The family and their housekeeper held hostage, tortured and left for dead. Only a psychopath could do Something Like this. Then the unexpected clue that is what broke this case. The desperate manhunt. Command was given, go, go, go. Right there . Right here. And the search for answers. These people had a plan. Its sadistic, its horrific. Tonight, a cnn special report the d. C. Mansion murders. Sunday, may 3 in phoenix, arizona, a race day for phillip, the 10yearold son of savvas and amy savopoulos. He was passionate beyond belief, no matter how he did on the track, he would be smiling from ear to ear. Jay howard was his coach, in his interview he recalls their last race. A typical day, we would get up in the morning and go to the track. Amy and savvas followed philip all over the country complete le devoted to their son and his sport. I believe it was the third day when he had his accident. During the race, philip crashed his gocart. Both of and salva went onto the track to see philip. He was in typical good spirits, was not fazed by his accident in any way, shape or form. Philip suffered a concussion, and doctors sent him home for bedrest. He was going to stay home, the schedule that the doctors laid out, rest for a few days, little bit of homework. It was in one of the wealthiest parts of d. C. , not far from the embassy and Vice President s house. Woodland drive is known for one of the most expensive areas. But home would be no safe haven. A series of strange events happens. Ten days after phillips race. First on wednesday at 5 56 p. M. , the Security Company monitoring the house gets an alert for broke glass on the french doors on the side of the house. Im lucky that im still here. Shortly after, a voicemail was left for the familys second housekeeper, telling her not to come to work as planned. She played the message for abc. 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 shes going to stay the night here. Former assistant director of the fbi, it sounds suspicious. If youre an investigator listening to that, what would it tell you . It tells me i need to get that recording analyzed to see are there extraneous noises spiking up in the background. And she was sick in the afternoon. Is that somebody in the background under duress hollering . A few hours later, gutierrez gets a text from amy savopoulos. Im making sure that you dont when you got that text, were you thinking that was strange or unusual to get that kind of text . Yes. What did you first thing when you got it . I called her right away. Did she answer . No. Hi, you have reached my cell phone. Later at 9 00 p. M. , amy orders two pizzas from dominos but gives unusual instructions ring the bell and leave the pies on the front porch. The porch lights are on, but the house is dark. Its just so eerie to think about, little did that pizza driver know right. Hes walking up feet away from torture, from mayhem in that house. From the outside, things would seem quiet here on woodland driver overnight, until the next morning when housekeep housekeeper vera figaroas husband comes looking for her. I was knocking and knocking ringing the bell. My feeling was somebody was inside. A short time after, he gets a call from Saavas Savopoulos. Im sorry i didnt call you last night. She has to stay with my wife because she was feeling bad. And she has to go to the hospital and asking vera to go with her. Ver as husband goes home. A few hours later, a mysterious delivery is made to the mansion, a package containing 40,000. Court records reveal saavas texted his assistant instructing him to bring the money to the house. Wallace stacks the bills in one of the familys cars and leaves. Is at 1 30 p. M. , the d. C. Fire department gets a call reporting a fire on wideland drive. Flames are pouring from the second floor coming from philips bedroom. We do know at this point that the fire appears to be intentionally set. Once the flames are out, firefighters discover the grisly murder scene. S savva, amy, phillip, their bodies bloodied and burned. Vra is rushed to the hospital, but doctors cant save her. A gruesome end to a nearly 20hour nightmare. This is excessive, gratuitous violence, it goes well beyond just doing it for money. When we come back, the savopoulos family. Its really gut wrenching. Ad . And their suspected killer, how did he slip through the cracks . Theres a breakdown in the system somewhere. You fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance. Uld save yeah, Everybody Knows that. Well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast . You got to know when to holdem. Know when to fold em. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. You never count your money, when youre sitting at the ta. What . You get it . I get the gist, yeah. Geico. 