there were no signs of forced entry at the home and sources tell wrc it's likely that the killers had knowledge of the family hand how they lived their day-to-day lives. >> reporter: he was a high-powered executive, a member who built the verizon center international business dealing. police found his porch four miles from his home four miles away from the american headquarters. a second housekeeper says figueroa's husband went to the savopolous house. nobody answered the door and then his phone rang, a cool from mr. savopolous who said figueroa was not there. tonight a $25,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest. peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >> when we come back we'll switch gears. if you always thought your dog was smarter than the average pooch, now there's a way to prove it. >>> finally tonight, a question you may have thought about more than once. while staring into your best friend's eyes. wondering what's inside that head what they are thinking and understanding. nbc's hallie jackson ponders the question is your dog a genius? >> they are more than just

sources tell wrc, mr. savopoulos eventually gave the killers what they were looking for. grainy surveillance video showing a person of interest who authorities believe may have driven off with the family's porsche, later found torched 15 miles away. a manhunt and a mystery, casting a shadow over the nation's capital. investigators say 3 of the 4 victim as peered to have been beaten or stabbed before the fire. nbc news has not been able to reach mr. figueroa and police have not commented on the time line. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. >>> now to the latest developments from boston in less than a half hour lawyers in the marathon bombing trial will meet with the judge expected to set a formal sentencing date for dzhokhar tsarnaev. they sentenced him to death for the bombings that killed three as well as a police officer, days later. the death sentence verdict in boston is now having an impact on another trial that's set to resume shortly in a colorado courtroom. defense attorneys in the movie theater shooting trial asked the judge monday to question jurors about

and tonight our station wrc is reporting that one of the suspect's relatives was fired from that company. police say the suspect is armed and dangerous. his whereabouts unknown. a major break in a horrific crime. detectives matched dna from pizza crust found in the savopoulos family mansion to daron dylon wint now suspected in the brutal murders. tonight law enforcement sources tell nbc news the 34-year-old maryland man, wanted for first-degree murder, may be hiding in brooklyn, new york. after taking a bus to see his girlfriend who police have interviewed after leaving her apartment early this morning. >> it does not appear this was a random crime but there is a connection through the business of the savopoulos family. >> reporter: savvas savopoulos was ceo of american iron works where police say wint once worked. the murder suspect has a criminal record. in 2010, wint was arrested outside american iron works carrying a two-foot long machete. weapons charges were dropped after he pleaded guilty to possessing an open container of alcohol. do you believe there were multiple suspects invol

hearing from a second housekeeper who asked not to be seen on camera speaking to our washington station wrc. she says she received a call from mr. savopoulos last wednesday, the night before the fire, telling her not to come the work the next day. >> he said, i hope you can get this message. my wife is sick. my son is sick and vera offered to stay overnight but her phone is dead. >> reporter: mrs. savopoulos followed up with a text thursday morning. police suspect the attack may have started as early as wednesday. neighbors reported unusual activity around the family home before the murders including an aggressive door-to-door salesman and a possible prowler. there were no signs of forced entry and investigators are looking for a person of interest seen in this surveillance video. authorities suspect that person of interest was driving the family porsche, later found torched, 15 miles away. >> it's going to be a black porsche convertible. it's going to be behind the church. >> reporter: the savopouloses have two teenaged daughters believed to be at boarding school. on mother's day, days bef

this is according to wrc.stions over a series of messages in the hours before the victims perished in a house fire. wr wrc spoke to a second housekeeper that she was told not to come to work that day and she is asked not to be identified in the interview. >> i hope you can get this message. my wife sick, my son is sick and better off to stay overnight but -- >> meanwhile police are still looking for a person of interest who could be the key to unlocking this mystery. antonio olivo joins me now with this story. your last report digs into ms. figueroa's family background. what more can you tell us? >> it's still as you mentioned a moving story there are a lot of unanswered questions related to the actual investigation. and with respect to the family in el salvador, they are waiting to see what happens with the body yet to be transported. they are waiting to find out when they could receive her and pay their respects sfwl this is in the neighborhood of vice president joe biden. what more have you been able to unc

wrc reports three unidentified women were also in the car with wint.ators were combing through chevy and a truck parked nearby. the arrest capped an intensive two day search from washington, d.c. to brooklyn, this morning where investigate force believe wint traveled by bus before returning to d.c. thursday. a law enforcement official tells wnbc that police tracked wint to brooklyn using a phone found in his girlfriend's possession when police interviewed her thursday. she told police wint was returning to d.c. where police used separate phone records to track him down according to the official. the question remains did it wint target the savopoulos family allegedly beating and stabbing the adult victims. police say he once worked for savvas savopoulos's business american ire works. and wrc reports one of wint's relatives was fired from the company. >> do you believe there are multiple suspects or was he acting alone? >> we have not ruled out there are others involved. >> reporter: in 2010 wint was arrested carrying a two foot long made shets itychetem

