Washington D.C. Mansion Murders: Suspect in Brooklyn, DNA Linked to Pizza Found in Burned Home

Police announced Thursday that the main suspect connected to a house fire that took the lives of four people last week in Washington D.C is currently in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The evidence that authorities needed to link Daron Dylon Wint, of Maryland, to the murders of 46-year-old Savvas Savopoulos, Amy Savopoulos, their son Philip Savopoulos and one of the family's housekeepers, Veralicia Figueroa, came from DNA on the crust of a Domino's pizza that was found in the burned home, according to The Washington Post.

Law enforcement officials believe Wint, who is wanted on first-degree murder charges, ordered the pizza to the mansion the night before it was set ablaze and that he ate it will torturing the four victims overnight.

Sources told CNN details of what Wint did to the victims:

"The victims all suffered from blunt force trauma. Authorities believe the all four were killed before the house - located in a tony, embassy-dotted neighborhood near the home of Vice President Joe Biden - was set ablaze, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

The source said the victims were bound with duct tape and signs that Philip had been stabbed and tortured before he was set on fire."

The following morning, Savvas Savopoulos's personal assistant came to the home to deliver $40,000 to Wint. After he received the money, police believe Wint set fire to the D.C. house. Sources also told CNN that investigators believe money was the motive in the crime and that Wint probably was not working alone.

Wint, who in the past has faced theft, assault and sexual offense charges, had a history with Savvas Savopoulos. At one time, he was employed by American Iron Works, a Maryland-based building materials manufacturer that Savopoulos was CEO and president of, Washington D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Thursday. The connection to the family explains why there was no reported break- in or forced entry at the home.

Mary Ellen O'Toole, a retired FBI profiler, told CBS News that Wint should be considered dangerous and a sociopath based on how he was "very detached from the agony the victims were going through."

Wint is still at-large.

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Washington D.C., Murder, Mansion, Fire, Brooklyn, New York, Maryland
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