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    Police ID suspect in quadruple murder through pizza DNA

    The murder suspect was from Guyana and apparently gained some sort of status through joining the military.

    UPDATE -Police ID suspect in quadruple murder through pizza DNA


    Published May 21, 2015
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    May 20, 2015: These photos show Daron Dylan Wint, a suspect in the murder of four people at their home in Northwest Washington D.C. May 14 (Metropolitan Police Department)


    Police in Washington, D.C., issued an arrest warrant late Wednesday for a suspect in the murder of a corporate executive, his wife, their 10-year-old son, and a family housekeeper in their home last week.

    The suspect is named as 34-year-old Daron Dylon Wint. He is charged with first-degree murder while armed. Police told the Washington Post that they did not know his whereabouts.

    WTTG reported late Wednesday that police were seen outside a home in Lanham, Md., where they believe Wint lives with his father. The station reported that Wint has an extensive criminal history that includes traffic violations and charges for domestic violence, burglary and assault.

    Savvas Savopoulos, 46; Amy Savopoulos, 47; their son, Philip, and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, were found dead on the second floor of their burning home in northwest Washington May 14. The home is located in an upscale area just north of Vice President Joe Biden's official residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

    The Post reported, citing three law enforcement officials close to the investigation, that police linked Wint to the murder scene by analyzing DNA from the crust of a Domino's pizza that had been ordered to the house on the night of May 13. The delivery man told WTTG that he delivered two pizzas to the house and was paid with cash left in an envelope outside the front door.

    Authorities believe that the four victims were held at the home against their will overnight before they were killed sometime on May 14.

    Earlier Wednesday, Nelitza Gutierrez, the family's longtime housekeeper, told WTTG that a package containing $40,000 in cash was scheduled to be delivered to the Savopoulos house on the morning of the fire. Gutierrez told the station an assistant was scheduled to drop off the money, which was to be used for the opening of a martial arts center in Chantilly, Va. Gutierrez said she spoke with the person who was supposed to make the delivery and he confirmed he dropped it off at the house on the morning of May 14.

    When firefighters arrived at the home that afternoon, the money was unaccounted for, as was a blue Porsche that was registered to Amy Savopoulos. The vehicle was found late that afternoon in the parking lot of a church in suburban Prince George's County, Md., where it had been torched.

    Shortly after the fire, Gutierrez revealed that she had received a text message that morning telling her not to come into work because the family was sick.

    Sources close to the investigation told WTTG that Savvas and Amy Savopoulos, as well as Figueroa, were all found dead in chairs and were doused with gasoline. Philip Savopoulos was found in his bed, burned beyond recognition and with lacerations to his body.

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    Philip Savopoulos was 10 years old.
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    Investigators believe DC family was held captive before murders, sources say

    Published May 19, 2015
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    Sources close to the investigation into the murders of a married Washington, D.C., couple, their 10-year-old son and their housekeeper reportedly believe the couple was bound and held captive for at least one night before they were brutally killed and their mansion set on fire.

    Savvas Savopoulos, 46, his wife, Amy Savopoulos, 47, their son, Philip, and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, were found dead Thursday afternoon.

    Sources told NBC Washington that authorities believe more than one person was involved in the murders and it’s likely that the killers gained access to the home Wednesday and kept the victims bound for a day until Savvas gave them what they were looking for.
    Neither of the two security cameras at the house picked up any activity related to the incident, sources told Fox 5. Investigators also told the station that there were no signs of forced entry.

    The couple reportedly called and texted another housekeeper to not come to work on the day of the killings.

    Over the weekend, D.C. police released a video of a person of interest in connection to the murders, which took place just blocks away from Vice President Joe Biden’s official residence.

    Authorities said at least three of the victims suffered stab wounds or blunt-force injuries.

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    Fri May 22, 2015 12:18am EDT

    Washington quadruple slaying suspect apprehended

    WASHINGTON | BY IAN SIMPSON

    The suspect in the killing of a Washington businessman and three others found in a torched mansion last week has been taken into custody, police said late on Thursday.

    Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police said just before midnight local time that the man, identified as 34-year-old Daron Dylon Wint, had been apprehended. Police did not immediately provide additional details.


    The bodies of businessman Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, son and housekeeper were found inside the multimillion dollar house in a neighborhood near Vice President Joe Biden's official residence after a fire that police called "very suspicious."


    Earlier on Thursday, Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Wint was believed to be in Brooklyn. He had worked for Savopoulos' construction materials company, American Iron Works.


    Wint has been charged with first-degree murder while armed, authorities said on Wednesday.


