took electronic equipment individuals including price brother charged charges later dropped police revealed preparing arrest murder case plans police revealed arrest target charge filed lack progress august washington_post reported frustration fbi crime lab trying times continue wait fbi complete analysis samples taken year case transferred separate prosecutors earning status attorneys office year anniversary death held press conference appeal public assistance finding killer public comment case press conference holder publicly pleaded residents provide additional information saying need ask provided police information know interested parties anniversary death criticize deemed police investigation contrast anniversary murder press conference second anniversary family police statements press arrests charges justice charge filed october moved florida living home owned price november price arrested charged justice men later released pending trial subject electronic monitoring december additional charges conspiracy filed men hearing electronic monitoring restrictions defendants ended prosecutors announced possibility charges related evidence filed future filed authorities supporting arrest warrant ward showed investigators concluded men telling truth happened report states evidence demonstrates restrained sexually assaulted murdered inside street exists overwhelming evidence far excess probable cause price ward justice altering crime scene planting evidence delaying reporting murder authorities lying police true circumstances murder lawyers accused men called speculation assumptions irrelevant comments maintain clients innocence price domestic partners price previously sexual relationship ward washington attorney opined release extensively detailed intended turn presumably ward indicated prosecutors lacked sufficient evidence charge additional crimes cooperation witness officials believe knife kitchen blood placed near body duplicate knife missing set found ward bedroom consistent wounds body autopsy revealed evidence degree marks neck chest foot hand found blood lack evidence struggle led investigators suspect injected agent dogs found blood trap drain detectives believe evidence washed area dried wet clothes columnist reported criticism medical failure test exotic drugs sample blood later testing detectives failure follow trap attracted dog attention price lawyer challenged timing said civil suit looked questioned prosecutors family attorneys acting concert april prosecutors disclosed drafted time prosecutors believed dead independent criminal law attorney noted defense argue consistent claim murder happened quickly long drawn effort sexually assault killed government alleging previously court filing indicated government intended release personal profile price allegedly sexually oriented web site specializing practices formal defense conspiracy case began june concluded defendants judge found men guilty charges conspiracy justice evidence june explaining ruling hour bench stated personally believed men knew killed convinced reasonable doubt committed offenses charged civil lawsuit november widow filed death lawsuit men largely based police lawsuit alleged defendants failure rescue injured defendants destruction evidence murder defendants conspiracy destroy evidence police investigation murder suit settled august undisclosed sum agreement prior nomination united_states attorney general advised widow pro basis aftermath death proven washington mysterious homicide cases listed case light arrests crime stories stated case captured interest gay community occurred inside home prominent gay male couple march story crime highlighted website investigative efforts amateur live neighborhood death multiple organizations established scholarships memorials including service annual area law schools including headquarters administered national capital region robert clinical fellowship including room law school october family friends gathered field mary benches chinese trees robert memory plaques benches read rest enjoy wonderful world reference favorite songs wonderful world victim june august fourth generation chinese american born manhattan raised brooklyn new_york graduating class attended mary met senior academic year price shared activities including honor society student government leadership positions price graduated published opinion piece written criticizing prior article william graduating received law degree honors subsequently served law clerk judge virginia later worked commercial real estate law years associate washington firm public service responsibilities law firm served general counsel june married couple lived june months killed left hired general counsel active asian american community supporting organizations americas time death president elect
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