darren wint sat silently in shackles target one, an assistant to the father.40,000 and deliver it to the family home even while they were being hold and tortured inside. the defense noted that -- a text that appears to have been posted an hour before the money was even in wallace's hands. while the bag was never recovered, a detective says that is correct. police admitted they have no explanation containing his checkbook, a passport and for one of the sports cad valued at more than $300,000. prosecutors say they have darren wint's dna not only on some pizza inside the house, but also on a vest found inside one of the family's cars burning after the crime. >> so we have a clear association between wint and this home invasion. this is very strong evidence that he was paren and he was involved. and el he may have -- >> a witness said he sauce -- but that man had short hair. the defense lawyer pointed to his dreadlocks and said there's no way he would have had the haircut. the detective responded, to the best of my knowledge, no. the defense is clearly building a

charged in the case, darren wint. police say his dna was found on a peas of uneaten pizza at the murder scene. today they say wint's dna was also found on the scene of this burning porsche car, stolen from the mansion on

why bigger question is why is darren wint the only person who has been arrested?xcellent question. what happened today ended up being a procedural matter. we thought we would hear the initial layout of the case here as it was, he simply send the of changes attorneys, but there was a real hint that what wint was going to suggest is he was surprised by anyone else by these savage killings. at least that's what we heard from his former attorney. wint came to court in handcuffs and shackles only to immediately break free of his legal team. >> he was cooperative and forthcoming. dropping him for a public defenders over what happens to be a difference of opinion on how to fight the charges. outside the court, hanover is remained eager to defend his client even though they have dna, a footprint litching wint to the -- >> he was heartbroken as everybody else and i can assure you that he never wanted anyone to be harmed. >> reporter: but the case against wint goes beyond the scene. he was known as a troublemaker when hi worked for savopoulos years ago. his green card was a

follow him on twitter for updates about darren wint and the evidence. they say he killed a couple and their housekeeper about two months ago. there are owe suspects out there they believe but he is the only one in custody >>> investigators in taiwan say the captain of this transasia airplane mistakenly turned off the plane's only engine seconds before it crashed. you can't forget this video. taiwan safety counsel saying the captain failed simulator training because he didn't know what to do if an engine went out. a full report will be released next year. >>> thousands of homeowners are trying to find out when they can return home after a toxic gas spill. a freight train was carrying that highly flammable gas when it partly derailed and caught fire. katy roach is at at rail crossing shelter with many of the homeowners. >> reporter: good morning. we are at a local high school in maribel tennessee, 15 miles away from knoxville. a little ways away from here, a train derailed, caught fire and started spewing poisonous gas into the air. we are told at this ho

darren wint at a hearing yesterday firing his attorney over a difference of opinion. he fired the public defender who originally represented him. wint will now go back to that public defender. hanover says he still supports wint and believes more people are involved. >> we believe he was set up. >> set up by somebody else who was involved in the murders? >> it's a presumption. we should investigate that too. i can't investigate that anymore, but would i say that's an interesting point. >> wint's preliminary hearing will now be delayed. he is expected back in court later this month. >>> metro is cracking down on bus drivers caught using cell phones behind the wheel. we're learning that four metro bus operators were fired last we're for using a phone while they were driving. metro has a zero tolerance policy in place since 2009. the transit agency tells news 4 no train operators were fired for using their phones last year. >>> well, after five months a woman in san diego has finally rediscovered who she is. until recently she didn't even know her name. now she is reconn

darren wint dismissed immigration attorney sean hanover at his hearing today. hanover took over the case after wint fired the public defender who originally was representing him. he will now go back to that public defender. hanover told reporters after the hearing that he and benjamin netanyahu had-- and wint had a difference of opinion and believes wint was set up and more people were involved in those killings. >>> people flying from st. louis to dulles got a bit of a scare today, their flight had to be diverted because a passenger made threatening remarks. this happened on united express flight 3342 and the crew diverted to an airport in columbus ohio. everyone had to be eye vacvacuated from the plane and the woman who made the remark was taken into custody. the passenger stayed in the airport while the police checked out the plane and luggage on board. no word on when that flight will make it here to dulles. >>> a firefighter who ended up in the hospital after put out a house fire is doing bet they are evening, sent to the hospital with fatigue and symptoms

charged in the case, darren wint. police say his dna was found on a peas of uneaten pizza at the murder scene. today they say wint's dna was also found on the scene of this burning porsche car, stolen from the mansion on the day of the murder and later found torched in prince george's county. police say in that car, they found a knee i don't green construction vest with wint's dna on it. police detective says there a he is a theory that others may be involved in this, but so far, no evidence linking anyone other than wint to this horrific case of murder. now, there was a $40,000 cash ransom here. what happened to the money? more on that coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. . pat collins. >>> meanwhile, we are in a weather alert mode this afternoon, folks dangerous heat soaring up into the upper 90s and that's without the heat index. it feels like it's more than 100 degrees thought in some spots. doug kammerer is tracking it all for us. doug, we are not through with this just yet, huh? >> we are not, going to go throug

darren we -- baron wint is accused of killing savvas savopoulos, his wife, their son, and a housekeeper. john gonzales has more on what is going to come out of the hearing. john: the proceeding still go on at d.c. superior court, and one of the savopoulos daughters is inside the courtroom. after hiring his attorney and obtaining his public defender once again, the d.c. mentioned murder suspect daon wi -- daron wint is facing a judge this afternoon for his continued preliminary hearing. two pieces of evidence already entered into the courtroom, the arrest warrant an affidavit and exhibits one and two, paperwork that describes the crime in great detail, how the victims were strangled after they suffered blunt force trauma, the critical and detailed phone calls to domino's pizza and to savvas savopoulos' employee to drop off $40,000 to the home. investors also looked at dna samples linked to the now infamous pizza crust and dna from wint and savvas savopoulos was also found a green construction vest found inside the bird blue porsche. we are hearing from the first witness in the case, the

during darren wint's last court hearing he dismissed the attorney that his family hired for him.c defender. a ceremony to open the cuban embassy in northwest d.c. is set for 10:30 this morning. the u.s. and cuba officially resumed ties at night after severing ties in 1961. you can get more news, traffic and whether throughout the day on " >>> good morning, america. right now, millions in the southwest on alert this morning. for more flash flooding. after a record downpour caused this bridge to collapse. experts are assessing the damage this morning. the major highway in the southwest remains closed stranding thousands of drivers. >>> also right now dozens more fbi agents heading to chat ago in fwa to-- chattanooga. >>> the family of the woman found dead in her jail cell three days after a routine traffic stop is waiting this morning for the results of a private autopsy report. >> a lot of questions there. we say good morning, america, on this monday morning. a lot going on. one of the things we're going get to. this moment from the weekend. trending big. yeah that's bruce springs

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