Hello Websleuthers! I'm a longtime lurker on this board for years. Thank you Moderator for approving me.
I believe the longtime maid, Nelly Gutierrez, and the driver are complicit in this crime along with Daron Wint and others. The text and phone calls from the Savopoulos' to the maid were probably to provide her with an alibi to explain why she didn't show up for work on Thursday.
My theory is based on the following:
Lie #1: W-1 (the driver) stated he received a call from Savvas Savoupoulos (SS) on Thursday morning, May 14, instructing him to meet an employee at American Iron Works to pick up "a package".
In reality, he received a text from SS on Wednesday, May 13 instructing him to meet the employee on Thursday morning at the office.
Lie #2: W-1 said he received the $40,000 from the other employee inside a manila envelope. He said he then drove to the house and placed the manila envelope in the red car in the garage.
When pressed by detectives, W-1 changed his story to say he retrieved the $40,000 from the employee's pockets and he placed the cash in a red bag which belonged to W-1. This means W-1 brought the red bag with him. W-1 then drove to the residence and placed the cash in a manila envelope that was already in the red car.
Maybe W-1 lied about the red bag because he knew he sent W-2 a photo of $20,000 in cash inside a red bag at 9 a.m. on Thursday?
The affidavit stated that only one of the bundles of cash in the photo had a bank wrapper on it. But the other employee said all 4 bundles of cash were wrapped in bank wrappers.
Lie #3: W-1 stated the red car was locked when he went into the garage. He said he retrieved a key to unlock the red car. He later changed his story to say the car was already unlocked when he arrived.
Did he perhaps unlock the blue Porsche for Wint (or an accomplice), and he got the 2 cars mixed up?
Detectives spoke with W-2 -- who I think is the longtime maid, Nelly Gutierrez (NG). She showed police a photo sent to her via text by W-1. The photo showed a red bag containing only $20,000. That photo is damning. Why would W-1 text a photo of the money to the maid? Was he letting her know that the $20,000 was their cut?
Websleuthers are confusing W-2 for the other employee. The other employee is never referred to as W-2 in the affidavit.
W2 is not mentioned until page 5 of the affidavit.
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When Wint was captured in D.C. on Thursday, the fugitive task force found money orders totaling a little over $10,000 inside the box truck that was driven by Wint's brother. They also found a wad of hundreds stuffed in the side door of the box truck.
This is consistent with $20,000 -- not $40,000 -- that Wint (or an accomplice) took out of the red car. W1 and W2 probably kept the other $20,000 for themselves.
I believe the tragic events began to unfold much earlier than police say they did.
Banks require more than 24 hours advanced notice to prepare large cash withdrawals. The Bank of America I bank with won't allow large same-day withdrawals. But what if Savvas requested $100,000? Maybe the bank manager made an exception for Savvas and gave W-1 $40,000?
Maybe W1 and W2 shorted Wint $20K, which sparked his murderous rampage? Maybe that's why they need police protection?
We know W1 didn't lie about the bank. The other employee confirmed that part of the story to the police. The bank manager could confirm also. The affidavit would have stated that W-1 lied about the bank.
Did SS called W1 at 11:54 a.m. because the bag was $20K short?
Finally, Philip stayed home from school on Wednesday. Maybe someone was in the house holding the family captive Wednesday morning?
My apologies for such a lengthy post.