DC Mansion Murders: Police Considering Second Suspect?

By MARY ANN BARTON

Is there an additional suspect in the D.C. mansion murders besides the Prince George’s County man already in jail?

Search warrants show that DC police are looking closely at the assistant to Savvas Savopoulos, according to several media reports including CBS.

The prime suspect is Daron Dylon Wint, 34, of Lanham, who is in custody.

Savopoulos, 46, was found dead May 14 in his burning mansion on Woodland Drive in northwest D.C., along with his wife Amy, 47, son Philip, 10 and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57.

Savvas Savopoulos was CEO of American Iron Works.

Search warrants show that police are looking closely at Jordan Wallace, 28, an assistant to Savopoulos, who delivered $40,000 to the home before it went up in flames, according to the report by CBS. Wallace has told investigators that he was responding to his boss when he made the delivery.

Police say Wallace “lied or changed his account,” the CBS report says, including including “how he received the package, where he left [it] and when he was told to get the package.”

In addition, The Washington Post reports that text messages discovered by police show that Wallace sent a message to Savopoulos the day before the murders that said: “Got your message, I’ll call you once I get the package.”

On the morning of May 14, the day of the murders, he sent a photo of the cash to an unidentified woman, the Post reported. “Daaaamn,” she wrote back. “I wonder how much it is?” “40,” he wrote back.

At 10:26 a.m., the police records show, Wallace texted Savopoulos: “Package delivered.”

Wallace has told investigators after delivering the cash to the home by placing it inside a red car, which he said his boss instructed him to do, he then drove to Chantilly, in Northern Virginia, where Savopoulos was preparing to open a martial arts studio.

The fire was discovered at about 1:15 p.m. Wallace said he found out about the fire from someone at American Iron Works. He texted a message to the family including, this one, the Post reported.

“Hey ms Amy are you ok, if so you need to get home I got a call that your house is on fire,” police records say he wrote.