Cousin of Mansion Murders Suspect Made Threats: CNN

By MARY ANN BARTON

CNN reports that the Lanham man named a 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, son Philip, 10, and housekeeper Vera Figueroa, were all found murdered in their Northwest DC mansion 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 Prince George’s County. 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.

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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 motive for the killings was reportedly money. Police say $40,000 was delivered to the home the day of the murders by an assistant to Savopoulos. Wint, a welder, had worked for American Iron Works at one time.

Wint moved to the United States from Guyana in 2000 and joined the U.S. Marines in 2001; Wint received a medical discharge from the Marines a few months later, the New York Times reported.

»PHOTOS of Daron Wint of Lanham, MD, courtesy of DC Police Department