The fact that Vera tried to attack Darren with a bat makes me cry. She tried to protect herself and the family she was working with. She had a husband and kids that were waiting for her while she was working to support her family. She is a real hero. RIP Veralicia Figueroa. Hope your children grow up to be great people!
Thank you! God Bless Your Beautiful Heart. I'm a 58yr old female from Ohio who thinks your words for Vera are very well put and I could feel how sincere you were. Have a Wonderful day, please. Namaste` 💜✝☮🇺🇸
I want to thank you Mike for speaking so respectfully when referencing the victims on your show and don't hold back with cutting and precise humour to knock down the criminals
That is what I was thinking too! If he thinks that is going to matter to the jury and win him the case..... he might as well not even show up cause the fact is..... whether he likes pizza or not he obviously ate a piece of pizza that was ordered during the time frame! So nobody GAF if he likes pizza or not!
idk why he didn’t go further with it and just say “well he doesn’t like murder so why would he murder them! he only has a record of other things but he’s never murdered someone. clearly he doesn’t like it so he can’t be the perpetrator!”
"There are no pizza huts in his country" My mans really thinks all of south america is just a desolate wasteland with no structural buildings that might sell something as simple as food. Smh cringe
That murderer will almost certainly go to Hell. His soul is damned. I hope he lives in fear and sees the face of that child every night. He deserves to be haunted and to suffer for eternity.
@@Martin-id1ri You could be right, but it's God's call, not ours. There are several Bible verses to the effect that God is the final judge of all, not us. Who knows what the judgement will be? We can only hope that it is just. I was presumptuous to say that the murderer will got to hell. I don't know that for certain.
@@thinkforyourself2109 God knows our heart and if he confenses with a true heart and regret God will forgive him, we saw it in bible with david, and paul and also there is a guy that become a saint by punishing himself because of a murder that he comitted, and also there is a verse in the bible saying the last will be first and the first will be last!
@@Martin-id1ri That's all true. Anything is possible. I just don't believe the pardon that God gives is automatic. There must be real repentance. There must be consequences for our actions in the life to come. Otherwise, nothing makes sense. Certainly, God can forgive murderers. St. Paul is a good example. So is King David. But in both cases, they knew they had sinned and really humbled themselves before God with great sincerity of heart.
My heart breaks for this poor family. As a mother I cannot imagine watching your child be bound, tortured and killed and not be able to do a single thing about it. This is such an evil situation that I can’t even comprehend it. I cannot wrap my mind around it.
Yea it’s truly a evil thing to do and nightmare. Who knows what really happen? You can never tell in these rich circles.. I can only pray these daughters are safe and fine
I remember reading about these murders,home invasion was on the rise, still is BUT to hold these dear people hostage and their small son must have been “hell on earth” surely they knew what was going to happen, how this was going to end-the thing I don’t understand why was the death penalty not implemented in such a horrific crime where 4 people lost their lives -time and again “ life in prison without parole “ seems to be the choice of punishment “ I just don’t understand , the judicial system seems so lenient in so many of these horrific , absolutely heinous crimes , I just don’t get it, death penalty hardly ever used anymore. Little Phillip being killed along with his parents absolute horror.
@@kingjinder5421 yeah I’m from Scotland and whilst I understand the sentiment of life in prison, where they’re stuck to rot in prison for the rest of their life, I guess folk want the death penalty for some peace of mind, so they have some finality and justice. I live maybe 1.5 miles from the former Craiginches Prison where the last man executed in Scotland (1963), and honestly I can understand it to a point, despite Scotland not having sentenced someone to death for 58 years
@@kingjinder5421 A freeway ticket to death's door with no inkling of punishment? In America, the average wait time for Death Row inmates to visit "Deathxs Door," is about 18 years. If they don't get shanked or pardoned first. They'll face plenty of time in prison.
He was better off not entering. He could have been next. Though the chair scraping bit was a bit of a clue that something was off. He might have called the cops to just check up on the house probably something he regrets to this day. Poor guy. The best chance the family had was the pizza guy not recognizing the odd suggestion by the client to just leave the pizza at the door and noticing that the house was dark so sad.
That lawyer really doubles down on that pizza thing, just cos Guyana doesnt have a pizza store on it doesnt mean he doesnt like it, the small town I used to live in didnt have a pizza store (20 years ago but you get my point) and I love pizza, shops sell frozen pizza so that lawyer is out of touch. DNA is a junk science, I practically peed
@@SupportMensMentalHealth Well, as someone else here pointed out, he did only take _one_ bite. So, he may not like pizza, but was hungry enough to take 'a' bite.
