. -- vera figueroa, but while police swabbed the 2009 bmw for evidence, they apparently did not find the cash, the money wrappers, the manila envelopes orth e bank documents they were looking for. we haven't been able to get ahold of wallace, but it bears

also inside the mansion, the family's housekeeper, vera figueroa. with the savopoulos' since her friend, and the family's other housekeeper, nellie gutierrez got her the job. you helped her work with the savopoulos family, right? >> yes, i took her over there. and it was like almost five years ago. >> reporter: longtime crime reporter jennifer donelan has been covering the story for abc affiliate wjla. this started out as a story about a fire, right? >> right, we're trying to figure out, did something more sinister happen before the fire? >> reporter: that evening one of the captives, savvas savopoulos, leaves a voicemail telling gutierrez not to come in the next day. >> it's savvas. i hope you get this message. 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. >> reporter: but gutierrez doesn't get the message until the next day. >> when i got that message on thursday, i was thinking. and i start calling them. so i call her and i say, "hi, vera. what's going

kathleensavvas savopoulos, his wife amy and the housekeeper vera figueroa. also in the warrant information about savvas assistant and chauffeur 28-year-old jordan wallace. he got a many nil la envelope filled with $40000 and brought it to the house prior to the fire. in the search warrants we find he changed his story that he admitted he lied and the money was in a red bag. another search warrant for a vehicle, where police looked for clothing, duct tape and other items linked to the murder. at this point only one person has been charged and he is in jail awaiting another hearing. reporting live stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you stephen. now we turn to the alarming announcement from the pentagon. shipments of possibly live anthrax spores mistakenly sent to several labs and the situation may be worse than first thought. alison: our senior political reporter scott thuman is at the capitol hill bureau with the latest defenses. scott: the defense secretary called a presser less than two hours ago talking about the number of the potentially d

. >>> the murder of the savopolous family and housekeeper vera figueroa continues. daron wint is the only man charged so far. >> reporter: daron wint walked into court with his armed shackled around his waist. it's an image weave seen but the people next to him were people we had never seen before. it - - . >> reporter: the court appearance was brief with new attorneys. one of them, an immigration lawyer. >> she will be here for the entire trial. >> reporter: wint was born in guyana, and he is a legal resident. >> the supreme court ruled it's ineffective not to advise him on the consequences he would face as a non-u.s. citizen. >> reporter: wint is charged with first-degree murder, and that's a deportable defense. police say that savvas savopolous and his wife amy and housekeeper vera figueroa were held for hours and tortured for $40,000. >> he feels good about the case. >> reporter: police say they have mountains of evidence hanfords over didn't rule out the possibility of a plea deal. >> i can't say answer. we just entered. and that's what we're finding out. >> re

the bodies of savvas savopoulos his wife amy their 10-year-old son philip and the housekeeper vera figueroa. charged in the case daron wint. in 2005 he work for american iron works a coil own by savvas savopoulos. he was identified as a suspect after his dna was found on a piece of uneaten pizza at the crime scene. according to court documents obtained by news4 the cell phones belonging to them as well as the phone belonging to miss figueroa were missing from the crime scene. a cell phone not missing but under scrutiny by investigators is one that belongs to this man. he is identified in court papers as jordan wallace. wallace was the personal assistant to savvas savopoulos. he is the man who delivered $40000 in cash to a car in the garage of the savopoulos home during the incident. that money disappeared. according to court documents, under questioning by police wallace changed the account of events regarding how he received the package where he left the package, and when he was told to get the package. investigators are trying to use information from wallace' cell phone to track his movem

they were found inside the home with vera figueroa. daron wint has been arrested around accused in the murders. police do not believe he acted alone. the investigation is ongoing. prince george's county police made an arrest in a weekend shooting that killed one man and injured three others including the suspect. 21-year-old alonzo lloyd is charged with second-degree murder. police say lloyd along with jeremy williams and another man in a park on ardwick ardmore road in springdale. that is when lloyd and williams began shooting at each other. williams was killed. the other was seriously hurt. lloyd and a bystanders had minor injuries. the national security agency bulk data collection is offline after the senate failed to uphold key provision. we explain what it could mean for the national security. >> republican presidential hopeful rand paul long said that the patriot act caters to fear mongers and takes away civil liberties to all americans in the name of security. >> we can't allow this to let the government collect anything they wa