. >> sources close to the case tell wrc that sabba, his wife their son and housekeeper were likely held the home overnight, until they were viciously murder. the adults beaten and stabbed, the house set on fire. >> just absolutely stunning. nothing like this has happened. >> more than one person was likely involved in the murders. >> there were no signs of forced entry at the home. it's likely the killers had knowledge of the family and how they lived their day to day lives. >> he was a highpowered executive. president of american iron works that helped build washington's verizon center. he had international business dealings in a home in the virgin islands. just four miles away from american iron works headquarters investigators are still looking for this person of interest. a second housekeeper says figueroa's husband went to the house thursday morning desperately looking for his wife. no one answered when pounded the door but then his phone rang insisting figueroa was okay but not there. a $25,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest. peter alexander, nbc news, washingt

. >> peter alexander joins me now from washington along with wrc reporter who broke the story last night. are officials looking for other suspects? is went their own suspect? >> andrea i'm looking at new information. the suspect will make his court appearance after 3:00 p.m. today. you asked a good question which is whether or not there may have been another individual involved in the brutal murders throughout the course of the week, more than a week now. they have told us they don't think this was random don't think it was forced entry and don't think he was acting alone. 25 task force surrounded the vehicle he was ins and the box truck driving in front of it. they did pin them with all the vehicles surrounding it with arms and weapons drawn. all individuals surrendered. that included three women inside the vehicle t the chevy cruz with the suspect. wint and two other men in the box truck. law enforce. officials whom i've spoken in the last hour tell me inside the box truck they found a large stash of cash in the door some of it was in the door of that vehicle. they say it was at least

. >> in an interview with wrc, his former coworker criticized the accused murderer. >> the truth, het get along with anybody. >> cnn affiliate spoke to a woman who says she's a relative of wint. >> very argumentative. everywhere he goes argue men ty. >> the bodies for discovered an-wint turjd up after his father's home. >> he's not working, just eating and going to the gym. not going anything. >> in 2001 wint tried to join the marines but after two months of training he left. it's not clear why. since then he's been charged with at least 15 crimes ranging from sexual assault to theft. he's been convicted at least three times. in 2005 his father received a protective order to keep wint away from his family. five years ago he was arrested across the street from american ironworks. according to court comes, police found him behind a dumpster with a 24-inch long machete and a bb gun. charges were never filed. that same year he was accused of threatening to kill a woman and her two-year-old and smashes the front and back windows of their car. wint pled guilty to malicious destruction of p

wrc reports savopoulos called the office thursday morning asking his assistant to deliver the cash. >n firefighters arrived thursday afternoon, investigators say the $40,000 was gone and so was the family's porsche later found abandoned and torched 15 miles away. it's unclear if wint is the person in this surveillance video running from the car fire. public records show wint has live at several addresses in that area and has been arrested numerous times. overnight, crime scene investigators searched the home for blood stains. sources familiar with the investigation say the fire began on the second floor in 10-year-old phillip's room. the adults were down the hall in a separate room beaten and stabbed. >> peter alexander joins me on the phone. he's at news conference about to start. of course that's with d.c. mayor bowser and police chief lanier. special agent joins me too. peter, i'll start with you. it seems there's now a chief suspect. what do we expect to learn from this press conference? any new details? he took a bus to new york city possibly. he's armed and dangerous. they linke

wrc, a local nbc station, reporting that while the hostages were bound inside the home that someone droppedith $40,000 inside. so investigators believe as well that the four victims who died in that mansion last week were killed prior to the house being set ablaze. so while all of this was unfolding, apparently someone dropped off $40,000 and then the assailant or assailants took off with that. another source says they were bound with duct tape and held captive, signs of torture to at least one of the victims. really horrific stuff. but we know that the autopsy report is also complete. so we hope to have a better picture of what happened here soon. i can tell you it has really shaken up not only that neighborhood but the entire nation's capital. >> quickly, pamela i know so far we heard, what no suspect, maybe a person of interest? where does that stand. >> we know there is one person of interest right now that d.c. police are sort of publicly talking about. that is someone who we see in this grainy surveillance video walking away. and he's holding something, we can't tell what it is. of co

