Revealed: The mysterious voicemail that CEO left for his maid on the day before he and his family were found tortured and killed in their D.C. mansion
- Nelitza Gutierrez got voicemail from Savvas Savopoulos before murders
- He told her that his wife was ill and another housekeeper was staying over
- The next day Savopoulos, his family and housekeeper were found dead
- Gutierrez shared message from composed-sounding Savopoulos, whom investigators believe was then being held hostage in his own home
- Daron Wint, 34, is charged with the four murders and will appear in court
The maid who survived the D.C. mansion murders because she was told not to come to work that day has revealed the voicemail her boss sent her the day before he died.
Nelitza Gutierrez, who worked for the Savopolous family, received the message from CEO Savvas Savopoulos on May 13, the day before he, his wife, his son and another housekeeper were killed in their lavish mansion.
There is no obvious distress in Savopoulos's voice in the unusual message, in which he says his wife Amy is feeling sick and that housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa was staying overnight as a result.
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Revealed: Nelitza Gutierrez, one of the housekeepers to the murdered Savopoulos family, shared the voicemail she received the day before her employers were murdered
Murderes: Savvas Savopoulos and his wife Amy were found dead in their burned-out home in D.C. almost a month ago. Savopoulos said his wife had been taken ill in a suspicious voicemail to Gutierrez
Gutierrez shared the evidence with ABC News's 20/20 show, and said that several things about the voicemail, left around 9:30pm, are were unusual.
It is believed that by the time it was sent, Savopoulos and his family had already been taken captive, allegedly by Daron Wint, 34, who is in jail charged with all four murders.
Investigators believe the Savopoulos family were held overnight by Wint, before he killed his victims then set the house on fire in a bid to destroy the evidence.
Speaking to ABC, Gutierrez said that it was the first time she had heard of her colleague staying at the mansion overnight.
She said: '[Savopoulos] wasn’t, like, shaking or something, like strange. No, he was normal. But it wasn’t normal to me that Vera has to stay overnight.'
Victims: 10-year-old son Philip Savopoulos and second housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa were also killed
In a clip played to the network, Savopoulos says: 'Amy is in bed sick tonight and she was this afternoon. And Vera offered to stay and help her out.'
Half an hour later, Gutierrez received a text message from Amy Savopoulos's phone which said: 'Hey, you don’t need to come in today.'
Gutierrez said this struck her as so unusual that she called Figueroa three times the next day and sent her a text to check that all was well - but got no response.
The message provides a new insight into the murders, and could show that the Savopoulos family was hostage in their own home for even longer than previously believed.
Suspect: Daron Wint, 34, is the sole suspect for the four murders. He is due in court later this month
According to ABC, investigators suspect that Wint took the family captive around 6pm the day before he killed them.
But Gutierrez says that timeline doesn't add up with what she knows about her fellow housekeeper's routine.
She explained that Figueroa usually left for home not long after 3pm - and speculated that in order for her to be caught up in the situation, Wint must have struck before then.
Earlier this week, a search warrant filed by police for the charred mansion revealed some of the items they recovered in their investigation - including a blood-spattered baseball bat apparently used to kill at least one of the victims.
Scene: The four bodies were found inside the family's $4.5 million home, pictured, in Northeast D.C.
The warrant also details a victim - likely Savvas Savopoulos - with 'trauma to the rear of his head', suggesting he could have been struck with the weapon.
According to the Washington Post, another warrant was filed Thursday showing more items of evidence.
These included financial papers, furniture, food, garage door openers, clothing and credit cards, the Post said.
Other evidence said to have been recovered includes a slew of electronic devices, matches, lighters and DNA evidence.
One potentially incriminating item was a pizza box found in the home, with DNA which investigators say was a match for Wint, who was arrested soon after the find. He is due in court later this month.
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