police say that he held savvas savopolous, wife amy, son phillip, and housekeeper vera figueroa hostage for hours, torturing them before stealing $40,000 and setting the house on fire. >> he is encouraged about the case and feels good justice will be served. >> reporter: the case isn't an easy one. police say they have mountains of evidence hanford over didn't rule out the possibility of a plea deal. >> we just entered and we will find that out in the two-week time frame. >> reporter: hanover said he is still digging into details and said that wint's family hired him, his mother, brother, and sister. >> and he is held without bond. >>> a 16-year-old is clinging to life after being shot multiple times overnight in southeast. the victim step stepped off the bus with a friend when he was shot and wounded, not far from where a reporter had been shot at a bus stop. patricia godly's son was killed two decades ago in the same streets in southeast. >> you want the best for them. you expect that your children will bury you and walk behind your coffin understand and you have to walk behind theirs

cell phone records from amy and housekeeper vera figueroa's phones. it reveals that savapoulos's assistant and the chauffeur's action the day of the fire. 28-year-old jordan wallace told investigators he received a call from mr. savapoulos to pick up a package and return to savapoulos. mr. savapoulos instructed him to place the money on the seat of his red car in the garage. wallace changed his account of the events, though, admitting he lied when he stated the money was in a ma anyone la envelope -- many any la -- manila envelope from the accountant. we learned that the white chevrolet that daron wint captured in and what they were trying to recover if they looked for the blood stain or gasoline soaked clothing and duct tape and other items linked to the four murders. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: checking back in on breaking news now. in the search for one person in the potomac river. right near great falls. richard reese is on the maryland side with the latest on what is happening now. rich? rich: it looks like this may be tra

d.c., before the murder of savvas savapoulos, his wife amy, son philip and their housekeeper, vera figueroa. >> amy is in bed sick tonight and she was sick this afternoon and vera offered to stay and help her out. >> reporter: housekeeper nelly gutierrez, whose life was likely saved by that voice message from savvas. >> i can't stop thinking about that day. >> reporter: she is traumatized, telling us she tried to call vera, the other housekeeper, several times, to no avail. >> that day i call her three times. >> reporter: and for the first time tonight, insight into the suspect, daron wint, under arrest for the quadruple murder. michael babcock remembers meeting him at a cousin's house. >> this is where he stabbed me on the wrist. >> reporter: wint, described by relatives as hostile with a hair trigger temper. >> i didn't see the knife this time because it was really small. if it would have been a bit lower the doctors told me that i would have died before i made it to the hospital. >> reporter: and tonight, investigators are still on the hunt for wint's alleged accomplices. we'll address t

. -- vera figueroa, but while police swabbed the 2009 bmw for evidence, they apparently did not find the cash, the money wrappers, the manila envelopes orth e bank documents they were looking for. we haven't been able to get ahold of wallace, but it bears repeating he has not been charged with any crime and police have not even called him a person of interest. reporting live in woodley park d.c., bruce leshan, wusa9. >> daron wint is the only suspect in custody for those murders, but police believe more people were involved. >>> the enormity of the loss after two people were killed in a dupont circle area fire wednesday came into sharp focus late today. according to a childhood friend, the 24-year-old candidate for a fulbright scholarship who had just celebrated earning a masters degree in arabic studies at georgetown university, the kentucky native hasn't been identified by authorities because family members are out of the country. she was renting a room when the house was gutted by fire wednesday. a second renter also died. his identity has not been released by authorities either.