sources tell wrc whoever killed this man, savvas savopoulos his wife and 10-year-old son and housekeepert about their day-to-day routine. the family's porsche was found burning in the parking lot of a church. investigators are using a bloodhound to track down whoever may have killed that couple and torch third car. >>> and prosecutors are saying that the arrest of freddy gray was illegal. saying gray was arrested before gray had a knife. they did not find the weapon until gray was handcuffed and placed in a prone position. police lawyers say the arrest was proper because he had possess a deadly weapon. >>> a conductor for the amtrak accident is suing the railroad. he was taking a bathroom break when the train derailed. the conductor suffered a broken neck and a broken back. he's one of five people still hospitalized. he's in critical condition. >>> breaking overnight an oil spill fouling the california coastline. for miles around a popular beach area. an estimates 21,000 gallons of oil has now spilled. the coast guard and emergency crews are working to contain and clean up that spill. >>

our station wrc is reporting that police believe wint left the immediate d.c. area shortly after the murders took place a aweek ago. there is a $25,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest. >> thank you. let me bring in clint van sant let's talk about the major break in the case and how police got this suspect, a slice of pizza in that home tracing that dna to this individual. this is an individual they have to get off the street. this guy is not only a killer he is a sadistic killer. he tortured all three adults as well as the 10-year-old boy likely trying to force the father to come up with this $40,000 package. the significance of this csi type of identification with the dna is that the believed offender likely had dna on file because of prior arrests relating to assaults or sexual assaults. we are fortunate that dna was in a database that could be compared and right now the police believe they have at least one of the suspects. this is a crime that very easily could have seen at least two people break into this house to control the four different

officials tell wrc that mr. savopoulos eventually gave the killers what they were looking for.this grain we surveillance video showing a person of interest who authorities believe may have driven off with the family's porsche later found torched. a manhunt and mystery casting a shadow over the nation's capital. investigators here in washington have already said at least three of the four victims appeared to have been beaten or stabbed before the fire. nbc news has not been able to reach mr. figueroa and police have not yet commented on the timeline. back to you. >> devastating story. peter alexander in d.c. thank you. >>> we'll shift gears now and get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by trivago.com. >> speaking of shifting gears, let's find out what weather our good buddy matt's going to have as he continues for tomorrow. you can see the tour de red nose is going to have fairly decent weather with temperatures in the 60s as he heads towards flushing meadows. just through the rain today. better tomorrow. out in the plains and rock

police say he once worked for savvas savopoulos' business american iron works and wrc reports one of wint's relatives was fired from the company. do you believe there are multiple suspects involved or that wint was acting alone? >> we have not ruled out others involved. >> reporter: in 2010 wint himself was arrested outside american iron works carrying a two-foot-long machete, but weapons charges were dropped after he pleaded guilty to possessing an open contain of alcohol. court records revealed wint was also charged with assault three times, found guilty in one of the cases and had three unrelated separate protective orders against him. >> i can't believe that he did it and i've met him many many times. i do not think he's the one. >> reporter: this morning we received a statement from the family of savvas amy, and philip savopoulos, they are survived by two teenage daughters. the statement reads in part "we are thankful to law enforcement who have worked to bring about an arrest in this case while it does not abate our pain we hope it begins to restore a sense of calm and security

and again this morning our local station wrc is reporting that police believe wynn lefts the washingtond.c., area shortly after those murders took place, exactly a week ago. throughout this investigation investigators have told us they believe there may have been more than one person involved in these murders. right now the hunt is on specifically for that man, daron wynn. a $25,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. back to you. >> thank you so much. turn to nbc news law enforcement analyst jim cavanagh, retired atf special agent in charge. good morning to you. i have to say, this is extraordinary, that investigators were able to find this suspect they say from dna on a pizza crust of all things. >> right, savannah. solid police work by the d.c. homicide detectives. they poured the resources on it. they were backed up by atf, fbi, lab, i'm sure. now they have the suspect so the whole complexion changes and wynn likely has fled. either criminal actor, a lot of cash in his pocket, tend to go to places like florida, california, caribbean, they have cash, likely to be in a hotel

wrc reports three unidentified women were also in the car with wint. overnight investigators were combing through the chevy and this truck nearby. wint's search took them from brooklyn to new york where they believe he traveled before returning to d.c. wint tracks him using a phone found in his girlfriend's possession when police interviewed her thursday. she told them wint was returning to d.c. where they used separate phone records to track him down. the question remains this morning did wint target the savopoulos family? police say he once worked for savvas savopoulos' business american iron works. and one of wint's relatives were fired from the company. do you feel that wint was acting alone? >> we have not ruled out others could be involved. >> reporter: in 2010 according to police records, wint himself was arrested outside of american iron works after he was carrying a machete but charges were dropd. he was also charged with assault three times found guilty in one of the cases. and had three unrelated separate orders against him. >> i can't belie

and again this morning, our local station wrc is reporting that police believe wynn left the immediate washington, d.c. area shortly after those murders took place a week ago. throughout this investigation, verts told us they believe there with may have been more than one person involved in these murders. right now the hunt is on specifically for that man and there is a $25,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest. savannah back to you. let's turn to nbc news law enforcement analyst, a retired atf special agent in charge. jim, good morning to you. i have to say, this is extraordinary that investigators were able to find this suspect say say from dna on a pizza crust of all things. >> right, savannah solid police work by the d.c. detectives. they poured their resources on it. they were backed up by atf fbi, lab, now they got the suspect. so the whole suspect changes. he's a criminal actor. he tends to go to florida, caribbean, cash and he won't be free long because his picture will be all over the national media and soeshlg media. anybody he is in contact, savannah even a pe

