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After mansion killings verdict, a look at evidence jury considered (PHOTOS)

WASHINGTON — The foyer of a $3.5 million home in Northwest D.C. showing troubling signs of a struggle. A burned-out bedroom with a mattress destroyed by flames and reduced to blackened springs. A pizza box covered in soot – containing a half-eaten crust with DNA that would help investigators track down a killer.

Photos of some of the key pieces of evidence from the D.C. mansion where four people were tortured and killed in May 2015 have now been released by federal prosecutors following Daron Wint’s conviction on 20 felony counts, including first-degree premeditated murder. Wint was found guilty of killing Savvas and Amy Savopoulos; their 10-year-old son, Philip; and Vera Figueroa, the family’s housekeeper.

The verdict came after jurors deliberated for about 2 and 1/2 days, poring over six weeks’ worth of testimony and evidence in D.C. Superior Court.

See photos of some of the evidence that led to their verdict.

The Savopoulos house is seen in this crime scene photo from D.C. police. Fire officials testified they broke out many of the house's windows to ventilate the fire that raged on the home's second floor. (Courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.)
The Savopoulos house is seen in this crime scene photo from D.C. police. Fire officials testified they broke out many of the house’s windows to ventilate the fire that raged on the home’s second floor. (Courtesy U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C.)
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The Savopoulos house is seen in this crime scene photo from D.C. police. Fire officials testified they broke out many of the house's windows to ventilate the fire that raged on the home's second floor. (Courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.)
The phone lines to the house seen here outside the door to the house's kitchen were cut. (Courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.)
The entryway to the Savopoulos house. (Courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.)
The scene in the home's entryway appears to show signs of a struggle, prosecutors said: An overturned bag belonging to Savvas Savopoulos; scattered schools books belonging to his 10-year-old son, Philip. (Courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.)
Prosecutors said Amy Savopoulos was out on a Starbucks run when Daron Wint got inside the house. When she returned home, he took her captive alongside her son and Vera Figueroa, one of the family's housekeepers. A Starbucks cup is seen on a bureau in the home's entryway. (Courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.)
The burned-out upstairs bedroom where the body of 10-year-old Philip Savopoulos was found. The fire burned so hot, it burned through the floorboards. Fire investigators told the jury the fire started on the bed. (Courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.)


(WTOP’s Megan Cloherty contributed to this report)

Jack Moore

Jack Moore joined WTOP.com as a digital writer/editor in July 2016. Previous to his current role, he covered federal government management and technology as the news editor at Nextgov.com, part of Government Executive Media Group.

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