almost three weeks after firefighters found savvas, amy and philip savopoulos and housekeeper vera figueroa murdered in the burning mansion crime scene investigators finally pulled out most of their equipment, but at the courthouse police returned six different search warrants. in the two vehicles traveling with suspect daron wint they were looking for duct tape. sources say it was used to bind the victims. they were looking for the missing digital video recorder, for the home surveillance system and looking for knives, guns and gasoline containers. finally they wanted to search cell phones in the vehicles for photos or communications. there was a warrant for cell phone records for savvas savopoulos' assistant, the man who delivered $40,000 cash leaving it in a car in the garage. investigators believe they tortured and mutilated philip savopoulos and poured gasoline on his bed and set it on fire, hard to comprehend. >> they also have another bit of evidence, that is blood from one of the victims found on daron wint's shoes. >>> the search will likely pick up tomorrow morning for a missing s

the knives that might connect them to the murders of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper vera figueroa. >>> loved ones are gathering to remember a d.c. journalist killed last week in a shooting. police say charnice milton was an innocent bystander on her way home from work. a gunman opened fire. milton was not the target, but she was killed. police say they are still looking for 14 people they want to question about the shooting. this video shows some of them driving away from the scene on good hope road in southeast. if you know anything about the men in that video at all or about this incident, call police. milton will be laid to rest tomorrow. >>> two friends of convicted boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev have been sentenced for crimes connected to the bombing. robo filipos was convicted last october of two counts of lying to the fbi to try and conceal some evidence and was given three years in prison and azamat tazhayakov was given 3 1/2 years behind bars. he was convicted last july of obstructing justice for removing a backpack that contained evidence from tsarnaev's dorm r

vera figueroa's body will be flown to el salvador to be buried there. >>> tonight we learned another grisly detail about the mother's day murders of a rockville comb, jody and dick vilardo. prosecutors say dick vilardo was stabbed 47 times. that bit of information might be the one reason the judge today denied bond for the hurt suspect 31-year-old neighbor scott tomaszewski. this was his first court appearance in maryland since he was arrested on a cruise ship in alaska. tomaszewski was on the trip with his parents. >> the very idea of death in this matter is incomprehensible to them. >> prosecutor john mccarthy says tomaszewski confessed to burglarizing his neighbor's home and slaughtering them as they slept. >>> a takoma park widow and her alleged lover are both behind bars after making their first court appearance on charges that they murdered the woman's husband. a judge set bail for 68-year- old larlane brown at $5 million. bail for 49-year-old husain ali set at 3 million. police believe they killed see sill brown last august, his body found in the backyard on colby avenue. the

their 10-year-old philip and the family's housekeeper, vera figueroa. you saw the report first on news4 tonight on wint's apparent violent history with an ex-. court documents show a former girlfriend got a stay away order in 2008. she told police wint had attacked her multiple times and held her against her will. wint is the only person to be charged so far in the northwest d.c. murders. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk with a potential break in the hunt for two escaped killers who broke out of prison. now comes word the inmates may have used a ferry to get out of upstate new york. officials suggested the two men may have told someone they wanted to escape to vermont, and the easiest way to get from plattsburgh to burlington is on a 14-minute ferry ride. we learned there is no checkpoint at the loading area on the new york side. billboards have gone up in vermont because police are worried that people there may look at this as a new york problem and not pay close enough attention. officials are interrogating a woman who worked at the prison. inv

was set on fire, and the quadruple murder of savvas, his wife amy, son phillip and housekeeper vera figueroa was discovered. the night before the fire while the four inside were being held hostage, savvas the ceo of american ireworks contacted his driver jordan wallace, to bring $40,000 in cash to the home. according to "the washington post," wallace responding "got your message, i'll call you once i get the package." the next day, wallace called and texted several people including woman, sending her a photo of a red bag with the money. the woman asking, "i wonder how much it is?" to which wallace replied, "40." later that morning, wallace texted savvas "package delivered." he then drove to american ironworks, but after learning about the fire, drove back to the mansion, texting savvas and amy several times along the way. "hey ms. amy, are you okay? that text too late. all four inside the house had been killed and the home set on fire. wallace has not been arrested or charged with any crime. ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> ryan thanks. >>> now, to the new threat of severe weather at this

