Annapolis Man's Phone Records Sought in DC Mansion Murders

The former personal driver of Savvas Savopoulos, one of four victims in the recent D.C. Mansion Murders, told authorities he did not pick up a $40,000 ransom and drop it off at Savopoulos’ home, the scene of the murders.

However, police are not buying that story, according to court documents related to the case, and they’re now seeking a warrant to search the driver’s phone records as a result.

Jordan Wallace, 28, an Annapolis native and Annapolis High graduate, is documented as telling investigators he received a call from Savopoulos on Thursday, May 14 (the date of the murders), to go to an office in Hyattsville to pick up a package that he was then instructed to drop off at Savopoulos’ residence. (Wallace is referred to as W-1, a.k.a. Witness 1, in the documents.)

But when asked by police about a text Wallace received from Savopoulos the day prior, a text that requested Wallace meet an accountant to retrieve the package from Hyattsville the following morning, Wallace allegedly changed his story.

“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,” the documents stated as part of the application to search Wallace’s phone records.

Wallace is not considered a suspect in the case, but authorities have previously said they believe current lone suspect Daron Wint of Lanham could not have committed the crimes alone.

Related: Suspect in D.C. Mansion Murders in Custody

Police also accused Wallace of lying about how he obtained the money. Wallace said he received the money from an accountant in a manila envelope, but he reportedly later told police the accountant took four bundles of money from his pockets and put it in a bag Wallace brought with him.

And, according to the same documents, Wallace lied about where he was instructed to leave the money. He initially stated he was told to retrieve a key and to leave the money in Savopoulos’ car, stored in his garage. However, it was later found that the car was left unlocked for Wallace.

Related: New Attorney in D.C. Mansion Murders Case Claims Suspect was ‘Set Up’

Prior reports also state Wint was allegedly paid a five-figure ransom for the four murders that took place in Savopoulos’ along with the alleged arson that followed.