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good evening. tonight, police put out an arrest warrant for 34-year-old man suspected of that quadruple homicide in our nation's capital. the time line of the murder mystery is continuing to evolve tonight. as law enforcement officials now believe $40,000 in cash was delivered to the mansion where the couple their son and housekeeper were held hostage. here's abc's ryan smith. >> reporter: are tonight startling new details in the murder mystery ripping the nation's capital on what could shed light on what was happening in this mansion when it was set ablaze in a chilling quadruple homicide. now police now have a suspect, 34-year-old daron dylon wint. and they are offering a $25,000 reward. the four 0 dead, savvas savopoulos, the ceo of american iron works, his wife amy, a stay at a home mom, their 10-year-old son phillip and their

housekeeper veralicia figueroa. according to the "washington post," police reports they have obtained reveal that savvas savopoulos made a flurry of calls the day of the fire calling his account tachbt assistant, his company, and a construction executive starting at 7 a.m. and ending an hour before the blaze erupted. the husband of veralicia figueroa tell ing abc news he became concerned when his wife didn't come home the night before the fire. >> i didn't hear from her and so i called her. every time i called the phone it was going straight to the voice mail. >> reporter: this bombshell. >> in the last hours, we have learned that $40,000 cash was delivered to the savvas savopoulos home that day. >> reporter: while the intruders were inside, as the new details emerge, so much still shrouded in mystery. here's what we do now. >> 3201 woodland drive.

three story house fire. we removed four victims. it's going to be a pro- longed secondary search. >> reporter: this wasn't just any fire. >> we know at this point that the fire appears to be intentionally set. >> reporter: police confirming there's more to the story. >> there were injuries discovered. appeared to be blunt force or sharp object injuries. >> reporter: tonight the grisly details on the last moments, information suggesting that savvas amy and veralicia figueroa were stanned to death and phillip was burned in his bedroom beyond recognition. a family car was found on fire in this church parking lot 15 miles away from the house and close to wint's family home. police releasing this surveillance picture of a person of interest. >> i have been here 25 years and

nothing like this happens. >> everyone in the neighborhood shaken up and not sure what to think. >> reporter: one of the pieces of evidence authorities are examining, this voice mail. >> i hope you get this message. >> that is savvas calling another housekeeper telling her not to come to the house. >> amy is in bed sick tonight and she was sick this afternoon. and vera offered to stay and help her out. so she's going to stay the night here. vera's phone died and she doesn't have a charger and i don't have a charger that fits her phone. i don't know if you can tell anybody that would be worried about her. >> reporter: that same night, sometimes after 9:00 p.m., a domino domino's pizza was ordered to the house. >> we know the perpetrator in the home ordered dominos pizza. there are documented cases where dna has been taken off pizza crust and matched up to a perpetrator. >> reporter: according to the "washington post," that's exactly how investigators made the link. the housekeeper's husband waited

in vane for his wife to turn his call. the family employee receives a text message from amy telling her not to come to the house. >> they said i want to make sure you do not come today. i do not understand why. god saved my life. >> reporter: that morning, the housekeeper, veralicia figueroa's husband showed up at the home hoping to find his wife. >> my feelings were that somebody was inside. >> reporter: before he could get close enough to see, he says savvas savopoulos calls telling him that amy took his wife to the hospital. at 5:00 p.m. the tragic confirmation four dead three of the bodies showing signs of violent injury. further adding to the mystery, the family's porsche, once parked outside of their home, now found smoldering here in this church parking lot several miles away.

the police chief said this quadruple homicide in this quiet, affluent neighborhood have left neighbors on edge. >> i certainly understand how tense and, you know nerve wracking this is for the community. we try to keep officers out there, and present. >> a number of ways to look at these cases. people who have dealt with robbers, actually groups of people who do home invasions will look at the phones both of the husband, the wife the home line, both housekeepers. they will look at their computers, obviously, to see if they have had any traffic that would suggest tore lead them to somebody else. >> as you pull all of that information, there will be a little stream of information that come out. >> police were carrying items out of the house but they are keeping a tight lip on what was in the evidence bags. the surviving teen daughters were reportedly away at boarding school at the time. >> i would like to tell you we would have an arrest tomorrow. but it is premature to comment

right now. there is more evidence gathering to do. >> reporter: now investigators say the hunt is on for wint and any possible accomplices. for many in this upscale neighborhood answers can't come soon enough. savvas savopoulos was the ceo of iron works, a steel and manufacturing. he and his wife were donors to social and political causes touching the lives of many friends say. >> i saw amy give of herself, her time her energy and her love. the world is not as good of a place without her in it. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm ryan smith in washington, d.c. next our exclusive interview with elian gonzalez. talking for the first time about his ordeal at sea and what it was like to return to cuba. plus, we're joining the ambitious, determined team of "100 miles from nowhere" to find

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elian gonzalez was just 6 years old when he became the face that charred relations between our country and cuba. now a grown man and full of gratitude to the americans who embraced him for a short, tumultuous time. his poignant words for his relatives here in the u.s. >> is this face familiar? he's known all over cuba.