the cell phones of savvas and amy savopoulos and housekeeper vera figueroa were all missing after the fire. police believe the records from those phones could lead to the location and identification of persons who took the phones while committing the crimes. >> and ryan is with us now. ryan you've reported extensively on the dna picked up on the pizza. has there been any other dna uncovered? >> reporter: well, sources familiar with the case tell us that authorities have far more than just a pizza crust found at the scene to tie him to the crime. they say they are trying to find a link between wint's shoes and clothes and the victims, david. >> all right, ryan smith tonight, thank you. >>> overseas and to china this evening. new developments in the tragedy at sea, that ferry capsizing. and tonight, a race against time. last night, we showed you the rescuers tapping on the hull, listening inside for signs of life. well, tonight, cutting into the hull. divers searching the wreckage. a risky operation, letting the oxygen escape. oxygen that could keep those survivors alive. as of tonight,

the bodies of savvas savopoulos his wife amy their 10-year-old son philip and the housekeeper vera figueroa. charged in the case daron wint. in 2005 he work for american iron works a coil own by savvas savopoulos. he was identified as a suspect after his dna was found on a piece of uneaten pizza at the crime scene. according to court documents obtained by news4 the cell phones belonging to them as well as the phone belonging to miss figueroa were missing from the crime scene. a cell phone not missing but under scrutiny by investigators is one that belongs to this man. he is identified in court

bodies of savvas savopoulos, his wife amy, their 10-year-old son phillip and the family housekeeper vera figueroa. it was a case of murder. they had been beaten, tied up and held for more than 19 hours. a fire set in an apparent effort to cover up the crime. firefighters told police they didn't use that french door to get into the house that day. charged in the murder, 34-year-old daron wint. in 2005 he work for american iron works, a company own by savvas savopoulos. wint was identified when his dna was found on a piece of uneaten pizza in the house. he was picked up on a traffic stop. he was with a man and two women. there was a box truck there with two men inside. during the home invasion an assistant brought $40,000 in cash to the savopoulos home. that money has not been accounted for. police say after wint's arrest, they found $10,000 in money orders and what appeared to be a large stack of $100 bills. now these are some of the items police say they're searching for. duct tape or other material that can be used to bind hands and feet. clothing or shoes containing blood. credit cards or anyth

and a suspect in the amy the 10-year-old son phillip and the housekeeper vera figueroa. detectives did not find gasoline or blood-soaked clothing or a surveillance camera they believe was taken from the savapoulos home. the prosecutor says additional charges are pending against daron wint. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: family and friends are going to expect to pay respects to charnice milton in the hour. she was shot and killed last week in d.c. by a bullet intended for someone else. late last night, police released this surveillance footage from the night milton was murdered. you can see several people speeding through her southeast neighborhood on dirt bike and a.t.v.'s. we vehicle more in milton's death at 6:00. alison: d.c. firefighters are investigating an overnight fire at watergate complex in northwest d.c. started in an apartment on virginia avenue. it was 1:20 a.m. officials say the fire was contained to just one unit. no one was hurt. there is no word on what caused it. well to the weather now. we have the days of just gray. and it's really

savvas savopoulos and his wife amy, their son phillip and the housekeeper vera figueroa. the affidavit describes both savapoulos and his wife had trauma to their heads. amy suffered cuts to her throat and her head. and the documents show that they were found in the same room as figueroa. phillip was found upstairs and according to the documents he had been burned beyond recognition. right now daron wint is in custody in connection with the killings. investigators are searching to determine if others helped him carry out the murders. we have crews reading through the dock minute and will bring you upstates as they are made available. i'm jonathan elias in the newsroom. back to you. alison: awful. thank you. a well known d.c. hospital is is accused of discrimination. a woman was denied after applying for breast implant surgery. kellye: she said that the hospital denied her request for breast augmentation surgery because of her gender identity. alexa said all her life she felt like a woman. >> my name and i changed my gender and it made me happy. kellye: she wanted to achiev

someone called savvas amy and 10-year-old philip savopoulos and along with their housekeeper vera figueroa. they will be remembered at noon. >>> and it is an emotional day here in washington as the world mourns the loss of beau biden, the son of vice president joe biden. leaders from both parties are paying tribute. nbc's kristen welker has more. good morning. tell us more about biden's legacy. >> reporter: well eun, you're right. this is a tragic day in washington. the vice president has cancelled up a public events today. he's at home in delaware where flags were lower at half-staff. his son beau biden was 46 years old and his future seemed as bright as his father's. this morning, the entire political world of people all across the country mourning man who is gone far too soon. he was born in 1969. he became a politician in his own right. he was twice elected as delaware's attorney general. he was expected to run for governor of delaware. beau was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago and after aggressive treatment he was given a clean bill of health and then this spring he relapsed.

