As mourners gathered at funeral services today for Washington, D.C., businessman Savvas Savopoulos, his wife Amy and their son, Phillip, there are still questions surrounding why the suspect allegedly terrorized and killed the family and housekeeper Vera Figueroa at the Savopoulos’ upscale home.
Here is a look at some of those questions surrounding the case:
Who is the suspect, Daron Wint?
Daron Wint was arrested after authorities found his DNA on the remains of pizza left behind at the crime scene. The 34-year-old is accused of quadruple homicide and arson. He has not yet entered a plea.
In 2010, Wint was arrested after carrying a machete and a BB pistol outside the American Iron Works headquarters, where Wint once worked as a welder for CEO Savvas Savopoulos, the Associated Press reported.
Prosecutors cited Wint’s record as a reason he should be held on the murder charges. He was convicted of assaulting a girlfriend in Maryland in 2009, according to The Associated Press.
In 2010, he pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her daughter, then broke into her apartment, stole her television, and vandalized her car.
But attorney Robin Ficker, who has represented Wint in the past, said Wint is a “gentle person” who wouldn’t kill anybody and who feels the pain of the surviving family members because he has a family of his own.
“I have completed 30,000 cases in the Maryland courts and I’ve met a lot of criminals and of course people who aren’t criminals in my life,” Ficker told ABC News this past Saturday. “… I don’t believe that he is capable of killing anybody… He’s not the type, he’s not a street thug, he’s a gentle person. I believed that when I represented him 10 years ago and I believe it after talking to him for two hours today.”
He told ABC News that Wint’s mother is devastated and in disbelief. “She’s distraught,” Ficker said. “She can’t believe he would have done anything like this at all.”
Wint is due in court on June 22.
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SOURCE: ABC News, Emily Shapiro
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