Suspect in Mansion Murders Has Cousin Who Made Threats: CNN

CNN reports that the suspect in the DC mansion murders has a cousin who was fired from the company run by slain father Savvas Savopoulos.

Savopoulos, 46, and his wife, Amy, child Philip, 10, and housekeeper Vera Figueroa, were all found murdered in their Northwest DC mansion Thursday, May 14, when firefighters found them while putting out a blaze at the home.

DC Police have taken Daron Dylon Wint, 34, into custody in D.C. on charges of First Degree Felony Murder in the DC mansion murders. Wint is a resident of Lanham, Md. Investigators have said that Wint had help with the murders.

CNN reports that Wint has a cousin who was fired from American Iron Works, which was owned by Savopoulos.

Sources told the cable TV network that Wint’s cousin threatened to burn the place down after he was fired. The company got a restraining order barring him from the premises, the sources told CNN.

It was DNA left on a crust of leftover pizza at the mansion that led police to Wint, according to the Washington Post. Domino’s PIzza was delivered the night before the murders to the DC mansion while the family was reportedly being held captive, according to police.

The case was recently featured on ABC’s “20/20.”

PHOTOS of Wint courtesy of DC Police Department