Steven Aubrey has always been a suspect in the death of Dallas attorney Ira Tobolowsky, police said.
Soon after Tobolowsky’s death, police asked the family whether the lawyer had any enemies. They identified Aubrey and his partner, Brian Vodicka, who in the months leading up to the incident had been on the opposite side of a caustic lawsuit. Tobolowsky and Aubrey met in August 2014 when the attorney represented Aubrey’s mother in a lawsuit Aubrey filed after being written out of her will. Throughout the course of the case, Aubrey allegedly grew increasingly antagonistic toward Tobolowsky.
Aubrey eventually dropped his case. But Tobolowsky filed a defamation lawsuit against Aubrey and Vodicka in the summer of 2015. He also successfully argued that Aubrey should be declared a, which creates guardrails for someone who files countless frivolous lawsuits. Aubrey would no longer be able to sue someone without a judge’s permission.
The case was ongoing when Tobolowsky was killed. After suspicions that the slaying could be connected to the case, police provided the judge presiding over it with extra security. He recused himself about a week after the fire. Tobolowsky’s familyEvidence pointed to a planned attack from someone who knew Tobolowsky, police said. Tobolowsky’s family also discovered a hole in the fence, giving a direct line of vision to the garage.
In the meantime, the couple remained aloof, dodging police when they visited their home and eventually staying in a second apartment they owned in Dallas, D Magazine reported. They were brought in for questioning about a week after the lawyer’s death. Police called in a doctor to assess whether marks on Aubrey’s arm were burns. The doctor’s findings were inconclusive, according to D Magazine.
But in the years that followed, Tobolowsky’s sons did not give up hope. The family started working with private investigators and posted an ad on a billboard over a major Dallas highway offering a $25,000 reward for anyone who came forward with evidence that would lead to an arrest.
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