SeRotyoa . SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SEARCH WARRANT ISCRYY / 956 TO: _CHIEF OF POLICE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY AGENT THEREOF. ‘Specie Law Enoremnt Ota or Cassiestion of fier ofthe Matopelin Poli Deparment or other Authored Rgerey] ‘Affidavit, herewith attached, having been made beforeme by _Detective Darryl Richmond (01-1259) CID / HOM ‘that he has probable cause to bolove that on the [Jperson (premises Clvehicie CJobject, known 2009 BMW 128 bearing Md tag # 8BD1528 and VIN “WBAUP73559VF07487" in the District of Columbia, there is now being concealed certain propery, namely _Large denominations of U.S. currency, ank money wrappers, ared lined bag, manilia envelopes, banking documents from Bank of cameras, clectronie devives, forensic and physical ole Evidence of violation of D.C. Code 22-2103 and as | am satisiied (Alege rer for nz) that there is probable cause to believe that the property so described is being concealed on the above designated Coperson Clpremises Odlvehicie (Jobject, and that the foregoing grounds for issuance of the warrant exist. YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED within 10 days of the date of issuance of this warrant to search in the daytimelat any time of the day of night, the designated {_Iperson [_]premises [lvehicle [_Jobject, for the property specified and ifthe property be found there, ‘YOU ARE COMMANDED TO SEIZE IT, TO WRITE AND SUBSCRIBE in an inventory of the property seized, to leave a copy of this ‘warrant and return to file, a further copy of this warrant and return with the Court on the next Court day after its execution, Che mene 18th ont May» 15 Faby Gece RETURN | received the above detailed warrant on Ks ws on vf Ta & Can Wow. searched the aes Clodtmises Bon CClobjoet,decrived'in the warrant and Teta copy ofthe warrant and return with property posted. cds aon Td of oe, SpA AN eo PRATE A FEROS) ‘The following is an inventory ofthe property taken pursuant to this warrant: See Garden, Collechn ca bach yae ks inventory was made in the presence of ‘swear that this is @ true and detailed account of all property taken ‘Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2& - day of Se eng Ofer OIG — MizeTHE ENTIRE VEHICLE, INCLUDING CONTAINERS, DESCRIBED AS A 2009 GREEN COLORED BMW 128 BEARING MARYLAND REGISTRATION TAG - The scene of the investigation is a three story, brick 8BD1528" AND VIN WBAUP73559VF07487 On May 14, 2015, at approximately 1324 hours, DC Fire and EMS were dispatched to 3201 Woodland Dr NW Washington DC for the report of a house Upon arrival, Firefighters found smoke and fire visible from a second floor window of a three story residential home. Firefighters forced entry into the residence’! front door and began fire Suppression. The fire was contained to a second floor room and closet, with minor extension to an adjacent bathroom. While extinguishing the fire, firefighters found the charred remains of a juvenile sized human being on a bed in the room which was on fire. Due to the thermal damage of the body, investigators are unable to determine the race or sex of the human remains. The remains stayed on scene. Additionally, an adult aged male, and two adult aged females were found in an adjacent bedroom. All three of those adults appear to have suffered trauma to their body. Two were removed from the residence and found to have no signs of life and remained at the scene. The second adult aged female was removed from the residence and transported to Georgetown hospital were lifesaving, efforts failed. dential home with a basement, This juvenile decedent was located in a bedroom on the second floor, which sustained heavy fire damage, The decedent is located on the charred remains/matress spring of a queen sized bed. ‘The majority of the bed frame has been consumed by fire and the floor under the bed sustained heavy fire damage and in some area was totally consumed by fire. There is fire damage to all furniture in the room and the charred remains of some furniture features impress that some furniture was all or nearly all consumed by fire. A strong odor consistent with that of gasoline is present in the home. An accelerant K9 was introduced to the scene and indicated the presence of an ignitable liquid on the stairs and in the room in which the three adults were located. Several matches and a matchbox were found at the top of the stairs. Mthough, no formal identifications have been made at this time, an investigation has revealed that the home is normally occupied by, Sot6. Savvas Savopoulos, Amy Savopoulos and their ten year old son, Philip Savopoulos, Furthermore, the residents employ a female housekeeper who was last seen and known to be at work at $201 Woodland Drive on Wednesday, May 18, 2015. Members of the Major Crimes/Cold Case Homicide Unit conducted an investigation into this offense and interviewed a person identified as Jordan Wallace 03/28/1987. Mr. Wallace stated he is an employee of Mr. Savopoulos whose job consisted of transporting Mr. Savopoulos to and from work and handling daily assignments given to him by Mr. Savopoulos. Wallace stated he received a call from Mr. Savopoulos on Thursday morning, May 14, 2013 and was directed to report to the office in Hyattsville, Maryland to pick up a package and return the package to Mr. Savopoulos. Wallace stated he responded to the Hyattsville office and met Mr. Savopoulos’s accountant He and the aecountant responded to the Bank of America Ic tsville, Md Wallace and the accountant walked into the bank at which time Wallace watched the accountant enter into a transaction with the bank manager. At the end of the transaction Wallace witnessed the bank manager give the accountant a manila envelope which contained currency. Wallace stated the accountant gave him(\Wallace) the envelope and Wallace drove to $201 Woodland Drive NW, When Wallace was ten minutes away from Mr. Savolopulos home