evidence others were in the house with the suspect the night of the murders. detective jeff owens told the court it s just a theory based on the number of hostages in the mansion that night. now, after listening to the testimony, the judge in the case found probable cause that darian wendt will stay behind bars. greta? paul, thank you ching and the on the record legal panel joins us. former homicide detective and criminal defense attorney ted williams and former prosecutor katie phang. ted, without d.n.a. they wouldn t even have an accused, i don t think, in this case. you are absolutely right. because of they found not only the d.n.a. on that vest, they tried to burn up the car. they found d.n.a. on a vest there of savopoulos as well as wendt. they also found blood. they also found d.n.a. on the pizza crust. his d.n.a. is in the bank. yeah. but i have got to tell you what is huge in this is that we have been led to believe all along that there are others involved in this. th
that is certainly the $64,000 question because remember the porsche car that was found that there is a description of someone other than wendt who was driving that automobile. katie your thought? the original defense attorney for darian wendt has resigned. and he has has told in a press conference, the media that darian wendt didn t mean for anybody to be harmed. that sounds like a huge admission on his part. what s interesting is the p.d.s in this case, the public defenders my hat off to them they are going with the soddi the some other dude did it defense because the defense attorneys for wendt today during the preliminary hearing questioned the lead detective about jordan wallace who we know was the assistant to saf have a savopoulos and the assistant actually made inconsistent statements to law enforcement when he was being questioned. so now the case probable cause a crime has been committed. probable cause to believe he has committed it, means that the case now will go to a
washington, d.c. mansion. paul, what s the latest today? well, greta abigail savopoulos one of two surviving daughters sat in the courtroom as prosecutors revealed more damaging evidence against darian wendt the court s heard investigators d.n.a. construction vest found in a burned out porsche stolen from the savopoulos homes. they heard the night stopped police found more than $30,000 in cash and money north side a truck and a car. now, under questioning, one of the passengers in those vehicles told police the money orders were purchased with stacks of hundred dollar bills provided by darian wendt. testimony also revealed the medical examiner has revised the cause of death for splaws and his housekeeper figaro a saying the two were strangled. one of the more opening revelations so far no
determination whether to indict him on other counts. not only will they hear the evidence that s been presented but they could very well, as you say hear more evidence and there could very well be more charges coming, greta. i expect more. the only way katie the only reason they have the big beefy one murder so they are sure to be able to hold him. the prosecutor didn t want to put all the cards and charges out there because they would have had to put all the evidence out there today and tip off the defense. oldest trick in the book both ways. that s right. the murder charge itself is a no bond hold that s why the preliminary hearing was important. they are going to start stacking the deck against darian wendt and see whether or not he is willing to roll against these other people who helped him in these murders if there were other people. the brother was in the box truck the night that darian wendt was arrested and there was money found in that box truck. they recovered all to
and then the thing came up and i was on my board and it was like right there. i saw like the whole thing just thrashing around. i was getting dragged under by my leg rope. i felt like it kicked me off but then it was still there going and i was still attached to my board. i felt like i punched him a couple of times. and then it was dragging me. i felt like it was just dragging me underwater and then all of a sudden my leg rope broke and i was like all right, i was screaming and screaming and i was yelling at joules as well. and then it was just like swimming in and then i just turned around and like i had this thought what if it comes at another go at me. i turned around so i could at least see it coming and then before i knew it, the boat was there the jet skis were there and we were in safety. i just can t believe it. associated press reporter lindsey joins us live from johannesburg south africa. how much attention is it getting there? attention all the time. trending on