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Arrest Made in Spevak Case
At a news conference last night on Belt Road NW, Chief of Police Cathy Lanier announced that Peiro E. Fuentes Hernandez of Capitol Heights had been arrested and charged with the murders of Michael and Virginia Spevak.
The Post has more details on the Spevak case, and NBC is reporting a connection between Hernandez and 622 Ingraham.
Police are calling it a targeted robbery. Further bulletins as events warrant.
Safe and Computer among Items Recovered in Spevak Investigation
In conjunction with the investigation into the murder of Michael and Virginia Spevak, ABC 7 reports that D.C. Police discovered a safe and computer during yesterday's search of the backyard and alley behind 622 Ingraham St. NW.
A neighbor also found a charred ID belonging to Dr. Spevak in the alley.
Inspector Rodney Parks, addressing the press yesterday at the scene of the investigation, refused to confirm or deny the discovery of a computer. "Items were taken," he told us, "and burglary appears to be the motive. But we haven’t ruled out anything else."
NBC is also reporting the discovery of a safe.
Photograph above: D.C. Police package evidence in the Ingraham alley on 11/24/08
Evidence in Spevak Case Found at 622 Ingraham
This afternoon in the backyard of 622 Ingraham Street NW, police found evidence relating to the murder of Michael and Virginia Spevak . The house is less than twenty yards from the spot where the Spevaks' blue 2005 Scion was torched in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Officers have brought in four of the house's residents for questioning and are preparing to execute a search warrant on 622.
Double Homicide in 5300 Block of Belt Road, NW; Victims’ Car Torched in Petworth
Police are mounting a full-scale investigation after the brutal murder last night of an elderly couple in Chevy Chase, D.C.
The victims, identified as Dr. Michael Spevak and Virginia Spevak, had been bound and brutalized after an apparent break-in. Their car—a 2005 blue Toyota Scion—was discovered this morning around 5 a.m. in the 500 block of Ingraham Street, NW, swathed in flames.
More below the jump, including photos, updates, and the official police statement.
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