also killed, their housekeeper vera figueroa. the savopoulos family is being laid to rest today. family and friends still reeling from the loss. police have arrested daron wint a former employee of savvas savopoulos. investigators say wint entered the home and held the four victims captive overnight, even ordering pizza during the other deal. a source tells news 4 that dna on a pizza crust has linked wint to the crime scene. police say wint murdered his apt captives after $40,000 in cash was sent to the home. the mansion was set on fire. while only one arrest has been made police said they believe wunt had help from others. today's funeral is being held at st. sophia's greek orthodox cathedral at noon. while police believe others were most likely involved in this terrible crime, they have yet to release the names of any additional suspects. in northwest, megan mcgrath news 4. >> crews in alexandria say repairs to a broken water main are well under way. the main broke on king street during the morning rush. you can see it flooded the street with water and reduced it to one lane. t

wallace to the torture and killing of amy and savvas savopoulos, 10-year-old philip and housekeeper vera figueroa. >> if you're lying about something that seems in consequential, usually there's a reason. >> reporter: while police swabbed the bmw for evidence, they apparently did not find the cash, the money wrappers, the manila envelopes or bank documents, but what they did find according to warrants unsealed earlier was a sign of how the killers got into the house, a boot print and a broken pane and lock on a side door of the mansion. we have been unable to get ahold of jordan wallace, but it bears repeating he has not been charged with anything. police have not even said that he is a person of interest here. reporting live in woodley park d.c., bruce leshan, wusa9. >> thank you. we within expecting a judge to unseal several more search warrants today -- we were expecting a judge to unseal several more search warrants today, but that hasn't happened yet. >>> there are breaking developments in the jesse matthew trial. the man accused of killing uva student hannah graham is set for trial for kill

almost three weeks after firefighters found savvas, amy and philip savopoulos and housekeeper vera figueroa murdered in the burning mansion crime scene investigators finally pulled out most of their equipment, but at the courthouse police returned six different search warrants. in the two vehicles traveling with suspect daron wint they were looking for duct tape. sources say it was used to bind the victims. they were looking for the missing digital video recorder, for the home surveillance system and looking for knives, guns and gasoline containers. finally they wanted to search cell phones in the vehicles for photos or communication between wint and any of the co- conspirators police are convinced were involved. the killers also apparently stole the cell phones of all three adults and the warrants seek location and call records for those phones. there was also a warrant for the cell phone records of savvas savopoulos' assistant, a guy named jordan wallace, the man who delivered the $40,000 cash leighing it in a car in the garage. in-- leaving it in a car in the garage. detectives say walla

meanwhile, police say the three phones belonging to savvas and amy savopoulos and their housekeeper vera figueroa were missing from the crime scene. now, it's important to point out that, wallace has not been named as a suspect or person of interest in this case. as far as those cell phones that were recovered, we don't know if the cell phones belong to savvas and amy sa slop lus and their housekeeper. that's still something police are working on. but what we do know is those devices provide important information for police as they continue this investigation. coming up at 6, we take a look at the evidence that police are still looking for. jim? >> meagan thanks so much. >> for the first time in northern virginia this weekend, the public will be trained in saving the life of a person who has overdees dosed. police departments and emergency respond use the drug nar can all the time. now julie carey joins us live to explain how a change in the law brings new access to this medication. julie? >> reporter: well, in the coming weeks, this potentially life saving drug will be as simple to get as walk u

investigators believe amy, their son phillip and housekeeper vera figueroa were already held hostagenside. savvas arrives home and hours later at 9:35 wednesday night, investigators believe the suspect, darron wint, forced him to make a call. >> reporter: good night. those words, the last nelly would ever hear again from savvas, a man she had nope more than two decades. and on thursday morning, just before 10 a final text message sent to nelly from amy's phone saying, "i am making sure you do not come today. ""the same day the karate studio is set to open hours before the mansion goes up in flames. and the horrifying discovery of four victims murdered inside. the timing of it all still puzzling for those close to the family, adding to the mystery of why their lives were taken. meagan fitzgerald, news4. >>> it's being talked about online and in your office today and probably at your home to the supreme court's ruling on same-sex marriage was also a hot topic on the co-joe show on wamu. our own jim vance was there to join the conversation and received an interesting question from a lis

