Married couple, son, housekeeper were slain inside burning D.C. home: police

D.C. homeowners Savvas Savopoulos, 46, and his wife Amy Savopoulus, 47, have been identified as two of the four victims found slain inside of their burning home Thursday.

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

Homeowners Savvas Savopoulos, 46, and his wife Amy Savopoulos, 47, were identified as two of the four victims — three of whom 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.

Police have said nothing so far about suspects or a possible motive.

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

Philip attended St. Albans School, a private school adjacent to the cathedral.

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The victims were found inside this burning multimillion-dollar home, located just blocks away from Vice President Joe Biden's official residence and the Washington National Cathedral.

The couple are survived by two teenage daughters, who are both are boarding schools outside of D.C. Abigail Savopoulos is scheduled to graduate next week from Mercerburg Academy in Pennsylvania, and her younger sister Katerina is a junior at Peddie School, close to Princeton, N.J.

A housekeeper who had worked for the family for 20 years told MyFoxDC that Amy Savopoulos 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. Investigators are likely to be there for several more days searching for evidence, Lanier said.

Investigators are also focused on a blue 2008 Porsche with Washington tags DK2418, which belongs to the family and was found Thursday night in Prince George's County, Maryland.

The car, which also had been set on fire, was seen parked outside the home in the morning before vanishing. Police are now asking anyone who saw the car to contact them.

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District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, is seen speaking beside Mayor Muriel Bowser after the bodies were discovered by firefighters Thursday afternoon.

Savvas Savopoulos was the president of American Iron Works, a building materials manufacturer based in Hyattsville, Maryland. The company has not released a statement about his death.

Savvas' sister, Debra Masser, had spoken with her brother on the phone Thursday morning and he seemed to be fine.

"I can't even express my sorrow," Masser, who lives in Florida, told theWashington Post. "I can't even say anything."

The family home, valued at $4.5 million and located near the Washington National Cathedral, is being prepared to host memorial services for the victims.

"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.