four people are found dead inside tragic and as it turns out, very sinister. the fire appears to be intentionally set. before it was set, police also say three of the four victims had suffered blunt force trauma. it s been declared a quadruple homicide. the victims, a ceo of a company called american iron works, his 47-year-old wife amy, a washington philanthropist social i ll their 10-year-old son phillip, and a 57-year-old housekeeper. valecia was one of two family housekeepers. the other housekeeper said she was supposed to be at the house when this all happened but she wasn t because of a strange text message. i almost have heart attack. it s very hard to believe. about three hours before the fire broke out, she received this text from amy, it reads in
their 10-year-old son, phillip. and a woman who was their 57-year-old housekeeper. she was one of two family housekeepers. the other housekeeper says she was supposed to be at this house when it all happened but she wasn t because of a strange text message. i almost had a heart attack. it s hard to believe. reporter: the other housekeeper about three hours before the fire broke out received this text from amy reading in part i am making sure you do not come today. the day before she received a voice mail telling her not to come the next day because her wife was sick. sometimes you never understand all this thing happen and i m lucky that i am still here. reporter: police say no evidence was found of forced entry into this home. was anything taken? was it ransacked? because of the fire damage
it was the middle of the day. fire breaks out in a home in one of washington d.c. s most posh neighborhoods. blocks away from the vice president s residence on embassy row. fire in the attic. four people are found dead inside. tragic. as it turns out, very sinister. washington d.c. s police chief. the fire appears to be intentionally set. but before it was set, police also say three of the four victims suffered blunt force trauma. it has been declared a quadruple homicide. the victims, savopoulos, a ceo of a company called american iron works. his wife amy, their 10-year-old son phillip and a woman, their 57-yr-old housekeeper. she was one of two family housekeepers. the other housekeeper says she
fire in the attic. reporter: four people are found dead inside. tragic. and as it turns out very sinister. the fire appears to be intentionally set. reporter: but before it was set police also say three of the four victims had suffered blunt force trauma. it has been declared a quadruple homicide. the victims, 46-year-old savvas savopoulus his 47-year-old wife amy, their 10-year-old son phillip and their 57-year-old housekeeper. she was one of two family housekeepers. i almost had a heart attack. it s very hard to believe. reporter: the other housekeeper says about three hours before the fire broke out she receives this text from amy, it reads in part i am making sure you do not come today. and the day before she received
the victims, a ceo of a company called american iron works, his 47-year-old wife amy, a washington philanthropist, and socialite. their 10-year-old son philip and a woman named ver leasia figueroa their 57-year-old housekeeper. she was one of two family housekeepers. the other housekeeper said she too was supposed to be at this house when this all happened but she wasn t because of a strange text message. i almost have heart attack. it s very hard to believe. reporter: the other housekeeper is nagit. about three hours before the fire broke out, she received this text from amy, it reads in part, i am making sure you do not come today. and the day before she received a voice mail telling her not to come the next day, because his wife was sick. sometime you never understand all these thing happen but i m lucky i m still here.