stephen: four people died in the house, savvas savopoulos, his wife amy their son phillip and vera figueroa the housekeeper. daron wint is the only suspect. there were d.n.a. on a pizza crust and track of money orders and $100 bills. but he will fight in court and he wants a beefed up defense team. >> he encouraged about the case and he feels good that justice will be served in this matter. >> today daron wint appeared in court shackled, yet alert, assessing the courtroom and speaking in a clear direct voice. while he looks muscular in some photos the ripped arms adorn a diminutive frame. wondering how he kept four people captured. he will be in court for two weeks. >> felony one, which is what this is. stephen: investigators throughout has wondered or assumed that wint did not act alone in the alleged crimes. now he at this time, we do understand is adamant he wants to fight the case. estate he is has never been inside the savapoulos home. he will be back in court july 2 for a hearing. kimberly: "7 on your side" team are uncovering new detheys in the mansion murder. track the progress at w

savopolous and the phone of the housekeeper, vera figueroa, all of which have not been recovered.who may have helped him commit these crimes. >> i'm sure the police have some other suspects involved that they believe are involved in this case and they are trying to track information down to link them to wint. >> the search warrant information released today say police believe all four victims were held captive by daron wint until the money was delivered to the house and they weren't killed until after the drop occurred. a lawyer who represented wint in the past said wint did not do it. >> joe, thank you so much. follow me on twitter. and check out our show page on cnn.com. you can also subscribe to our magazine on flipboard. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. turning you over now to mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room" next door. thanks for watching. >>> happening now, boston terror plot. court papers say the suspect killed in boston plotted with others to kill police officers in massachusetts and planned a beheading in another state. we're getting stunning new details

bodies of savvas savopoulos, his wife amy their 10-year-old son philip and the family's housekeeper vera figueroa. they had been tied up, beaten stabbed and burned and held captive in the house for more than 19 hours. the fire set in an apparent effort to cover up the crime. 34-year-old daron wint charged with first degree murder after his dna was found on an uneaten piece of pizza inside the home. now in court today another search warrant unsealed this one for a bmw that belonged to jordan wallace, the car they say was recovered a block away from the crime scene on the day of that fire. wallace was a personal assistant to savvas savopoulos. his boss told him to bring $40,000 in cash to that house an apparent ransom payoff for the suspect holding the family captive. that money has not been accounted for. now, jordan wallace has not been charged with any wrongdoing in connection with this murder case. coming up at 6, i'll have more about the break-in here at the house. i'll have a new boot print to show you. live in northwest i'm pat collins, news4. >>> an 18-year-old shot and killed, his body fou

deaths of savvas savopoulos, his wife, amy, their 10-year-old son philip and their housekeeper vera figueroa. all were found death insides the family's burning home in the woodley park neighborhood of northwest. >>> happening today, the montgomery county board of education is expected to adopt a 2016 operating budget with some tough cuts. the school system faces a $53 million shortfall for next year. interim superintendent larry bowers is recommending cutting 3 # 0 teaching and -- 380 teaching and staff positions. plus delaying the expansion of the chromebooks initiative. there are additional cuts to the school system's textbook and professional development budgets. >>> there's a new development today in the case of eric darn he. he was the -- eric garner. he was the unarmed black man who died after an officer used a chokehold on him in new york city last july. a three-judge court panel will have a hearing today. >>> there's an a voluntary evacuation in low-lying areas in texas. the national weather service says parts of north texas, araskans and oklahoma could get up to nine inches of rain

