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Then in October and November came the arrests of all three occupants of that townhouse on charges of obstruction of justice: Joseph Price, a law partner at Arent Fox and former general counsel for Equality Virginia who attended the College of William and Mary with Wone; Victor Zaborsky, former marketing manager for the International Dairy Foods Association and Price's domestic partner; and Dylan Ward, a massage therapist and former spokesman for Equality Virginia, who was also Price's former lover.
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According to the police affidavit made public at the end of October, Ward, Price and Zaborsky all stated that the night of the murder was the first Wone had spent at their home.
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Joseph Price, a law partner at Arent Fox and former general counsel for Equality Virginia who attended the College of William and Mary with Wone; Victor Zaborsky, former marketing manager for the International Dairy Foods Association and Price's domestic partner; and Dylan Ward, a massage therapist and former spokesman for Equality Virginia, who was also Price's former lover.
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According to the police affidavit made public at the end of October, Ward, Price and Zaborsky all stated that the night of the murder was the first Wone had spent at their home.
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Two paramedics who arrived at the scene found Ward, Zaborsky, and Price's behavior unusual and suspicious.
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Zaborsky had called 911 at 11:49 p.m., yet Wone appeared to have already been dead for some time by the time paramedics arrived.
The 911 operator had specifically told Zaborsky that they should hold towels to Wone's chest wounds, yet there was no sign that any of the men had done so.
Upon the paramedics' arrival, Zaborsky was wearing a bathrobe, standing near the home's entrance and talking on a cellphone.
He ignored the paramedic despite being asked, "What's going on?
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According to the warrant, Ward, Price, and Zaborsky all stated that August 2, 2006 was the first time Wone had spent the night at their home and that Wone was heterosexual.
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There is no word on whether murder charges will be brought, or whether Joseph Price or Victor Zaborsky will also be arrested.
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created a stir in the neighborhood and among gay activists who know Price and Zaborsky.
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Deacon Maccubbin, owner of the Lambda Rising gay bookstore chain, said Price and Zaborsky are a well-known couple in gay rights circles in the D.C. metropolitan area.
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According to the USA Today story, a Silver Spring, Md., lesbian couple gave birth to two children, one fathered by Price and the other by Zaborsky
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The civil suit was filed against Dylan M. Ward, 38, who was arraigned on an obstruction of justice charge yesterday, and Joseph Price, 37, and Victor J. Zaborsky, 42, who were arraigned last week on the same charge.
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The affidavit goes into vivid detail concerning Wone's murder and reconstructs the case, ultimately reaching the conclusion that Price, Zaborsky and Ward "obstructed justice by altering and orchestrating the crime scene, planting evidence, delaying the reporting of the murder to the authorities and lying to the police about the true circumstances of the murder."
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Price, Zaborsky and Ward, who were in a sexual relationship together, delayed reporting Wone's death to police,
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there existsoverwhelming evidence, far in excess of probable cause, that all three - Price, Zaborsky, and Ward - obstructedjustice by altering and orchestrating the crime scene, planting evidence, delaying the reporting of the murder tothe authorities, and lying to the police about the true circumstances of the murder when interviewed by theauthorities in the immediate aftermath of the homicide.
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The fact that Mr. Wone's semen was found onand around his genitals, on his anus, and in his rectum is consistent with a sexual assault of some kind, especiallyin light of the assertions of Price, Zaborsky and Ward that Mr. Wone was heterosexual and had showered rightbefore going to bed in the guestroom.