the mant testified t amy savopoulos had an appointment at 9:00 a.m. on the day theyere murdered. no one answered the door then but he talked to am at 1:12 that afternoon. the man says she soundedd sca and nervous. she said her son was injured and she had to go to the hospital right away. 12 minutes later, 911 dispatchers receive a call that the mansion is on fire. their long time housekeeper also took the witness stand. theye prosecution p for the jurors the voice mail that he left nelly and they were held captive inside this home on may 13th of 2015. last week the judge told jurors that there would not be court on friday. so the triill resume on monday ing. megan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> hurricane florence is not only a threat to the people in it's path but the animals as well. ey had to transport more than 40 cats aog during the storm but the trip didn't go quite as expected. the alternatorailed and that left animals stranded at a gas station in north colina for hours. >> so more 5 than people arrived at that gas station to get the animals to help, air conditioning cars and now

it was 3:25 in the afternoon on may 13 of 2017 and amy savopoulos was taking a walk outside. her 10-year-old son phillip and housekeeper were inside theome on woodland drive. before amy gets back home,s proo say daron wint makes his way inside the house tying up amy and her son. she was forced to call her husband telling him to come home. the four victims were tornired ght and murdered before the house was set on fire. therosecutors s five pieces of dna evidence link him to the crime they say daron wint's dna was found on a pizza crust, a knifep handle that wapping open a basement window, hair was found in a construction hat and on bedding in the same room where the adults were found. and dna was found on a construction vest. theirfense fired back in opening remarks trying to make the case that daron wint had nothing to do withcr the e. they say it was his brother stephannd half brother darrell wint. they said they used his blue mini van to drive to the vopoulos home. they said his brothers tricked him to go into thehouse. the defense attorneys said he didn't know he was at sc

testifying that amy savopoulos had an appointment at. 9:00 a on the day they were murdered. he said that no one answered the door then but he talked on amy at 1:12 that afternoon. the man said she sounded scared and nervous. she said her son was injured and she had to go to the hospital right away. 12 minutes later, 911 dispatchers receive a call that the mansion i on fire. the savopoulos family's long time housekeeper nellie gutierrez took witne and. the prosecutor played for the jurors the voicemail that they and their 10-year-old son and the housekeeper vera figueroa were held captive on may , 2013. >> i am ay in bed sick tonight and she was sick this afternoon. and vera offered to stay and help her out because we're going through some stuff with fep so she'ng to stay the night here. okay? thank you. >> nelli started crying on the witness stand. so was savvas' mother who was in the front row of the courtroom. prosecutors tried to lay out the time linesking nellie about a covering she had with vera the night before the family was held hostage. vera was supposed to go with

amy savopoulos had an appointment with this man's mpany to day of the murder. he just testified. coming up at 5:00, he is sharing new information that was never heard before. i can tellouhis is testimony you won't want to miss. >> thank >>> you don'tin a lot of drivers, any for that matter, who are fans of the red light and speed cameras. now there i state that isn't a fan either. adam explains a loophole. >>> plusti we are cing our coverage of hurricane florence's trek toward the carolinas. >> reporter: starting to feel strongusts of wind. we are with the storm ranger we are with the storm ranger tracking thei' i put criminals in prison during the day jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law pracce, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror

the parent of savvas and amy savopoulos were in court today.re shown bloody pieces of fabric from the chairs the victims were bound to. a firega invesr also testified saying gas was poured around the bed in the room where the couple's 10-year-ol son was discovered. >>> well, thisououtine may familiar. you run into the store. pick up a few things and then rush out. >> tonight a case that may make you think your routine shopping plans, a man t allegedgeted a woman in a grocery store by posing as a customer. david explains how a concealed camera captured intimate ur pict. >> reporter: shoppers going in and out. they needed to checkir off t grocery list not realizing this is where one man posed as a customer to target women. >> a very friendlyst e. i would be surprised by anything like that. >> reporter: the fairfax county detectives detailed the investigation in the search ayrrant. they s back in june a store curity guard notic a man put his cell phone in a shopping basket. placing a few items in the phone without blocking the lens. once the suspe

the apparently of savvas and amy savopoulos sat in the front row as a firefighter discovered the burning a crime scene. >> megan has bhen covering fire cynic day one. she joins with us the emotional stimony. >> and tonight, we're working for you and your money to make sure the next trip to the e.r. does not put you in debt. >> how a family ended one a bill of more than $30,000 despite having good health insurance. and what's being done to solve thatproblem. >> we'll see with you those stories plus a good deal more on yanother very b day in the news. back to you for now. >>> we've got this nice little break, so to speak, from all the rain over the next couple months. we're getting that. yesterday, beautiful, today, more clouds. tomorrow, a day 57 like today. and then saturday is looking pretty good. and then -- yeah we've g some nasty dreary weather as we make our way throughhe first part of fall. fall begins officially on saturday. e first cool day, sunday. a lot more clouds today due to the eflterly . winds now out of the east and that is helping to bring in the clouds. 87 for a high to

