Fire in upper NW?

[Anonymous]

How is the word thug racist? Explain.

[jsteele]

Okay, moratorium on "thug" discussion. This is not a contest to see just how inane DCUM threads can become. I just posted this in the "facts" thread, but I thought I would use it to change the subject here:

Some interesting information from the AP and, Jesus, check out who his attorney was:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/suspect-named-killing-wealthy-dc-family-housekeeper-31198569

Also in 2010, Wint was arrested outside the American Iron Works headquarters while carrying a 2-foot-long machete and a BB pistol, but weapons charges were dropped after he pleaded guilty to possessing an open container of alcohol in a retail area, court records show.

Attorney Robin Ficker, who defended Wint in other cases, said he didn't seem violent or capable of murder.

"My impression of him — I remember him rather well — is that he wouldn't hurt a fly. He's a very nice person," Ficker said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of leaving pizza on a stoop. You don't think the Dominoes guy found that odd?

I think if the Domino's guy opened the envelope and found a lot more money than was required to buy that particular pizza, he wouldn't put aside his shock.

As for being able to tell about someone via toppings, if I order a pizza that has sausage and mushrooms, everyone who knows me will know that I am not the intended recipient of that pizza, since I am a vegetarian who despises mushrooms. So I think this would fall under "no such thing as a stupid question" but strongly suspect that they have better leads than this. If the pizza crust hadn't been the thing that broke the case, I would have thought the pizza angle to be too crazy for words, but here we are.

I don't understand why many people are so surprised about the pizza crust dna. DNA is collected all the time from various things, like food, utensils, cups, soda can, cigarettes, hair brush.etc etc etc..your DNA is all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there's more that we will find out. There had to be at least one accomplice. How would he recognize the man knocking on the door in the morning as the housekeepers husband? They seemed to react pretty quickly by having Savvas call him before he even got around to the side of the house. If everyone was tied up, his accomplice must have known who that was.

Hmmm. This is an interesting point.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Okay, moratorium on "thug" discussion. This is not a contest to see just how inane DCUM threads can become. I just posted this in the "facts" thread, but I thought I would use it to change the subject here:

Some interesting information from the AP and, Jesus, check out who his attorney was:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/suspect-named-killing-wealthy-dc-family-housekeeper-31198569

Also in 2010, Wint was arrested outside the American Iron Works headquarters while carrying a 2-foot-long machete and a BB pistol, but weapons charges were dropped after he pleaded guilty to possessing an open container of alcohol in a retail area, court records show.

Attorney Robin Ficker, who defended Wint in other cases, said he didn't seem violent or capable of murder.

"My impression of him — I remember him rather well — is that he wouldn't hurt a fly. He's a very nice person," Ficker said.

OMG! Ficker???? Holy Toledo this gets crazier by the minute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish parents in the Cathedral school community would use discretion in talking about this tragedy on Facebook and I don't think people should be giving interviews. This is a private community and it seems in bad taste to be discussing such a tragedy on Facebook or give interviews.

Yes, I agree with this whole heartedly. I think most have been keeping hush publicly out of respect for the family's privacy.

I am a member of the NCS community and have many friends on FB who knew the family. No one is talking about it in my circle at all. I haven't even seen one mention, with the exception of a couple of links to the announcement of a suspect. I don't consider that indiscreet at all, and am surprised that others are talking. That said, I posted constantly about Relisha Rudd's disappearance. If I had known anyone on FB who knew her, would that somehow be an invasion of her family's privacy?

A crime in this city affects the city - not just the individuals. We all have emotions about it, as amply demonstrated on this thread. Some people are more open about such things than others. I am unlikely to judge anyone for feeling the need to talk about it.

One person did grant a tv interview.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of leaving pizza on a stoop. You don't think the Dominoes guy found that odd?

I think if the Domino's guy opened the envelope and found a lot more money than was required to buy that particular pizza, he wouldn't put aside his shock.

As for being able to tell about someone via toppings, if I order a pizza that has sausage and mushrooms, everyone who knows me will know that I am not the intended recipient of that pizza, since I am a vegetarian who despises mushrooms. So I think this would fall under "no such thing as a stupid question" but strongly suspect that they have better leads than this. If the pizza crust hadn't been the thing that broke the case, I would have thought the pizza angle to be too crazy for words, but here we are.