he(Wallace) called Mr. Savolopulos on the phone and informed him he was nearby and had the package. Wallace stated that Mr, Savopoulos instructed him(Wallace) to place the money on the seat of his red car which was parked in the garage. Wallace stated when he arrived at 3201 Woodland Drive he went inside of the garage, located a key to unlock the door and placed the envelope in the drivers seat, Mfter placing the envelope in the Urivers seat Wallace locked the vehicle and exited the garage and closed the door to same As detectives continued to question Wallace, Wallace changed his account of the events regarding how he received the package, where he left the package and when he was told to get the package. When Wallace was questioned about a text he( Wallace} received from Mr. Savopoulos on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, Wallace changed hi story. The text was addressed to Wallace and it directed him to sot10. meet the accountant on Thursday morning in Hyattsville to pick up the package. Wallace admitted that information was true and he made a mistake about when he was told to get the package. Wallace was also questioned about what the money was placed (Wallace) received it from the accountant, Wallace admitted that he lied when he stated the money was in a manila envelope when he{ Wallace) received it from the accountant, Wallace stated what actually happened was the accountant took four bundles of money trom his(the accountants) pocket and placed the money in a red bag which belonged to Wallace. Wallace then drove to Mr. Savopoulos house and called Mr. Savopoulos ten minutes before he(Wallace) arrived at the home, Mr. Savepoulos told Wallace to leave the money in the car inside the garage. Wallace stated, when he arrived at Mr. Savopoulos garage he(Wallace) placed the money inside a manila envelope that was in (Wallace's) car, After placing the money in the envelope (Wallace) stated he placed the envelope in the drivers scat of the car. Furthermore, Wallace admitted that he lied when he stated that the vehicle was locked, Wallace stated the vehicle was unlocked and that he left the envelope which contained the money in the vehicle. Wallace stated that he was told by the accountant that the package contained forty thousdand dollars in cash in when he During the course of the interview, MPD detectives requested that Wallace give them his cellular telephone. That celluar telephone is described as a Black Apple Iphone with a brown wooden case with a IMEI number of 358369067991 221. During the interview, Wallace showed the detectives a number of text messages and incoming and outgoing calls with Mr. Savopoulos Detectives interviewed a witness which stated IT received a text from Wallace on ‘Thursday, May 1-4, 201.5. The witness opened the text for detectives to view. The text contained dialogue and photos of a red lined bag with what appeared to be two bundles of eash, one of which had visibly displayed, a white money wrap band, The accountant that was interviewed stated the money IT withdrew from Bank of America was wrapped in money warappers from the bank and the money was seperated in four bundles that totaled forty thousand dollars. A visual inspection was conducted of the red sports car that was parked inside of the garage of $201 Woodland stDrive; there was no visible traces ofa manila envelope, loose cash or any other items on the front seat or floor of the vehicle. one block L1.Mr, Jordan Wallace's vehicle was recovered approximately away from the crime scene on May 14, 2015. fidavit, Your affiant idence Due to the facts and circumstances articulated in this believes probable cause exists, that located inside the target vehicle is ¢ related to the murder of the four decedents, to include but not limited to, money wrappers, a red lined bag, manilia envelopes, banking amera or curren documents from Bank of America, any photographs of money, an’ cellular telephone that can be used to take or send pictures,celluar telephone(s) or other electronic devices that can be used to send or receive messag forensic and physical evidence linking Jordan Wallace to this offense. Itis therefore respectfully requested that a District of Columbia Superior Court search warrant be issued for the entire vehicle, including containers, the 2009 BMW 198 bearing Md tag # SBD1528 and VIN “WBAUP73559VFO7487 that would authorize the seizure of the aforementioned evidence. TAQ. d-059 oy A ant US Affiant Assi 015. Subscribed and sworn before me this 15" day of May. Prthen CE stem Fudge. Superior Court for the District of ColumbiaSUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPECIAL PROCEEDING BRANCH Inre Search Warrant For: + Mise. No, ISCRW1860 2009 BMW 128 : : y Bearing MD Tag Number 8BD1528 : and Vin WBAUP73559VF07487 _ Filed under Seal & = S S & MOTION TO UNSEAL AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF t a = i oo S SEARCH WARRANT AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT THEREOF & ~ 3 eo a S “The United States of America, by its counsel, the United States Attorneyfforjthe District of Columbia, respectfully moves the Court for an Order directing that the affidavit in support of the above-captioned search warrant be unsealed. Respectfully submitted, Vincent Cohen, Jr ‘Acting United States Attorney Sl2eliS Assistant United States Attorney 355 4™ Street, N.W., Room 9717 Washington, D.C. 20530 (202) 252 7242 DC Bar 415214SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPECIAL PROCEEDING BRANCH Ine Search Warrant For: 2 Mise, No. ISCRW1860 2009 BMW 128 Bearing MD Tag Number 8BD1528 and Vin WBAUP73559VF07487 Filed under Seal ORDER Upon consideration of the motion to unseal the affidavit in support of the above-captioned search warrant, itis this 24 day of May 2015, hereby ORDERED, that the Government's Motion is hereby GRANTED and the affidavit in support of the EE Judge, Superior Mere above-captioned search warrants be unsealed.