charges in the may 14 death of savvas savopoulos his wife amy their son phillip and housekeeper vera figueroa. court documents say wint's d.n.a. was found on a pizza crust delivered to the home the night before the murderers when police believe the four were held captive. hanover points out police believe there were other suspects involved and no other d.n.a. evidence has been released yet. sean: we don't know what other d.n.a. evidence exists. we have only learned thus far about the pizza. let's see what else is there. tom: touma, abc7 -- tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: the authorities say the man shot outside air borse base monday died. shots fired at larry mcelroy after he got out of the car holding a rifle. the investigators aren't sure why he was armed but the sheriff's office says in january he told a deputy he found spy devices from the base in his home. kimberly: a tyinger that broke free from a zoo in severe flooding in the exsoviet republic of georgia killed one man and injured another. authorities found the tiger hiding in a construction market and killed it after it attacked the

mansion fire along with their housekeeper vera figueroa just a couple of weeks ago. home for savvos savopoulos, his wife amy and their 10-year-old son phillip. as family and friends mourn, the former lawyer for the suspect charged in the quadruple homicide is speaking to abc news. >> he is resolute in the belief and i also harbor the same belief that he wouldn't kill anybody. >> adding daron wint claims he never knew savvos family or brutally killed his son. >> he had never met the wife and insisted he wouldn't under any circumstances harm a child. >> the lawyer has not been officially hired, but met with wint over the weekend. for now he is not commenting on whether wint has an alibi and the savopoulos family is staying quiet only issuing a statement last week thanking police but adding wint's arrest does not abate our pain. many coming to this funeral home to pay their respects. police are pushing forward with their investigation with wint behind bars looking for what they believe are his accomplices. ryan smith, abc news, washington. >>> a new study may change the

savopoulos and of the housekeeper vera figueroa all of which police say have not been uncovered.olice believe may have helped to commit these crimes. >> now outfront, paul, police are zeroing in on a new person. this is a significant development today, victim's assistant jord wallace joe was just telling us about him. they say he lied about when and how he was told how to get the money, lied about where the money was, was it in an envelope, where was it. and then he lied about the victim's car being locked. why would you lie about anything in this case? that's the question here. >> i'm sure police are saying if you are lying, it's an indication of a consciousness of guilt. obviously if he was making something up and trying to change the way the money was gathered, very, very important fact. you know the money ultimately is ransom money which may be traceable and if it turns up in his hands or somebody else's hands it would be devastating evidence. >> according to the documents, jordan wallace the assistant didn't just get the money himself. he actually got the money from savopoul

vera figueroa is expected to be returned to her native el salvador.w ryan smith. >> hundreds of friends and family driving the loss of sa vos savopoulos his wife amy and their 10-year-old son phillip killed along with their housekeeper can teenagers carrying the smallest casket. surviving family members lined up with others as the here'ses carried those cough fins to the cemetery. >> daron wint arrested in connection with the killing now professes his innocence says his former lawyer. >> he is resolute in the belief and i also harbor the same belief that he wouldn't kill anybody. >> the lawyer has not yet been retained by wint has not seen the evidence nor would he comment whether wint has an alibi but challenges some of the evidence police have collected. likewin's dna found on a pizza crust found in the home. he claims about the bliss -- >> they lied when they said he was the man in the video. >> police insist wint is running from the family's burned porsche shortly after the home was set on fire. wint once was for save save's company but left over

the killings of savvas and amy savopoulos, their ten-year-old son phillip and their housekeeper vera figueroaron wint was arrested after authorities found his dna on pizza crusts at the crime scene. >>> jurors will get new insight today into the mind of the accused gunman in the colorado movie shooting trial. lawyers presented video yesterday from james holmes court-ordered evaluation from last year. he explains his thoughts during the 2012 shooting. prosecutors say he killed 12 people and injured dozens more. barry petersen is at the courthouse in centennial colorado. barry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was an extraordinary journey into the mind of a mass murderer conducted by psychiatrist dr. william reid videotaped and then shown to the jury. reid asked how did holmes feel walking into the theater dressed in body armor with a shotgun, assault rifle, handgun, and a tear gas canister ready to murder." >> heart pumping, adrenaline racing or no? calm? >> calm and collected. >> reporter: he emptied all six rounds of the shotgun then opened fire with the assault rifle. >> i heard