I don't understand why many people are so surprised about the pizza crust dna. DNA is collected all the time from various things, like food, utensils, cups, soda can, cigarettes, hair brush.etc etc etc..your DNA is all around.

thank you bill nye

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/21/dc-murder-suspect-daron-wint-threatened-own-family/

The father of Daron Wint, the man suspected of killing a Northwest D.C. couple, their young son, and their housekeeper, had been so frightened by threats his son made to shoot his own family that he sought a protective order barring the man from contacting them for a year.

Maryland court records show that over the last decade Mr. Wint has been the subject of numerous peace and protective orders.

Thanks for the info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of leaving pizza on a stoop. You don't think the Dominoes guy found that odd?

I think if the Domino's guy opened the envelope and found a lot more money than was required to buy that particular pizza, he wouldn't put aside his shock.

As for being able to tell about someone via toppings, if I order a pizza that has sausage and mushrooms, everyone who knows me will know that I am not the intended recipient of that pizza, since I am a vegetarian who despises mushrooms. So I think this would fall under "no such thing as a stupid question" but strongly suspect that they have better leads than this. If the pizza crust hadn't been the thing that broke the case, I would have thought the pizza angle to be too crazy for words, but here we are.

I don't understand why many people are so surprised about the pizza crust dna. DNA is collected all the time from various things, like food, utensils, cups, soda can, cigarettes, hair brush.etc etc etc..your DNA is all around.

thank you bill nye

I'll take that as a compliment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish parents in the Cathedral school community would use discretion in talking about this tragedy on Facebook and I don't think people should be giving interviews. This is a private community and it seems in bad taste to be discussing such a tragedy on Facebook or give interviews.

Yes, I agree with this whole heartedly. I think most have been keeping hush publicly out of respect for the family's privacy.

I am a member of the NCS community and have many friends on FB who knew the family. No one is talking about it in my circle at all. I haven't even seen one mention, with the exception of a couple of links to the announcement of a suspect. I don't consider that indiscreet at all, and am surprised that others are talking. That said, I posted constantly about Relisha Rudd's disappearance. If I had known anyone on FB who knew her, would that somehow be an invasion of her family's privacy?

A crime in this city affects the city - not just the individuals. We all have emotions about it, as amply demonstrated on this thread. Some people are more open about such things than others. I am unlikely to judge anyone for feeling the need to talk about it.

One person did grant a tv interview.

That person isn't a member of the NCS/STA community.

[Anonymous]

Quote from the abcnews article.

Court records show Wint was convicted of assaulting one girlfriend in Maryland in 2009, and pleaded guilty the next year to malicious destruction of property after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her infant daughter, breaking into her apartment, stealing a television and vandalizing her car.

A police officer listened to Wint tell the woman, "I'm going to come over there and kill you, your daughter and friends," court records show. "The defendant advised he was good with a knife and could kill them easily and was not afraid of the police," a detective wrote in charging documents.

?

[Anonymous]

What's the deal with Fiker? And yes I'm too lazy to Google him or her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quote from the abcnews article.

Court records show Wint was convicted of assaulting one girlfriend in Maryland in 2009, and pleaded guilty the next year to malicious destruction of property after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her infant daughter, breaking into her apartment, stealing a television and vandalizing her car.

A police officer listened to Wint tell the woman, "I'm going to come over there and kill you, your daughter and friends," court records show. "The defendant advised he was good with a knife and could kill them easily and was not afraid of the police," a detective wrote in charging documents.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the deal with Fiker? And yes I'm too lazy to Google him or her

Here, I did it for you. And the Wiki page is worth the read. Some levity (is that the right word?) in the midst of this inhumanity. What a character.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Ficker

[Anonymous]

Fingerprints on the pizza link him to the scene, but have any details been released yet on his specific actions during the crime? Not defending this guy in any way or absolving him of any responsibility - but do they know if he is the one who carried out any of these horrific acts or was he just an accomplice in a scenario that went downhill? How many others were involved and what role did they each play?