The main suspect in the killings of an affluent family and their housekeeper in Washington D.C. has been arrested.
According to CNN, authorities almost apprehended Daron Dylon Wint, in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Wednesday night. They then tracked his movements back to the D.C. area and took him in to custody just a few miles from a Howard Johnson hotel in College Park, Maryland on Thursday night, where he was spotted earlier in the day, Cmdr. Robert Fernandez with the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Police believe Daron Dylon Wint, 34, fled to Brooklyn, N.Y. after he allegedly tortured and murdered his former boss Savvas Savopoulos, his wife Amy Savopoulos, their son Philip Savopoulos and one of their housekeepers, Veralicia Figueroa on May 13. He then allegedly set their $4.5 million mansion ablaze the following morning.
Wint was sitting in the back of a Chevy Cruze and arrested upon leaving the vehicle. Five other people he was with in the car, three males and two females, were also taken into custody. It's not yet known if they are connected to the four killings.
"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," the Savopoulos family said in a statement.
Police were able to identify Wint as a suspect because they found his DNA on a piece of pizza crust that was found in the home after the fire. A source told CNN the four victims were already dead when the fire started. Reportedly, they were all bound with duct tape and suffered from blunt force trauma. The source added that there is evidence that Philip, the family's 10-year-old son and youngest victim, had been stabbed and tortured.
Beyond that, details on what actually happened overnight in the mansion while the victims were being held against their will are slim. Wint's motive is believed to be money, as reports say one of Savopoulos' assistants dropped off $40,000 while Wint was holding the victims.