    "We do believe that there is a connection between the suspect in this case through the business. Right now it does not appear that this was a random crime," said Lanier, who was flanked by Mayor Muriel Bowser.


    Lanier said police have not ruled out that others may be involved in the murders.


    Savopoulos, 46, his wife, Amy, 47, their son, Phillip, 10, and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, were found dead at the couple's mansion on May 14.


    The Savopouloses' Porsche was found torched in Prince George's County, Maryland, outside Washington.


    Police have said that three of the victims were beaten or stabbed. The Savopoulos family was active in society in the U.S. capital and in charity work.


    The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Wint's DNA had been recovered on the crust of a Domino's pizza that had been delivered to the house. Lanier said she would not discuss evidence.


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    Suspect in Washington DC quadruple homicide arrested

    Suspect in Washington DC quadruple homicide arrested

    Published May 22, 2015
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    The Maryland man wanted for the murders of a corporate executive, his wife, their son, and their housekeeper in an upscale Washington D.C. home was arrested late Thursday.

    Daron Dylon Wint, 34, was taken into custody by members of a fugitive task force without incident in northeast Washington. WTTG reported that Wint was the passenger in a car that had been followed by authorities from a motel in suburban College Park, Md. The station also reported that authorities arrested Wint's brother when they pulled over a box truck that was found to contain a large amount of cash.

    Authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Wint late Wednesday. The warrant charged him with first-degree murder while armed in the deaths of Savvas Savopoulos, 46; his wife Amy, 47; the couple's 10-year-old son Philip, and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57. The four were found dead in the Savolpoulos family's burning home in a wealthy Northwest Washington neighborhood on the afternoon of May 14.

    No other suspects have been identified, but police have not ruled out the possibility that other people were involved in the murders.
    The search for Wint had extended as far north as New York City after D.C. police Chief Cathy Lanier said earlier Thursday that the suspect may have been in Brooklyn. U.S. Marshals Service Commander Rob Fernandez told reporters late Thursday that authorities had tracked Wint to New York Wednesday, but had "barely missed him."

    Police have not revealed a possible motive for why Wint targeted the Savopoulos family. Authorities said Thursday that Wint, a certified welder, worked for Savopoulos' company American Iron Works in the past. Savopoulos was the CEO of American Iron Works, a construction-materials supplier based in Hyattsville, Maryland, that has been involved in major projects in downtown Washington.

    Wint was born and raised in Guyana and moved to the United States in 2000, when he was almost 20 years old, according to court records filed in Maryland. He joined the Marine Corps that same year and received an honorable discharge for medical reasons, the records show. Following his discharge, he worked as a certified welder, the records show.

    Text messages and voicemails from the Savopouloses to their confused and frightened household staff suggest something was amiss in the house many hours before the bodies were found. Authorities believe, based on statements made by the staff, that the four victims were held against their will for several hours before being killed sometime on May 14. Sources told WTTG that Savvos and Amy Savopoulos, as well as Veralicia Figueroa, were found in chairs and doused with gasoline. Philip Savopoulos was found in his bed, covered in lacerations and burned beyond recognition.

    Hours after the fire, the family's blue Porsche turned up in a church parking lot in suburban Maryland. It, too, had been set on fire.
    DNA analysis at a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms lab linked Wint to the crime, a law enforcement official involved in the investigation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity for lack of authorization to discuss the investigation publicly.
    During the family's final hours, someone called Domino's from their house and ordered pizza. The Washington Post reported that the DNA was found on a pizza crust. At a Domino's about 2 miles away, a worker told the AP that a pizza was delivered from there to the mansion that day. The delivery driver who dropped off the pizza told WTTG he was paid in cash placed in an envelope outside the front door.

    Wint was convicted of assaulting one girlfriend in Maryland in 2009, and he pleaded guilty the next year to malicious destruction of property after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her infant daughter, breaking into her apartment, stealing a television and vandalizing her car.

    "I'm going to come over there and kill you, your daughter and friends," Wint told that woman, according to the records. "The defendant advised he was good with a knife and could kill them easily and was not afraid of the police," a detective wrote.
    Also in 2010, Wint was arrested carrying a 2-foot-long machete and a BB pistol outside the American Iron Works headquarters, but weapons charges were dropped after he pleaded guilty to possessing an open container of alcohol.

    Attorney Robin Ficker said Wint didn't seem violent when he defended him in earlier cases.

    "My impression of him -- I remember him rather well -- is that he wouldn't hurt a fly. He's a very nice person," Ficker said.