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station, wrc. may 13th, 3:00 p.m.sh her work day and leave the home. according to a second housekeeper amy savopoulos asks him to come home to watch the son fill ip because she has plans to go out. 9:00 p.m. savopoulos calls her his wife is sick and says not to come to work the next day and figueroa would be spending the night. the rest of this night is crucial, when the housekeeper are believed to be held captive inside the mansion. domino's pizza delivered to the house and dna from a piece of crust leads police to their suspect. 9:30 a.m. figueroa's husband knocks on door. no answer. he gets a call saying vera had be taken to the hospital. at 9:40 nelly gets a text telling her not to come to work for the day. at 9:30 a.m. the family's 2008 blue porsche is last scene at the home later that same day the car is found torched in the parking lot of a maryland church. sometime midday her assistant drops off a package containing $40,000 in cash. at 1:30 p.m. that day, emergency crews respond to the fire at the house and bo

is wrc is reporting that police believe wint likely left the immediate d.c. area shortly after the murders took place a week ago. his whereabouts right now remain unknown. a $25,000 reward is out for information leading to his arrest. jose, back to you. >> peter, thank you very much. still to come on "the rundown," we'll dig deeper into the manhunt and the kind of person that could be behind this attack. >>> let's go now to the day's other story. the "new york times" has obtained and published the first batch of hillary clinton's previously private e-mails from her time as secretary of state. the 349 pages focus on libya and the deadly 2012 ambush on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and they've already been turned over to the house committee investigating the attack. let's get right to nbc's senior political editor mark murray. mark what do we know? >> jose we're still going through the e-mails right now and the "times" posted them around 7:00 eastern time so we're still trying to go over them. as you mentioned, they all pertain to learn ya and benghazi and it

police say he once worked for american iron works and wrc reports one of wint's relatives was fired fromple suspects are involved or wint was acting alone? >> we have not ruled out others involved, but cannot comment beyond that. >> reporter: in 2010, wint himself was arrested outside american iron works carrying a two-foot long machete but weapons charges were dropped after he pled guilty to an open container of alcohol. also charged with assault three times, found guilty in one case and had three separate protection cases against him. >> i can't believe that he did it and i've met him many many times. i do not think he's the one. >> reporter: and we've just received a statement from the savopoulos family, the two adults and their 10-year-old son among the victims in this awful tragedy. they are survived by two teenaged daughter. the statement reads, "we are thankful to law enforcement who have worked so diligently to bring an arrest in this case. while it does not abate our pain, we hope it begins to restore a sense of calm to our city. today we expect daron dylon wint making his first

sources tell wrc it is likely killers had only in of the family in how they lived their day-to-day livesgton's verizon center. he had international business dealings and a home in the virgin islands. police sound found savopoulos' porsche. investigators are still looking for this person of interest. >> and then when i looked -- >> a second house keeper says the husband went to the house desperately looking for his wife. no one answered. then his phone rang a. call from mr. savopoulos figuring he was not there but she was okay. a $25 reward for information that loads to an arrest. >> chilling. >> wow. >> it doesn't seem like they have a lot of answers yet. coming up yesterday, question talked ability andrew ross sorkin's compelling piece about years after the financial crisis many on wall street say it remains untaped. >>> former treasury secretary larry summers joins us next. we'll be right back. right now, verizon is offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want.

a source close to the family tells our washington station wrc neither friends or family members havee assistant has not been charged. this morning we're also learning more about the family from an obituary released last night. he was described as a world traveler and photographer saying he represented integrity, compassion and courage. amy savopoulos who grew up in a military family and attended army installations across the united states and overseas was long known for her giving and selfless nature. the couple's 10-year-old son phillip known as flip by his friends excelled at school and wanted to be a professional formula one race car driver. he was votedoted on by his older cities. the family recently cuddled together to watch a movie, "finding nemo." for now they only find more questions. detectives remain skeptical that one person could have held captive, tortured and killed four people by himself. services are being held for the family this weekend in d.c. >> thanks very much. >>> the fbi is investigating telephone threats against more than a dozen airliners, most of them heade