This is why I lock my door, even during the day. No one ever thinks it will happen to them until it does. Sure, it's extremely rare and likely won't ever happen, but why take the chance?
My girlfriend is notorious for this. We don’t live in a very safe place either. It’s not the most dangerous part of the big city but 3 people were shot across the street from my house 3 days ago. They all survived. I would suggest everyone everywhere just always lock their doors. Even in a small town, you have travelers. Don’t even take a chance.
@SSDD Life It’s so sad, because in the 1970s-80s when I was a kid growing up, our suburb was so safe that everyone not only kept their doors unlocked during the day, but at night-time too (we also always kept our garage doors open, and our neighbors would come right through our garage and walk into our house after a simple vocal “knock knock”)... We left our bikes out in front of the house, and cars were left unlocked in the driveway, etc. No one ever stole anything, and there was zero crime. _THEN_ the results of the 1965 immigration and nationality act + open borders started being noticeable. “The Night Stalker” (parents were iII.egaI) emerged in the mid-80s, and was terrorizing Californians in a years long rampage, breaking into their houses at night and doing all sorts of heinous shit before ultimately brutally kiIIing them... So many kids were popping up as missing on milk cartons too. We started locking our doors at night, and shutting our garage doors. Then as the 90s came, we began locking our doors during the daytime too. The innocent way of life where we weren’t scared of anything was over. It’s a damn fucking shame. I miss those early days.
I've listened to alot of true crime.. but this one, with young Philip, really broke my heart. He was only 10yrs old. He stayed home from school because he was sick. Dammit. To think he might have been safe at school and not home at all. Poor child. The whole thing is tragic, but hearing about him really got to me.
it's the OJ Simpson defense: "If the pizza isn't bit, you must acquit", oh wait, it was half eaten. also, everyone knows everyone loves pizza, and there are pizza places all over Ghana, I checked.
@Jasper Jones You're probably racist, we all know that only Italians (southern Italians mainly) eat pizza. As an Irish American I only eat potatoes and the occasional fish and chips on payday. His lawyer's case is airtight legit. The reason defendants DNA was on pizza? His captors - the Greek (which is kinda like Italian) family - forced him to eat pizza, they jammed it into his mouth, as a form of torture. It wasn't even good pizza, which is further proof. The suspect would have ordered much better high end pizza if it wasn't his money. "If the pizza isn't legit, you must acquit." Case closed.
I think he was just trying desperately to find something he can say to defend his client. It happens and being a lawyer is all about talking and convincing...even if you have to say the dumbest shit 😂
@@amandastakeonit7402 Why do you draw my attention to this if you want me to be elsewhere? The kid's resemblance to his father doesn't add to the tragedy.
"I bet your DNA is in other people's homes..." Yeah, but not on a piece of pizza...that puts him directly in that home. Defense attorney's are so frickin' annoying...flat out lie, twist the facts and do whatever they can to put their criminally dangerous POS clients back on the street. I believe in a good defense, but sometimes these lawyers don't have any conscience at all...that goes for prosecution too...they both do it!
I still hold a grudge on this girl named Anna for stealing my favorite purple hair tie. I was in 1st grade and I'm about to be a senior. haven't talked to her for about 12 years even though I see her almost everyday.
@@michaelkennedy5126 I imagine he's either a public defender (in which case I feel so sorry for the poor SOBs who get stuck with him, save for Daron) or he was actively trying to sabotage the case so his client would have grounds for appeal
I just saw something on Instagram about one of their daughters and her new baby with her husband. So awful what these families went through. I hope she and her sister and Vera’s family are hanging in there after this tragedy.
"No one how a grudge for 11 years.". Dude should talk to my mother then. She still wants to find and hurt people who crossed her 30 years ago and she's close to 70 now!
There's no way there was someone else involved, and here's why: The suspect would have thrown him under the bus immediatly to get a smaller sentence. Just look how he would just blame anyone, like his two brothers, eventhough they had nothing to do with it..and are related to him. You think he would protect someone who was actually involved? Nope.