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Shocking to all who knew this family like mike, who met Saavas Savopoulos decades earlier as a church altar boy. This kind of thing only happens in the movies, not to somebody you know in real life. And particularly to a couple and family so well liked and well respected in the community. And that is what is so shocking about this. They arent shady people. These are really familyoriented good people. Lori diamond with with saavas to his formal. He had eyes for somebody else. He said there was somebody that he always had a crush on. And that all she had to do was say yes. That someone was amy martin, the daughter of an army colonel. They first met in high school, both wen to the university of maryland where savvas pursued amy for years. I think he did ask he out a lot. And she finally said yes. What was he like after that . The happiest person you had ever seen. From then on, they were inseparable. After graduation, savvas went to law school, amy went to work. They married in 1994. She was his whole world. And off they went on their journey. A journey that quickly led to children. Abigail was the first, katerina next, then philip. The son of a wealthy greek aristocrat, savvas soon joined his fathers business, american iron works. He was excited about it. A partnership that brought wealth and abiding friendship. We went to dinner one night, and him and his dad were like the two kids that needed to be separated in class. And they were so close. And so funny. And i think he really looked up to his dad. And followed in his philanthropic footsteps. Savvas and amy were active in washington activities. They were were active in philips school. They were like a washington couple who lived under the radar. If anything, they deliberately kept a low profile. This guy didnt care about wealth. He would have given money away. He was all about the experience. A tightknit family, whether it was amy leading them on hikes or savvas taking them on a yearlong getaway to the caribbean. Family was the most important thing. He was the kind of person who wanted to be in love and have a family and grow old with them. And as summer 2015 approached, the savopoulos family was certain growing up. Abigail was graduating from high school. Katerina searching for colleges, with her mother. Savvas was opening up a martial arts school, something he dreamed of as a teenager. Re used to joke with me. I would put up a hand and he would touch a nerve and i would say uncle, uncle. He knew how to defend himself. He really did. And philip was living his dream. As a gocart racer. Very fast learner, definitely no fear, he was not scared of it at all. Philips coach jay howard spoke to cnn exclusively about his young student with an old soul. He was the best way to describe it, ten years old going on 35. I mean, he was so mature. So well spoken, very clear he had a great education. Great parenting and savvas was great with him. Howard remembers one of the last dinners they had together. The waiter comes over and says would you like a bread basket. And he goes, i think im going to have to pass on the bread. Im trying to watch my carbs this week, and im like youre ten. Philip was inseparable from his dad. Especially since sisters were away at boarding school. He was with them, 24 7, wherever we went, savvas was with him. Savvas was always in control of situation. He would have done anything. His only son, his beloved wife. He would have done anything for them. He was a protector. And for him not to be able to protect, must have been awful. An awful end. When we come back, the terror inside the mansion. The body was so charred, they couldnt even determine gender. Advil pain relievers are used by more households than any other leading brand. To treat their aches and pains more people reach for advil. 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Thats taking a fair amount of risk. A huge risk. They were held hosage for almost 20 hours and tortured. Imagine how sadistic you have to be to slowly wring the life occupy something or beat it out of somebody or cut them over and over again so that they are slowly bleeding to death. These individuals, you have a leader, a primary person. This person is getting off on hearing the screams and the cries, and is enjoying the power, enjoying the thrill, and i think being able to come in, control this family, inflict these injuries was something he actually enjoyed doing. But who did these things . Solving the crime depends heavily on unearthing physical evidence at the scene. When you have a quadruple homicide, this is in effect an all hands on deck. You have your best forensic people in this house. Some of the first clues they find, a shattered lock. And this shouldpretty on the doors. That picture we have seen of the shoeprint how telling could it be . Very telling if a police can locate the shoes of the same dimension, particularly if they can identify brand. It may put a person into that shoe. And a Samurai Sword . Forensic scientist lawrence kobilinsky. How wide it . And a bloody baseball bad, similar to this, found in the upstairs bedroom where the three adult bludgeoned bodies are discover. With blood at that thick surface, at the thick end of the bat tells me that that was what was used to inflict that blunt trauma, striking these pour people on the back of the head. A knife is discovered in the trash behind the