CEO, his wife and their housekeeper died from blunt force trauma while their 10-year-old son burned to death, court documents reveal as it emerges suspect did not act alone

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The CEO, wife and housekeeper who were found murdered in the family's mansion a week ago died from blunt force trauma, while their 10-year-old son burned to death, it has emerged.

Court documents released today have shed light on how 34-year-old murder suspect Daron Wint allegedly killed the Savopoulos family in Northeast DC - and indicate he did not act alone.

Wint, who was arrested on Thursday night after investigators found his DNA on a pizza crust left behind at the crime scene, appeared in court on Friday afternoon and is being held without bond. 

Magistrate Errol Arthur said he could not think of a 'single condition' under which it would be safe to release the suspect, who appeared in court wearing a white prison issue jumpsuit. 

He is charged in the murders of Savvas Savopoulos, his wife Amy, their son Philip and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, whose bodies were found on May 14 after firefighters responded to a blaze at their mansion. If found guilty, he will not face the death penalty as Washington D.C does not have it.

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Arrested: Daron Wint, pictured in previous mug shots, has been arrested a week after the murders

Murdered: Savvas Savopoulos, 46, and his 47-year-old wife Amy were found dead after their Washington DC home was set abaze. Their 10-year-old son and housekeeper were also found murdered inside

Slain: Philip Savopoulos, ten, left, was also found dead with housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, right

A newly-released court affidavit says that Wint, who is also named in court documents as 'Darron Delon Dennis Wint', and 'others' first entered the home around 6pm on May 13 and held the family hostage overnight. The documents do not name the other accomplices. 

The family was kept alive until one of Savopoulos' employees delivered a package filled with cash to the home the next morning and left it in the garage as instructed, the documents show.

'All four decedents were held captive by Mr Wint and others until the $40,000 was delivered to the Savopoulos residence,' the document says. 'After the money was delivered the four decedents were killed.'

The killer murdered Mr Savopoulos by 'striking and stabbing him with an unknown object', the documents show.

The coroner determined that three of the victims - Mr and Mrs Savopoulos and Mrs Figueroa - died from 'blunt force and sharp force trauma', while Philip suffered from 'thermal and sharp force injuries', suggesting he was burned and stabbed to death.

Their bodies were found inside the home after it was set alight around 1pm on Thursday May 14. Firefighters found all four bodies on the second floor of the $4.5 million home. 

Philip's body was found on a bed in a bedroom where authorities believe the fire was started.

The three adults were found together in another room, the documents show. Figueroa, herself a married mother, was transported to hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.

Authorities immediately knew they were stepping into a crime scene. 

'A strong odor consistent with that of gasoline was present throughout the home,' the affidavit says. 'Several matches and a matchbox were found at the top of the stairs.'

A K-9 unit also found the presence of an accelerant on the stairs and in the room where the adults' bodies were found.

Also in the bedroom, the investigators found two pizza boxes which had been delivered the night before. The pizzas had been bought on the Savopouloses' credit card.

The deliveryman told authorities that the order instructions said the home owner was nursing a sick child inside so would be unable to come to the door. She asked for him to leave the pizzas outside, ring the doorbell and then leave.

When the deliveryman arrived, every light in the house was off, except for the one on the porch, he told authorities. 

'At the time the pizzas were ordered, each of the decedents were being held against their will,' the affidavit reads.  

Investigation: On Thursday, police vehicles are seen outside the $4.5 million fire-damaged home where the family and their housekeeper were found killed a week ago in Washington, DC

Destruction: The four bodies were found on the burned-out second floor of the home, which smelled like gasoline, according to court documents. Pictured, investigators inspect the home on Wednesday

One of the pizzas was entirely untouched whereas the other box had a few remaining pieces of pepperoni pizza and some half-eaten crusts. DNA on the crusts matched up with Wint's DNA, which was already in the national database.

After launching a massive manhunt that led authorities to Brooklyn, they finally caught up with Wint back in Northeast DC on Thursday night as he left a hotel in a car.

He was arrested with five others who were traveling in the car with him or in a box truck driving nearby. The truck was carrying $10,000 in cash.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force saw a stack of $100 bills in plain view.

'The denomination of this money is consistent with the denomination of money that was delivered to the decedent's resident prior to the homicide,' court documents said.

Fox5 reported that the other people arrested with him have not yet been charged.

The Savopouloses also had two teenage daughters who were both away at boarding school at the time of the killings. Chief Cathy Lanier told CNN on Friday that they were 'heartbroken and terrified'.

On Thursday's brief court hearing, Wint's public defender, Joan Lawson, said that the case against him was built on 'speculation and guesswork' and that he was an 'innocent person'.

Person of interest: Last weekend investigators released surveillance footage of a 'person of interest' in the case. They have since said that the person in the video is not believed to be Wint

She said that the pizza found at the house bearing Wint's DNA was ordered on May 13 and the criminality took place the next day.

Miss Lawson said: 'There is nothing linking him to the kidnapping and death of the decedents.'

But the prosecutor told the court: 'Simply put, the defendant's DNA is on the pizza that was located in a room with three adults just before a fire started...to the extent that other people may have been involved, it does not undermine the defendant's involvement.'

Magistrate Arthur agreed and also granted the prosecution's request to conduct analysis of fingerprints found on a bottle inside the house. 

At a press conference on Thursday, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier said that Wint had worked at one time for Savvas Savopoulos' company, American Iron Works, Inc.

'We do believe there is a connection with the suspect in the case through the business,' she said. 'This was not random.'

A former neighbor at the Lanham, Maryland apartment block where Wint rented a one-bedroom apartment until a year ago told Daily Mail Online that the suspect earned his living as a welder.

Fox reported that Wint worked for the company around 10 years ago as a laborer. 

This is the moment Wint was arrested on Thursday night after police tailed his car for five miles

Huge operation: Wint was found traveling in this white vehicle in Northeast DC on Thursday night. He was arrested with five other people with him, including his brother, and is now being held without bail

Court documents reveal that Wint, who was born in Guyana, moved to the U.S. in 2000 at the age of 20 and settled in Maryland where his family were. 

Records show that in September 2001 Wint joined the Marine Corps Recruit Training or 'boot camp' - officially known as 'entry level separation'.

But while he started intensive basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina on July 24, 2001, he was dropped on September 28 - four weeks before the 13 week program ended. 

By 2005 Wint had experienced his first of 39 brushes with the law; most are traffic offences, but the sheer volume shows a long standing disregard for the rules. Other arrests include for assault, malicious destruction of property, and a protective order has been carried out against him.

Still, Maryland defense attorney Robin Ficker, who represented Wint in previous cases around a decade ago, said he does not believe Wint could be behind the murders.

'He's not a match for this type of activity at all,' Ficker told the Washington Post. 'He's the last one I would suspect with anything like this.'