D.C. Mansion Murder Suspect Had Help In Slaying Of Family: Authorities
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — Authorities in the nation's capital on Friday said more than one person is responsible for the slayings of four people inside a Washington mansion last week.
Suspect Daron Dylon Wint, 34, appeared in court Friday, after a fugitive task force arrested him Thursday night and took five people who were with him into custody, CBS2's Dick Brennan reported.
The five people picked up with Wint have been released.
Multiple NYPD sources say they believe Wint traveled to his girlfriend's Brooklyn apartment immediately after the murders, but believe he left the area sometime Thursday afternoon. Police sources say Wint took a cab to D.C. where he was apprehended Thursday evening.
"After doing some interviews around the location, we figured out that he had been there and probably had been there since Sunday or Monday," U.S. Marshal Cmdr. Rob Fernandez said. "We're not certain, but he left as soon as he saw his face on the news."
Police earlier had believed claims that Wint had come to Brooklyn were unfounded.
Wint is the only person currently charged with the murder of Savvas Savopoulos; his wife Amy; their 10-year-old son, Philip; and their housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa. Police used DNA from a pizza crust to link Wint to the murders.
But a court document suggested investigators aren't done making arrests. It says "the crimes described in this affidavit required the presence and assistance of more than one person."
Court documents showed thousands of dollars were delivered to the mansion where the family lived before the killings took place.
Robin Ficker, a former attorney for Wint, could not believe his onetime client would do such a thing.
"I know him to be a kind, gentle, non-aggressive person," Ficker said. "Someone you wouldn't mind your grandmother going to lunch with. He's not the guy that did this."
Documents said three of the victims were stabbed or bludgeoned. The family's two teenage daughters were away at boarding school at the time.
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