he could pass for a brooklyn hipster with his beard and model looks. or a trainer to the stars when cleaned up for our interview. >> to the american people i say thank you for the love they give me. >> reporter: yes, it is elian gonzalez, the little cuban boy in the middle of an international tug of love. 15 years ago. the 6-year-old are kid, frozen in fear at the business end of a federal agent's rifle came to symbolize the legacy of antagonism between the u.s. and cuba. he has been shielded from the community since he was 11 years old. now 21 he has agreed to a cuban cameraman hired by abc to give his first extensive interview in more than a decade. he took us to the shoreline where he says he was given

sleeping pills by his mother and boyfriend before loaded on the on to a small, 16-foot fishing boat in the middle of the night. a boat that would not finish the trip. >> i remember when the boat capsized. when we fell in the sea. >> reporter: behind the boat the rafters tied several intertubes just in case. his mother loded elian in to one. >> i remember when i was put on the raft and my mom was covering me and i was raising my head looking around. at some point i raised my head and didn't see her again. >> reporter: his mother was-at sea. her body never found. elian was found floating on that intertube 60 miles off the coast of miami by a fisherman. >> those are the moments that no matter how hard you try to put them aside, they leave a mark on you forever. >> reporter: as with the next several months of his young life n the care of his miami family who fought to keep him in the united states against the will

of his father back in cuba. the media circled the old havana florida, home where he stayed as his relatives filled the yard with toys and proudly displayed him as a victory over communism. >> translator: there were so many emotions. all at the same time. when i was with my uncle, everyone is staring at me thinking about me. they didn't allow me that time to cry for my mother. to sit down and realize what had happened. i was simply a kid, and to me everything was a game. >> reporter: in cuba, elian's father, juan miguel launched his own media battle. backed by fidel castro. the propaganda war on both sides heated up when elian's miami family shot this video in which the then 6-year-old, some say, was coached to say he wants to stay in the u.s. but the final word would come

from the federal courts. the boy belonged with his dad. when the miami family refused to comply armed u.s. agents were sent in creating the scene few can forget. certainly not the fisherman holding elian in this picture. >> if i didn't cooperate at that moment i blooift could have went bad and could have been bloodshed in there. >> reporter: elian returns to cuba a national hero in his father's arms. greeted by his elementary school classmates and a national tv audience n. this never-before-seen on tv video, provided by cuban photographer who shot for abc news on this story, fidel meets with elian privately. today else onlives with his father in this modest house in cardanas elian sitting beside

his father. >> do you have any regrets of coming back to live in cuba. >> translator: not at all. i feel safe in cuba. >> reporter: you are 21 years old. do you have a car? >> no. >> reporter: do you have your own house? >> no. >> reporter: do you have money in your pocket? >> ten pesos. >> reporter: he wants to get married and he plans to wed his high school sweetheart. >> translator: he's a good boyfriend, romantic thoughtful. >> reporter: it is clear his miami family will not be at the wedding. elian remembers his cousin fondly. she was the young woman who cared for him during his time in miami but he hasn't spoken to her in 15 years. >> translator: she was the female figure i saw most as a mother and i tried to consider her like that. i had to be with my father.

when they recognize that i will be willing to speak to them. >> we reached out to her about elian's offer of reconciliation and she's not interested in doing anything on camera or hearing any message that abc has taped from elian. but elian's great uncle did talk to us. he said there's nothing to apologize for. >> his own father said to take care of him until he could come and get them. that's the reward a poor family gets that gave him love. i don't see why we should say sorry. >> reporter: in fact the family kept elian weeks after his father arrived in the united states. now, elian still may have a surprise for his miami family. if you could in this new era, go in anywhere in the world where would you like to go? >> i want the time to give my love to american people.

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finally tonight, you are about to meet a group of guys whose idea of a good time has nothing to do with beer barbecue or football but instead attempting to survive unbelievably challenging

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and the twist. >> the only cameraman that keeps up with us is us. >> reporter: go pros capturing every step along the way. >> this is probably as real as tv gets. we don't have any producer in the field with us. i'm actually the producer. no one tells us to reshoot anything. i skied behind these guys and held it this way. blake filmed his own almosting almost. >> i get sucked under a log. current is push mig head down and i can't breathe. i'm trying to lift my head up and i have the camera like this. >> reporter: as we hike deeper in to the rugged landscape, out of nowhere a huge black box. what's this? >> a food-filled box with everything they need to refuel. >> we have a production crew that drops them about every 25 miles. >> reporter: as shocking as some

of their stunts are, they claim they are ordinary guys with wives, families in we're not professional guys wrechl normal dads with normal jobs and this is what we do -- we are extreme weekend warriors. >> reporter: but sometimes the audience is left watching these weekend warriors fighting for their lives. when you are in those situations how do you keep your cool? >> humor gets us through just about anything. >> reporter: that humor gets me to the top. >> you might be the most tired but you are the best looking and that accounts for something. >> reporter: you are sweet. it's not 100 miles through mountains or jungles, but still my personal victory. matt says that is really what it is about. >> it's not fin what we do. it's rewarding. rewarding is suffering, going through a challenge, committing to something and reaching a goal. >> reporter: fulfilling. >> very fulfilling yeah. >> reporter: for "nightline,"

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