house. Police find finger prints and hair fibers. That would establish a direct linkage between a suspect or an individual and the crime scene. Police find duct tape believed to have been used to restrain the victims, and matches thought to have been used to start the fire. And then the familys porsche missing from the garage, found 13 miles from the mansion, engulfed in flames. Inside the burning car, a Green Construction vest, similar to vests worn by workers at savvas company, aiw. Was it some part of ruse, that im a representative of a utility company, trying to get access to the house . Later that vest will provide another critical clue. The mystery deepens as Police Find Thousands of dollars much cash left behind in the house. Why would the killers level money behind . It was not just about the money, it was not just about all the jewelry that probably was there. That really goes to the motivation of the offender, that these murders themselves were very important. And the autopsies show the murders were horrific. They had to be restrained, or else they couldnt have been tortured and treated the way they had. They would have fought back. Mr. Savvas savopoulos was a healthy young man, 46 years old. He certainly would have fought back if he had not been restrained. Even after the ransom money was dropped off, the horror continues for several more hours, until the house is set ablaze in the early afternoon. The subjects probably administering additional pain to the victim. That gap of time is i want more, you can get more. Saava and vera were beaten, stabbed and strangled. Thats a very closein injury. Its not like a gunshot where you can shoot a gun from a distance. This strangulation, you have to be right in and at crier victim. Theres a psychological overlay here to whats going on in that home. Amy died from sharp force trauma, and 10yearold philip stabbed and burned beyond recognition. I think it became pretty clear to the First Responders that the child had been tortured multiple stab wounds. The son was engulfed in flame, to the point where the body was so charred that have they couldnt even determine gender. First responders find the three adults in a bedroom upstairs, vera and amy bound in chairs, and savvas on the floor. The 10yearold was handled separately. Philip is discovered in his bedroom, alone. He was the bargaining chip, the threat was made against him while getting the adults to do whatever the perpetrator wanted. The unknown of where is my son . I want to see my son or whatever pain and suffering he was going through, its all in the mind of a killer. Clearly this is where the fire started. Philips bedroom where his body was found. Why do you think they started the fire there, which could easily be seen on the street. I think this is a mistake of a killer who is not particularly organized, a killer who thought that the use of an accelerant, gasoline presumably would burn faster, hotter and more completely. But the killers assumptions were wrong. This resulted in the potential discovery of much physical evidence that could be preserved, tested, people eliminated, people included in the suspect hunt. Coming up, an unexpected clue breaks the case wide open. 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Could this be the killer . But the most important break comes from an unlikely source a piece of pizza. It just so happens that the fire never really hit that slice of pizza. That is what broke this case. For dna experts like lawrence kobilinsky, its a pot of gold. You have a lot of cheek cells that tend to slough off into your saliva. Theres a lot of dna in saliva. Every time you bite into something, you are leaving small amounts of saliva behind. The pizza is taken to a forensic lab and immediately tested for dna. They compared that developed dna to a database, and out pops darrell wint. He worked for savopoulos ten years before. Almost a week after the homicides, his face is everywhere. You need to stop what youre doing and look closely. The manhunt is on. The suspect is 34 Darren Dillon wint. Hes a very violent man and the violence probably started when he was very young. He was born in guyana, for a short time was a u. S. Marine recruit before dropping out of the basic training. Wint has a violent criminal past, including arrests for domestic violence, assault and burglary. Mary ellen otoole is a former fbi profiler. When you have an offender whose family is afraid of him, who beats up on his girlfriend, thats the kind of violence who people look at and theyre afraid of him. That type of violence is not going to go away. In 2010, he was arrested behind a dumpster near american iron works, carrying a 2footlo machete. I think thats significant. That occurred in 2010, five years after he left american iron works, so hes back at the same company with a machete, behaving in a very threatening manner. Wint was only convicted of a misdemeanor in that case, but now thanks to the dna evidence on that piece of pizza, hes the main suspect in a horrific quadruple murder. Its a giant olympicsized broad jump from a piece of pizza