savvas, amy and 10-year-old philip savopoulos and vera figueroa were killed.ice zeroed in on daron wint after he left dna on a piece of pizza. the police believe he likely had help in the murders. >>> well more than a year after an 8-year-old d.c. girl disappeared, investigators may have found some new evidence. no one has seen relisha rudd since last year. a bag was found in the kenilworth park and they say that bag is consistent with what police are looking for. >> we are -- we are looking for evidence. i was -- i thought we'd at least have to get in the water to find it. but somebody must have caught on to it with a fishing hook and brought it up. >> well, now, police will process that bag. rudd was last seen with khalil tatum. a janitor at the d.c. homeless shelter where her family was staying. he later killed himself, but relisha was never found. >>> a building normally used to investigate crime is now full of bullet holes. a gunman opened fire on the dallas police headquarters yesterday. nbc's schenamen has the latest. >> reporter: it was a brazen attack

savopoulos and of the housekeeper, vera figueroa all of which police say have not been recovered.nclear who police believe may have helped commit these crimes. wolf? >> all right, joe, thank you. let's get some more on the story. joining us our cnn justice reporter evan perez and the former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. he's our law enforcement analyst. evan what are you hearing about this new development police believe that wint could have had help from others that there may be some others involved in this who may still be on the run? >> you know wolf long-time investigators who do this kind of work have all along told me there's no way darron wint did this by himself. and what you're beginning to see from these court documents is the focus on this assistant, jordan wallace, whose picture we showed just now in joe's piece. he's key to this. and they've now filed search warrants to get all access to his devices, his home phone, his cell phone because they believe that's the key to solving this case. also mentioned in that document is the second person who was involved in pro

terrorizing then killing savvas savopoulos, his wife amy, their 10-year-old son and housekeeper vera figueroaeir home may 14th linked to the crime after investigators matched his dna to that on a pizza crust found at the scene. >> we don't know what other dna evidence exists. we've only learned thus far about the pizza. let's see what else is there. >> reporter: several sources close to wint have told abc news he claims to have played only a minor role in the tragedy. was not in the house at all and was not there the day of the murders and while hanover wouldn't corroborate those claims he had this to say about the charges against his client. >> once people begin to understand who else was out there, what was going on, they're going to see him in a very different light. >> reporter: the investigation into the murders still ongoing. wint is due back in court july 2nd. hanover says since he was just hired he can't yet give an overly detailed explanation related to wint's defense but he may have his work cut out for him. the prosecution has said it's likely that wint will face even more charges.

those three along with their housekeeper vera figueroa were held 19 hours before being killed in a quadruplever two weeks ago, the pain of this attack etched on the faces of family and friends at sunday's wake. and as they grieve, a former lawyer for daron wint, the man charged with murder in connection with the killings is speaking out after visiting the suspect in jail this weekend. >> he is resolute in the belief and i also harbor the same belief that he wouldn't kill anybody. >> reporter: wint once worked for savopoulos' steel manufacturing company but left over a decade ago. according to the attorney, wint says he didn't harbor any negative feelings about leaving. >> he mentioned to me that no one would hold a grudge for 11 years, so he had nothing against the deceased man. he spoke highly of him, said he never met the wife at all and would never hurt a child. >> reporter: and he challenged some of the evidence police have collected like the bundles of cash found in a truck where wint was arrested. >> i don't believe he had any cash on him. i think there was cash in another vehicle. tha

house was set on fire and the quadruple murder of savvas his wife amy, son philip and housekeeper vera figueroaeld hostage, savvas contacted his driver jordan wallace to bring $40,000 in cash to the home. according to "the washington post," wallace responding got your message. i'll call you once i get the package. the next day, wallace called and texted several people including a woman sending her a photo of a red bag with the money. the woman asking i wonder how much it is. to which wallace replied 40. later that morning, wallace texted savvas. packaged delivered. he then drove to american iron works but after learning about the fire, drove back to the mansion, texting savvas and amy several times along the way. hey, miss amy, are you okay? that text too late. all four inside the house had been killed. and the home set ablaze. wallace has not been arrested or charged with any crime. ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> a new study finds that more americans are taking advantage of free routine cancer screenings under obamacare. under the law, there's no copay for procedures like a colonoscopy. >>