times $40,000 just to get him out of the house. new court documents, including autopsies released tonight, show just as brutal the 18-hour ordeal was. ten years phillip savopoulos was found burned with stab wound in an upstairs bedroom. the fire fueled by gasoline. the other found in the bedroom. the firefighter tried to save the housekeeper but she died at the hospital. tonight investigators appear to be questioning the story told by one key witness who was a frequent driver by the family and was askedly savopoulos to pick up the $40,000 ramsome to from the bank of american. that witness changed his or her story about the cash dropoff to the home. . reporter: we ve learned that the five people who were with daron wint last night are no longer in police custody. we reached daron wint s father
the best plea offer was 40 years and the jury came back and said not guilty 23 times in a row. that doesn t prove that this man is innocent of this crime, sir. you ve not even spoken to him. he doesn t have to prove he s innocent. the state has to prove he s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. he doesn t have to prove anything. well what does that have to do whether he s actually innocent or guilty? there s a presumption of innocence and the police does that mean one question. you re calling ham murderer. does that mean you re actually innocent if there s a presumption of innocence? it means that you may very well be innocence. and you may very well be guilty as well. let robin finish. we re not in china. we re not under mr. putin here. this is the united states and we have a very nice buffer called a jury between the king and the people who are deciding the case. let s hope this good boy gets what he deserves.
developments are really surprising. reporter: absolutely. you know there may be one suspect in custody. but this appears to be far from over. these newly released court documents that came out today suggests that daron wint had accomplices in the quadruple homicide in the home behind me in that there were several witnesses who played a role in delivering the $40,000 to the family s home before the four victims were killed. the newly released court documents suggest daron wint arrested overnight could not have acted alone. allegedly kidnapping and holding the savopoulos family and their housekeeper hostage for 18 hours before brutally beating them stabbing them and setting their house on fire. tonight cnn has learned police believe wint and others were involved in an elaborate shakedown of the family one that involved savvas savopoulos asking the family s assistant to withdraw $40,000 of cash and