Daron Dylan Wint wanted in the murder case of Savvas Savopoulos’ household.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: A suspect has been identified by authorities in the quadruple-homicide and arson that rocked a wealthy Washington D.C. neighborhood last week.
Police issued a warrant late Wednesday night for 34-year-old Daron Dylan Wint, who is wanted on a murder charge connected to the deaths of 46-year-old Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, 47-year-old Amy Savopoulos, their 10-year-old son Philip, and their 57-year-old housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa.
Investigators suspect they were tied up, doused in gasoline and tortured in an attempt to extort money from Savopoulos, who was the head of a major industrial company, American Iron Works, Inc.
According to The Washington Post’s unnamed sources within the D.C. police department, the astounding break in the case came after Wint’s DNA was 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.
The very next morning, The Post and a Washington-based NBC station both reported Savvas Savopoulos’s personal assistant dropped off a package containing $40,000 in cash at the home.
Mere hours later, the multimillion-dollar mansion — located in the 3200 block of Woodland Drive NW — was set alight and its occupants immolated.
When firefighters arrived, the cash was gone along with a blue Porsche owned by the family. The stolen vehicle’s smoking husk was discovered at a Prince George’s County, Maryland, parking lot later that day, torched just like the house and abandoned.
Authorities believe the four victims were slain prior to the house being set ablaze. A police source informed CNN that the victims had been bound with duct tape and showed evidence of suffering blunt force trauma. At least one of the four showed signs of additional, yet to be identified, torture.
Court documents dredged by WTTG-Fox 5 revealed Wint has an extensive criminal history in Prince George’s County; previous charges include domestic violence, assault, and burglary. A woman who identified herself as the suspect’s sister told the local Fox affiliate that Wint has been in trouble in the past, but she was surprised to learn that he’s been accused of a crime so serious.
Police are appealing to the public for help in locating Wint, who hails from Lanham, Md., about 15 miles from the Savopouloses’ home in Washington D.C. He is described as a black male, approximately 5’7″ tall and weighing about 155 pounds.
Wint is considered armed-and-dangerous, and NBC reported that he may have fled to the New York City-area.