    A housekeeper who worked for the Savopoulos family for 20 years, Nelitza Gutierrez, told the AP that she believes the family and Figureroa were held captive for nearly a day before they were killed, citing an unusual voice mail she got from Savopoulos and a text message sent from the phone of his wife, telling her not to come to the house.

    Gutierrez said she and Savopoulos spent May 13 cleaning up a martial arts studio he was opening in northern Virginia before his wife called around 5:30 p.m. She could hear his half of the conversation. He later said his wife told him to come home to watch their son because she was going out, Gutierrez said.

    Later that night, sounding flustered, he left Gutierrez a voice mail saying Figueroa would stay with his sick wife overnight, that she shouldn't come the next day, and that Figueroa's phone was dead.

    "It doesn't make any sense. How come you don't have another phone -- iPhones are all over," Gutierrez said. "He was kind of building stories."

    The next morning, Gutierrez received a text message from Amy Savopoulos that read, in part, "I am making sure you are not coming today." She called and texted back and got no response.

    Adding another layer of intrigue to the story, Gutierrez told WTTG an assistant to Savvos Savopoulos dropped off $40,000 in cash at the home on the morning of the fire. She said the money was meant to be used to finance the opening of the martial arts studio. It was not immediately clear if that money was what was found on the box truck when Wint was arrested late Thursday.
    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/22/suspect-in-washington-dc-quadruple-homicide-arrested/

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    Funeral scheduled for family members found slain in burning D.C. home




    The deaths of Savvas and Amy Savopoulos, above, along with their 10-year-old son, Philip, and a housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa, are being investigated as homicides. (Tony Powell/Washington Life Magazine)

    By Justin Jouvenal May 18

    A funeral has been scheduled for June 1 for members of the Savopoulos family, who were found slain inside their D.C. home last week, according to their church.

    Savvas and Amy Savopoulos along with their 10-year-old son, Philip, will be remembered at a service at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Northwest Washington. The funeral is scheduled for noon on June 1.

    Firefighters discovered the bodies of the three, along with a 57-year-old housekeeper, when they were called to battle a blaze at the home on Woodland Drive in Northwest Washington on Thursday.

    Police are investigating all four deaths as homicides and on Saturday released surveillance video of a person of interest.

    Family members of the slain housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa, said they plan to send her body back to her native El Salvador and have her cremated there.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/funeral-scheduled-for-family-members-found-slain-in-burning-dc-home/2015/05/18/5bea5a4c-fd8e-11e4-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html?wprss=rss_local



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    Court Affidavit: Suspect in DC quadruple murder did not act alone

    Published May 22, 2015 FoxNews.com




    NOW PLAYINGHow did cops catch DC quadruple murder suspect?

    Authorities revealed Friday that more than one person must have been responsible for the slayings of four people inside a Washington family's mansion last week.

    A fugitive task force arrested Daron Dylon Wint Thursday night, and took five people who were with him into custody.


    Wint, is the only person currently charged with the murder of Savvas Savopoulos; his wife Amy; their 10-year-old son, Philip; and their housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa.


    "The crimes described in this affidavit required the presence and assistance of more than one person," said a court document made public Friday.


    The document also confirms that thousands of dollars were delivered to the mansion before it was set on fire. Firefighters found all four bodies inside; three of them had been stabbed or bludgeoned.


    The news comes as Wint awaits a court arraignment on Friday afternoon after leading cops on a massive manhunt.


    More on this...





    The multi-state search for the suspect in the horrific murders of a Washington businessman's family and their housekeeper ended late Thursday when police grabbed suspect Daron Dylon Wint and four associates in the nation's capital.

    “Just got him,” D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said shortly before 11:30 p.m.


    The arrest capped a day that began with the revelation Wint had been identified in last week's murders of Savvas Savopoulos, 46; his wife Amy, 47; the couple's 10-year-old son Philip, and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, by DNA left on pizza crust during what may have been an extended home invasion. Police traced Wint, a 34-year-old ex-con from Maryland, to Brooklyn, N.Y., and then back to Washington in the afternoon.


    Federal marshals had been tracking Wint Thursday night from College Park as he traveled in a white Chevrolet Cruze occupied by two unidentified women, police said. The car was following a white box truck, reportedly driven by Wint's brother and with another man inside. Both vehicles were stopped by marshals near 10th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NE, the official said. Police found at least $10,000 in cash in the box truck, and all of the occupants were taken into custody, according to police.


    Wint is accused of storming a Washington mansion near Vice President Biden's residence and owned by Savopoulos, the CEO of an iron works company. There, he allegedly held the family while ordering them to summon a courier with $40,000, then killed all four, dousing them with gasoline before setting the home on fire.


