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2010 mugshot of Daron Wint(Photo: Prince George's County Police Department)
WASHINGTON — The man accused of killing members of a Washington, D.C., family and taking $40,000 may have used some of that money to take a taxi ride from New York back to the nation's capital, according to the New York Daily News.
Metropolitan Police sought Daron Wint, 34, after he was identified Wednesday from DNA left in the crust of a pizza. Wint allegedly had the food delivered to the $4.5 million mansion while he held the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper hostage the night of May 13-14.
Savvas Savopoulos, 46, his wife, Amy, 47, their 10-year-old son Philip and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa were found dead May 14 from blunt force and pointed force trauma in the three-story mansion after it had been set ablaze. Police said an employee of Savopoulos delivered a package containing $40,000 to the residence the morning of the incident.
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Authorities said U.S. marshals just missed apprehending Wint in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, where he allegedly had fled to a girlfriend's home.
The Daily News reported that Wint used $1,000 of the hostage money that was dropped off at the Savopoulos family's house to take a cab from Brooklyn back to D.C. According to the paper, Wint allegedly used the money to pay tolls and give the cab driver a generous tip.
Police vehicles are seen outside a fire-damaged home where four people were killed last week in Washington, D.C.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images)
Earlier, police said they did not know how Wint got back into the District before officers spotted him Thursday riding in a vehicle in the Northeast quadrant of the city.
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After being captured late Thursday, Wint was charged with first-degree murder. Police say he may not be the only suspect in the deaths.
Wint worked as a welder at Savvas Savopoulos' company, American Iron Works in Maryland, but had not worked there for awhile.
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Daron Dylon Wint has been arrested and is suspected of torturting and murdering a family and their housekeeper in northwest Washington, D.C. Police say Wint once worked for Savvas Savopoulos at the company he founded. VPC
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