Police say D.C. quadruple-murder suspect Daron Wint in custody

Police say quadruple-murder suspect Daron Wint is in custody

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published 22 May 2015

Police in Washington, D.C., say that Daron Dylon Wint, 34, the suspect in a bloody quadruple homicide in the capital, is in police custody. An arrest warrant accuses Wint, 34, of murdering a former employer, Savvas Savopoulos 46, along with his wife and 10-year-old son and their housekeeper, Veralicia Figuaroa, at the family's mansion in Northwest Washington. Police say that the victims had been bound and kept hostage overnight before being murdered; their bodies were found May 14. According to CNN, Wint's girlfriend had told authorities he planned to turn himself in.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.