savvas and amy savopoulos, their son philip and housekeeper vera figueroa all killed in the family'se man, daron wint, goes to trial nhis week. >>s4 meagan fitzgerald's has more on the -- meagan fitzgerald has more evidence on the impact. >> a crime scene means that no one can touch anything under a circumstances. >> reporter: but according to these court documents filed by prosecutors describing the collection of dn evidence, that wasn't the case. and long-time criminal defense attorney bernard grimm says when a crime scene is n flawlessly preserved, that can have major impact on the outcome of a trial. this entire case was centered a und a domino's pizza and piece of crust that had dna on. police linked that to daron wine and he was arras the only suspect, but now there are new questions about how forensic experts colle that dna and how it was processed. this document says when ans fo expert recovered the pizza crust it was in a bag with other pieces of uneaten zza. >> all the pizza is put into one paper bag. so you have what's called crossw contaminatioch is if the pizza is touchi

from the refrigerator i the master bedroom in the mansion that's where the bodies of sava and amy savopoulosere never processed as evidence. >> they go in there and take water out of the refrigerator and drink out of it. how do you know that that wint and other compatriots didn't touch the water bottles or the door? >> reporter: we'll never know, and long te agents don't agree that collecting evidence -- missing the collected evidence will hurt the case. >> these are garden variety problems we encounter in every case. the firefighters does its best. >> reporter: but the jors have to convict wint beyond a reasonable doubt and this document does just that. the end you can the jury come back with a not guilty rdict because the evidence technicians screwed up in this case. it's beyondhe compion. >> it all comes down to how much weight the jurors wil put on that evidence. the d.c. fire department wasn't even aware of the allegations until we contacted them. they tell us it is now part of an interna review. >> we know that the defense team says they're anxious for the jury to see how prosecutors a

savopoulos, the wife amy and phip, their son.nd the housekeeper, vera gueroa were all tortured and killed. daron wint, the lone susct. he pleaded not guilty. dna evidence is going to be crucial in this case. some key e hdence me been left behind at the crime scene. a scrdriver was holding a window open in the home. it was not recovered. water bottl and gloves were discarded by first responders and firefighters. as a result, she did not collect those items. you can, of course, watch our mansion murders inside the investigation special. it has been posted i n thebc washington app. it's there right now. aaron? >> angie, thanku. it is 6:35. here's a look at the other top stories this morning. jury selection continues today in the trial of a manccused of killing his pregnant girlfriend. tyler tessier faces charges. red and friend disapp was found buried in a field in montgomery county. >>> another democrat beat out a lo time incumbent. she beat out mike capuano in democratic pry mayor any massachusetts. he conceded the race less than

s most high-profile murder ca that trial is expected to last a couple of mont savvas savopoulos, his wife amy, son filip and vera figueroa were captured and tortured. daron wint is the lone suspect. he's pleaded not guilty. dna evidence will ccial in the case. you can get caught up by watching our mansion murders inside the investigation special. it is in the nbc washington app right now. >>> his opinions span nearly 5,000 pages in length. >> wild andir contentious day of confirmation hearings for ett kavanaugh. at multiple times during the proceedings, protesters had to be dragged out of the room. so were arrested. democrats tried to delay the hearing. thousands of documen related to his time working for the busch administration should be available for review. president trump has barred those documents were being released. hos into the hearing, kavanaugh was finally able to deliver hispewnng statement. >> confirmed to the supreme court, i would be part of a team of nine committed to deciding cases according to the constitution and laws of the united states. >> during today's question and ans

was moving at a frantic pace for the savopoulos family as saieva was planning on opening up a martial arts studio. >> it's a crazy rgweek. >>ency was apparent in amy's voi mail to her housekeeper nelly gutierrez. >> hey, it's amy. i'm calling to see if i could get y and your crew maybe two days, monday and tuesday and tuesday, wednesday,f you could. we've built a martial arts student and we're down to the wire. >> nly agrees to hel in virginia while the other housekeeper vera figueroa worked at the family home in d.c. so she could leave early that wednesday. it was a decision c thatt her her life. that same day saieva is at the studio and recalls a call from his wife at 5:30 luring him back home. investigators believe amy, her 10-year-old son philip and their housekeeper vera figueroa were already held hostage inside. savvas returned hom walking into the trip and a demand for a $40,000rance come go into motion fast forwa three hours, saieva calls his perm assistant jordan wallace giving him instructions on how to pick up the cash. and then this text from wallace. got yoursa mge. i'll call you when i get the package. me three adults bound with duct t