True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
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What happened in the burning mansion?
A mother, father, 10-year-old son, and the family housekeeper all held hostage for almost 20 terrifying hours. Finally, a ransom in cash. But it doesn't save the helpless captives. Only the smoke escaping out a window. This in a wealthy Washington enclave, the vice president's neighborhood.
This could happen there? What about the rest of us ordinary Joes? What chance do we have?
Tonight, 2020 takes you inside the court case that just wrapped. New details, new voices.
My guess is they used the 10-year-old to get whatever they wanted out of the adults. I can't stop thinking about that day.
We'll hear from the surviving housekeeper about life at the mansion. Was there anything in the Savopolis' life that suggested they had enemies? Room by room, clue by clue, the burning Porsche, the shadowy figure caught on surveillance cameras, the bizarre late-night pizza delivery.
Tries to burn the house down, but guess what doesn't burn? The pizza with his saliva on it.
Boom, they get a hit. We've got a name. We've got a face.
Police have their target.
Thus begins an intense 48-hour nationwide manhunt.
We really had a lot of motivation to catch this guy. The high-stakes capture of suspect Darren went through the eyes of the U.S. Marshal who stalked him up and down the East Coast. So this is where it happened?
At the red light, that's where we made our move.
So you had to block him in from all four sides in some way?
That's right.
Tonight, the long-awaited verdict in the case that outraged the country.
You can't take your eyes off of this case because it's just that horribly incredible. This is 2020. Reporting tonight, Ryan Smith with the breaking verdict in the story he's been covering now since it began some three years ago.
18911, what is your emergency? I've been to the house fire at 3201 Woodland Drive.
And we begin with that breaking news right now out of D.C. Four people confirmed dead in a house fire.
When firefighters arrived, it was engulfed in flames. This investigation continues as we speak. We have firefighters, we have D.C. police. Police said the call came in Thursday at 1.30 in the afternoon.
It's coming from, it looks like it initially from a bedroom, but it's going sweeping across the whole overhang on the front of the house. Nobody's answering the door and there's a alarm going off inside. I've come quick.
We're out on a story, something else. They said, hey, there's a fire on Woodland Drive. Get over there right away. Got there. Whoa, big fire. And then moments later, the realization, something's going on here. Something really bad is going on.
A $3.5 million mansion engulfed in flames.
The second floor is completely burned.
where there is now an unusual intensity. Firefighters and police combing through the scene. On the street, sheer panic, says WJLA reporter Stephen Sheeta.
Investigators do believe this fire was deliberately set. Arson, oh dear.
Nothing like this ever happens, so it's really kind of just rattling.
This woman comes up, and she's distraught, and she's like, I'm so afraid. I was supposed to be there. They texted me. They told me not to come, and I work here. I know this family, and she's frantic and hysterical.
That woman is Nelly Gutierrez. For the past two decades, she's worked for the homeowners, Amy and Savas Savopoulos.
What were they like together?
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