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Married couple, son, housekeeper killed in burning D.C. home...


A corporate executive, his wife, their 10-year-old son and a housekeeper were murdered inside of a multimillion-dollar Washington, D.C. home before it was set ablaze Thursday,police revealed Friday.

Home owners Savvas Savopolous, 46, and his wife Amy Savopolous, 47, were identified as two of the four victims — three of which suffered stab wounds or blunt-force injuries, Police Chief Cathy Lanier said.
Those injuries were sustained before the large brick home — located blocks away from Vice President Joe Biden's official residence — was mysteriously torched that afternoon, Lanier said.

The other two victims found inside have been tentatively identified as the couple's 10-year-old son, Philip, and 57-year-old housekeeper, Veralicia Figurera, she said.

The couple had two older daughters who, according to neighbors, attend boarding schools out of state. The daughters are safe and police know their whereabouts, a police spokeswoman said.

See a picture of the burning house below:








A housekeeper who had worked for the family for 20 years told MyFoxDC that Amy Savopolous asked her not to come to the house Thursday, saying that the family was sick. When she called later she said the wife didn't pick up the phone.

There was no sign of forced entry at the house, and investigators were likely to be there for several more days combing through evidence, Lanier said.

Investigators say they have since turned their attention to a blue 2008 Porsche with Washington tags DK2418 belonging to the family that was found Thursday night in Prince George's County, Maryland.
The car, which also had been set on fire, had been seen parked outside the home in the morning before vanishing. Police are now asking that if anyone saw the car that they contact them.

Savvas Savopolous was the president of American Iron Works, a building materials manufacturer based in Hyattsville, Maryland. A person who answered the phone at the company's headquarters declined to comment earlier Friday, and a message left after Savopolous was identified was not immediately returned.

Messages left for relatives of Savopolous were not returned on Friday.
The family home, valued at $4.5 million and located near the Washington National Cathedral, was preparing to host memorial services for the victims.

The couple's son attended St. Albans School, a private school adjacent to the cathedral.
"Our school community is grieving over this tragic situation at the home of one of our young students," Vance Wilson, headmaster of the school, said in a statement.
Culled from HERE
What a sad loss!!!

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