    The four were found dead in the Savolpoulos family's burning home in a wealthy Northwest Washington neighborhood on the afternoon of May 14.


    No other suspects have been identified, but police have not ruled out the possibility that other people were involved in the murders.


    Wint is expected to make his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court Friday afternoon, according to the Washington Post.


    Following Wint's capture, the Savopoulos family released a statement, saying, "We are thankful to law enforcement who have worked so diligently to bring about an arrest in this case."


    "While it does not abate our pain, we hope that it begins to restore a sense of calm and security to our neighborhood and to our city. We are blessed to live in a community comprised of close circles of friends who have supported us and grieve with us," the statement said. "Our family, and Vera's family, have suffered unimaginable loss, and we ask for the time and space to grieve privately."


    Authorities said Thursday that Wint, a certified welder, worked for Savopoulos' company American Iron Works in the past. Savopoulos was the CEO of American Iron Works, a construction-materials supplier based in Hyattsville, Maryland, that has been involved in major projects in downtown Washington.


    Wint was born and raised in Guyana and moved to the United States in 2000, when he was almost 20 years old, according to court records filed in Maryland. He joined the Marine Corps that same year and received an honorable discharge for medical reasons, the records show. Following his discharge, he worked as a certified welder, the records show.


    Text messages and voicemails from the Savopouloses to their confused and frightened household staff suggest something was amiss in the house many hours before the bodies were found.

    Authorities believe, based on statements made by the staff, that the four victims were held against their will for several hours before being killed sometime on May 14. Sources told WTTG that Savvos and Amy Savopoulos, as well as Veralicia Figueroa, were found in chairs and doused with gasoline. Philip Savopoulos was found in his bed, covered in lacerations and burned beyond recognition.


    Hours after the fire, the family's blue Porsche turned up in a church parking lot in suburban Maryland. It, too, had been set on fire.


    DNA analysis at a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms lab linked Wint to the crime, a law enforcement official involved in the investigation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity for lack of authorization to discuss the investigation publicly.


    During the family's final hours, someone called Domino's from their house and ordered pizza. The Washington Post reported that the DNA was found on a pizza crust. At a Domino's about 2 miles away, a worker told the AP that a pizza was delivered from there to the mansion that day. The delivery driver who dropped off the pizza told WTTG he was paid in cash placed in an envelope outside the front door.


    Wint was convicted of assaulting one girlfriend in Maryland in 2009, and he pleaded guilty the next year to malicious destruction of property after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her infant daughter, breaking into her apartment, stealing a television and vandalizing her car.


    "I'm going to come over there and kill you, your daughter and friends," Wint told that woman, according to the records. "The defendant advised he was good with a knife and could kill them easily and was not afraid of the police," a detective wrote.


    Also in 2010, Wint was arrested carrying a 2-foot-long machete and a BB pistol outside the American Iron Works headquarters, but weapons charges were dropped after he pleaded guilty to possessing an open container of alcohol.


    Attorney Robin Ficker said Wint didn't seem violent when he defended him in earlier cases.


    "My impression of him -- I remember him rather well -- is that he wouldn't hurt a fly. He's a very nice person," Ficker said.


    A housekeeper who worked for the Savopoulos family for 20 years, Nelitza Gutierrez, told the AP that she believes the family and Figureroa were held captive for nearly a day before they were killed, citing an unusual voicemail she got from Savopoulos and a text message sent from the phone of his wife, telling her not to come to the house.


    Gutierrez said she and Savopoulos spent May 13 cleaning up a martial arts studio he was opening in northern Virginia before his wife called around 5:30 p.m. She could hear his half of the conversation. He later said his wife told him to come home to watch their son because she was going out, Gutierrez said.


    Later that night, sounding flustered, he left Gutierrez a voice mail saying Figueroa would stay with his sick wife overnight, that she shouldn't come the next day, and that Figueroa's phone was dead.


    "It doesn't make any sense. How come you don't have another phone -- iPhones are all over," Gutierrez said. "He was kind of building stories."


    The next morning, Gutierrez received a text message from Amy Savopoulos that read, in part, "I am making sure you are not coming today." She called and texted back and got no response.


    Adding another layer of intrigue to the story, Gutierrez told WTTG an assistant to Savvos Savopoulos dropped off $40,000 in cash at the home on the morning of the fire. She said the money was meant to be used to finance the opening of the martial arts studio. It was not immediately clear if that money was what was found on the box truck when Wint was arrested late Thursday.


    A funeral service for the Savopoulos family is June 1 at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington. Family members of Figueroa said they plan to send her body back to her native El Salvador and have her buried there. A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money for her funeral.

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