Cellphones sought in murders of D.C. family

WASHINGTON — Search warrants show that the cellphones of three people murdered at a Northwest District of Columbia mansion were missing after the crime.

Unsealed warrants say the cellphones belonging to Amy Savopoulos, 47, Savvas Savopoulos, 46, and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, were taken from the house where they were found dead May 14. Police said they hoped cellphone data might lead to the suspect or suspects.

A cellphone warrant for location information on Jordan Wallace, who delivered $40,000 to the Savopoulos mansion, shows that "IT" received a text from Wallace with "photos of a red lined bag with what appeared to be two bundles of cash."

Police said Wallace was not forthcoming with the details of the delivery, so investigators wanted to see a record of who he had been calling and texting.

The Savopoulos and Figueroa killings have made national headlines after a suspicious fire turned into a homicide investigation when the four bodies were found beaten and stabbed in the $4.5 million home near the vice president's residence at the Naval Observatory.

Detectives believe the four were held captive for about 10 hours beginning May 13, and that Philip Savopoulos, 10, was tortured to force his parents to pay the tens of thousands of dollars.

Suspect in D.C. quadruple mansion murder arrested

Daron Dylon Wint has been arrested and is suspected of torturting and murdering a family and their housekeeper in northwest Washington, D.C. Police say Wint once worked for Savvas Savopoulos at the company he founded.

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Law enforcement launched a manhunt for Darron Wint, 34, who was apprehended in Northeast D.C. after a brief time in New York. Wint is the only person charged in the deaths so far.

More people suspected in DC quadruple murders

Investigators believe that more than one person was involved in the grisly murders of a prominent Washington, D.C., family and their housekeeper and that the four were held captive overnight before being killed.

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Wint, a certified welder, once worked for American Ironworks, the company that Savopoulos founded. He is charged with first-degree murder. DNA from leftover pizza crust initially tied him to the crime, according to authorities. Forensic analysis has matched traces of blood on Wint's shoe to at least one of the murder victims.

Wint's lawyer insists his client is innocent.

After weeks at the scene, investigators left the Savopoulos house on Wednesday. Patrol officers remain at the scene of the murders.

A funeral was held for the Savopoulos family on Monday. Friends and family are raising money to try to send Figueroa's body home to El Salvador for a funeral there.