Posted on 05/21/2015 7:25:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
D.C. police said late Wednesday that they have identified a suspect in the killings of Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, young son and housekeeper, who authorities believe were held captive in the family’s Northwest Washington home.
Police said they had obtained a warrant for the arrest of Daron Dylon Wint, who they said is 34 and is from Maryland. They said they do not know his whereabouts.
The stunning break in the case came after police matched Wint to DNA found on the crust of a Domino’s pizza that had been ordered to the house the night of May 13, as the victims were being held, according to three law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation
The next morning, Savvas Savopoulos’s personal assistant dropped off a package containing $40,000 in cash at the home, according to the officials and police documents.
Hours later, the multimillion-dollar house was on fire, and the four occupants were dead. When firefighters arrived that afternoon, the cash was gone, as was a blue Porsche owned by the family. The vehicle was found later that day, torched in a church parking lot in Prince George’s County.
Information about the money drop adds a perplexing new dimension to a case that has riveted Upper Northwest Washington as well as the District’s business and society circles with which the couple had been intimately involved. Savvas Savopoulos, 46; Amy Savopoulos, 47; their 10-year-old son, Philip; and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, all were killed.
Law enforcement officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said detectives think that the family and housekeeper had been held overnight in the home near the vice president’s mansion and that at one point they may have been bound.
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Meanwhile, in Memphis, some white woman is on her knees asking forgiveness for the sins of her ancestors while the black guy is just wanting to go to the store. ("Crazy white broads.")
The $40,000 question!
If only there was a gun in the house we might have had a different outcome.
ROPers are a special brand of lowlife which doesn't mind crossing the child killing/raping line.
Yeah. Reminds me of the murder of the Petit family up in Connecticut a few years ago. Just awful.
Ever notice that when black criminals get power and control over a white family or white people on a date, they inflict the most evil torture on them before they kill them in the most sadistic way possible?
I have known of white criminals doing the same, but it seems to me that more and more black criminals are doing this.
I’m just guessing, but I imagine he ordered the father to call his assistant to deliver the money under threat of killing the others....................
Huh? Tell me more about Memphis.
That where I left, I need not say why. I believe those perps have now escaped the death penalty — thank you liberal trash in Hartford.
Maybe, maybe not. I know there is a nearly universal ‘jailhouse justice’ for killing children, but it is not reliable..............
Was thinking the same thing - inside job somehow?
I doubt he will be tried in Federal court - there would need to be a federal "hook" to bring the case from D.C. Superior court over into Federal court, and Federal prosecutions for murder are pretty rare outside of the terrorism/organized crime context.
D.C. itself does not have the death penalty.
“Sounds like a nasty kidnap for ransom as the thug killer was probably not a business associate of the now dead father.”
I think there’s more to this awful story to come out. The thug must have either researched this guy or had an informant about the family - somebody at the business or a relative of the house cleaner. Thugs don’t study.
Did he do all this by himself?
And what about the businessman? He ran an ironworks company, but had 40 grand at work (probably) and a very expensive art collection. He also could afford to send two daughters to an exclusive boarding school, plus his other big expenses in his home and car. Ironworks businesses must make a lot more money than I believe.
If Obama had a son...
I believe the CT monsters are still technically sentenced to death, though it is highly unlikely they will ever be executed - the last two executions in Connecticut took place in 1960 and 2005 (the 2005 execution was for murders that took place in 1981-1984).
The CT legislature passed a bill to abolish the death penalty in 2009, but the (Republican) governor vetoed it, citing the Cheshire murderers. The legislature passed another bill to abolish the death penalty in 2011, which the (Democrat) governor signed, but the bill applies only to future sentences, not those currently on death row.
Black thug, white child? I wouldn't hold your breath.
Hey even in the lock-up, there are those who break the law that is white also, so he could face prision justice.
He'll wind-up with a crushed windpipe.
I wasn’t sure what the laws were regarding DC law and federal law, but thanks for the clarification.
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