that was with him last thursz, all although it s unclear if ritser the same one who worked with him. and one of the women admitted to purchasing money orders after the murders. they were released after les than 24 hours and not charge would a crime. it does not mean thet that the released persons are no longer of interest. reporter: who is in this surveillance video? seen fleeing the scene. a witness described the driver as someone with well groomed hair. a very different description of wint who so far, is a the only suspect in the case. and savopoulos and their son was fondly known as flip and had a passion for racing cars.
disturbing new questions tonight in the investigation into the murder of a wealthy washington, d.c. couple their 10-year-old son, and housekeeper. one suspect has been arrested as you know and police say the investigation into others is still very active. pamela brown reports. reporter: cnn has learned two of the five people with darren wint during his arrest cashed money orders for $2,500 each, money believed by investigators to be from the $40,000 dropped off at the savopoulos family home while they were held hostage, according to a law enforcement official. when you release them you ve identified all their information. we know where they work we know their cell phone numbers, we know where they live we know where the family is. so the police officers probably felt pretty confident that they can release them. all right? and let them know listen you know you re still under investigation and there might be some charges to come in this case. this as we re learning police
continue to investigate, an individual described in police records as an assistant and driver of savvas is asavopoulos. according to court documents, the assistant changed his story about when his boss contacted him to pick up the $40,000. revised details about the car he left the money in at the mansion, and admit head lied by not initially telling police the cash was in a red bag. there s no reason for somebody like that to lie. the detectives are taking a very close look at him, to find out whether or not that money was dropped off or not, going through all his records to see if in any way he was somehow connected to wint at all in this case. so far, no one else besides daron wint has been named as a suspect in the case. cnn has learned after the murders in washington, d.c. wint allegedly took a bus to new york to stay with his girlfriend and once he was publicly named as a suspect, wint paid an uber car service to take him back to d.c. according to a law enforcement source.
before going inside and taking his own life. he had no connection to any of his victims. follow the money trail is what investigators are doing as they try to determine if their chief suspect had help in the killing of two parents, their son and their housekeeper. reporter: cnn learned two of the five people with daron wint cashed money orders believed to be from the $40,000 dropped off at the savopoulos home while they were held hostage. we know where they work. we know their cell phone numbers. we know where they live and where the family is. the police officers probably felt pretty confident they can release them. let them know listen you know you re still under investigation and there may be charges to come in this case. reporter: this as we re learning police continue to investigate an individual
similar vests from the garage. police have been sorting through the rubble looking for clues is surrounding the death of savopoulos, his wife anson, and their housekeeper figueroa. when wint was arrested his brother was taken into custody. five others have been released without being charged. his next court date, june 23rd. ryan smith, abc news, new york. the cable tv industry is approaching another wave of consolidation. st. louis-based charter communications has reportedly struck a deal to buy time warner for about $55 billion in cash and stock. this is the second attempt we ve seen here after comcast s failed bid for time warner. the combined company would be the nation s second largest cable tv provider behind comcast. the deal likely still to face scrutiny from the justice department and the fcc. now to a merger that could only have been made in video game heaven. two video gamers in northeastern pennsylvania.