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DC mansion murders – Additional DNA evidence links 35-year-old Darron Wint to D.C. quadruple slaying: prosecutors

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><section id&equals;"top-content" class&equals;"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-10 col-xs-10 col-xs-offset-1 col-sm-offset-1 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"fEGrIQ1zXX4M0q" class&equals;"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-topper">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"border-bottom-off border-bottom-">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"article-topper" class&equals;"article-topper">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"headline-kicker"><strong>Suspected burglar&comma; murderer and arsonist&comma; Daron Wint<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"topper-headline-wrapper" class&equals;"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-9">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Daron Wint 35&comma; previously charged with kidnap and killing of DC millionaire Savvas Savopoulos&comma; his wife Amy&comma; son Philip and their housekeeper&comma; Veralicia Figueroa in their Northwest Washington mansion<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Prosecutors say additional DNA evidence link him to D&period;C&period; quadruple slaying <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">In connection with each victim&comma; Wint is charged with mulitple counts including first-degree burglary&comma; extortion&comma; arson and first-degree theft&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Cops say the four victims were held captive and tortured overnight &lbrack;18 hours&rsqb; <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">The attacker&lbrack;s&rsqb; fled with &dollar;40&comma;000 in ransom money delivered to the home in a posh DC neighborhood <&sol;span><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-90385" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;savvas-savopoulos1&period;png" alt&equals;"savvas-savopoulos1" width&equals;"677" height&equals;"452" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"main-content" class&equals;"col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-xs-offset-0 col-sm-offset-0 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"fDFKh01zXX4M0q" class&equals;"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"article-body" class&equals;"article-body">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"inline-content inline-photo inline-photo-normal horizontal-photo modal-0"><strong><span class&equals;"pb-caption">DC area businessman Savvas Savopoulos&comma; his wife&comma; son and their housekeeper&comma; Veralicia Figueroa&comma; were killed&period; The home was torched as the suspect&comma; a 35-year-old former employee&comma; got away with a &dollar;40&comma;000 ransom<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<article>Nearly a year and half after the bodies of three member of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper were found inthe posh&comma; upper Northwest Washington home that had been set on fire&comma; federal prosecutors tightened the noose around the sole indictee who nine months was charged with 20 counts including first-degree murder&comma; burglary and kidnapping&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; D&period;C&period; prosecutors said DNA evidence found on five objects links a suspect to the brutal 2015 slayings of three members of the family and their housekeeper before the Northwest Washington DC home was set ablaze&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities previously have said that the suspect’s DNA was found on a pizza crust at the scene as well as on a neon-green construction vest that was inside a blue Porsche stolen from the home&period; They did not say where else his genetic material was found&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Although authorities initially said they believed that at least one other accomplice might have been involved in the killings&comma; no additional arrests have been made&period; So far&comma; 35-year-old Daron Wint is the sole person charged in the 2015 killings of businessman Savvas Savopoulos&comma; 46 and his wife Amy&comma; 47&period; Their 10-year-old Philip who was home with his parents&comma; as well as&comma; their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa&comma; 57&comma; were also killed&period; Two grownup daughters&comma; away at college at the time are the only survivors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police discovered the bodies May 14 last year&comma; after firefighters were called to the home to investigate a fire&period; In February&comma; Wint of Lanham&comma; Md&period;&comma; was charged with multiple counts of murder and other crimes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Darron Wint has pleaded not guilty&period;<img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-90388" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;amy-savopoulos1&period;png" alt&equals;"Amy Savopoulos1&period;png" width&equals;"657" height&equals;"444" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Police suspect Amy Savopoulos and her family were tortured in a 18 hour ordeal before the home invaders made off with the ransom money<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>During a brief hearing in D&period;C&period; Superior Court&comma; Judge José López said trial is scheduled to begin in 2018&comma; partly because the defense needed time to sort through the massive amounts of forensic testing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police have said that the four victims were held captive over the evening of May 13&comma; 2015&comma; and that the attacker&lbrack;s&rsqb; fled with &dollar;40&comma;000 in ransom money that had been delivered to the home&comma; in the 3200 block of Woodland Drive NW Washington DC&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The vicious nature of the murders and arson shook the normally crime free&comma; upscale D&period;C&period; neighborhood near the vice president’s residence at the Naval Observatory&period; <span class&equals;"pb-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-90391" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;veralicia-figueroa1&period;png" alt&equals;"Veralicia Figueroa1&period;png" width&equals;"783" height&equals;"513" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"inline-content inline-photo-left modal-1"><strong>House keeper Veralicia Figueroa&comma; was also killed in the home invasion<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"article-body" class&equals;"article-body">&NewLine;<article>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"interstitial-link"><i><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-90397" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;burnt-out-savopoulos-home1&period;png" alt&equals;"Burnt out Savopoulos home1&period;png" width&equals;"682" height&equals;"680" &sol;><&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6>The house in Northwest Washington <strong>where business mogul Savvas Savopoulos&comma; his wife and 10-year-old son were killed along with their housekeeper&period; Police discovered the bodies after firefighters were called to the home to investigate a blaze&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Darron Wint&comma; once worked for a Savopoulos family business&comma; American Iron Works as did some other members of his family&period; He was later fired for reasons not specified&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At least two previously scheduled hearings for Wint&comma; earlier this year were canceled as investigators and prosecutors continued to investigate the case&period; Partly because the case&comma; involves a lengthy investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol&comma; Tobacco&comma; Firearms and Explosives&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wint was charged with more than one count of murder in connection with each victim&comma; including murder during a kidnapping and murder during a burglary&period; He also is charged with first-degree burglary&comma; extortion&comma; arson and first-degree theft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;

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