This is a good point. I was actually wondering myself, however, as morbid as this sounds, if he could've been paid the 40K (10k per body) to do this by....I cringe to type this....one or both of the daughters, or even the grandfather. The girls were away at school but any of the 3 could've easily gotten the killer a garage opener that he may have had in a pocket so no one saw him press a button & it would appear to open for him. If it was the grandfather, he could've had enough money himself to intimidate the killer into keeping quiet or implicating his brother(s) in order to to create reasonable doubt or at least a distraction from himself. The killer may not have been able to be extradited back from certain countries but a grandfather with enough money could've found him & had him killed if he didn't keep his mouth shut. Not sure about motive for that, but I was wondering since the video mentioned 2 older daughters not present at the time & then after hearing that one of the girls filed a CPO on the grandfather. I don't necessarily think there were other perpetrators present but he seems to have been helped in some way.
The moment your boss asks you to take him 40k to his house and just leave it on the car, i would call the police. Its his money he doesnt need me to take it to him. Thats a lot of money in cash, and very suspicious.
Yeah, that would raise some alarm bells to me too. I would also want to make sure he witnessed me delivering the money (in full), just in case something happened between the time of drop off and the time he came to retrieve it... I wouldn’t want there to be any suspicion that I stole the money. And I definitely wouldn’t want to be responsible for recovering/repaying any lost funds
Exactly!!! That's why I believe that dude bought the cash had to be in on it! Why him bring the money?? Why not someone else ?? & he didn't call police!? I mean wtf.
They should've set up an alert word with their home security company, who could've alerted the Police. When my Dad was a bank manager (old school, proper, not like nowadays) he had an alert word with my Mum in case he was being held... If he called to say he was late and asked how Peter was, she was to call the Police.. there was no Peter. This simple method could've been a huge head start...
My family had a secret word. This was long before cell phones. If someone knocked on the door when our parents weren't home, or claimed our parents asked them to pick us up, we were supposed to ask for the word. If we were in trouble and couldn't say so, we were told to use the word. More families should do this.
At first I thought his lawyer was crazy but once he said "his mother doesn't like pizza,,his sister doesn't like pizza".....that makes sense! he has to be innocent...
“He doesn’t like pizza-“ _he’s the murderer isn’t he_ Edit: So you’re telling me this guy has the guts to murder 4 people but can’t stomach _pizza crust?_ 🤨
The lawyer was totally trolling his client. I bet he was government appointed lawyer, who could see the writing on the wall and decided to have some fun with it.
@@huejass1325 That book is a work of fiction. not the best evidence, but some will wait as long as it takes to get an opportunity, so not a good judge of people for a professional lawyer.
I haven't either, but I LOVED James Caviezel as the character of the count. 😸 But I see your point, people do hold grudges, but I guess to those who aren't easily bothered by that it may be a novel idea.
@@annereidy7981 Its a joke, obviously. Besides, the lawyer didn't seem all thet professional did he. And there's real world evidence of people holding a grudge -and eventually killing a person- for a very long time.
“No one holds a grudge for 11 years.” "There is no pizza where he's from." "DNA is a junk science." Anybody else feeling kinda/sorta envious of this lawyer? I mean, his world sounds really peaceful.
OJ was going to be found not guilty no matter because of the recent riots with Rodney King. Pretty sad with unbelievable amount of hard evidence they had on him.
@@BB-pg5kl I disagree. The prosecutors were in WAY over their head. A good prosecution team would've nailed Juice. The mood in L.A. definitely didnt help though, particularly with the racist cop involved in the investigation.
@@Floridaman1780_ the amount of physical evidence against him alone brought up in trial should've made it a for t sure conviction. At the time of the trial OJ was not getting convicted unless he was on camera doing it.
@@BB-pg5kl I think the cop refusing to answer the question on whether or not he "planted or manufactured" any evidence was the reasonable doubt they needed. I agree he was guilty as sin, but I think the state screwed the pooch.
@AmericanRelic2hear I doubt it. Imagine the amount of money he would make off of new clientele if he was able to get the charges dropped despite the evidence in this case.
The housekeeper.. that shit breaks my heart my mom used to do housekeeping to provide for me and my siblings. Que descanse en paz 🙏🏼, my condolences to her family.
To leave EL SALVADOR for a better life only to be executed in a so-called better country; my country by the way. Unbelievable, just unreal. And she tried defending them all from the coward - what a true heroine! 💪God bless her and all who were murdered and their survivors. 💜🙏
@@psychoticserenity6510 you can feel especially bad for one because the circumstances echo your own situation, as in this case for Aylin Rocha because of her mother, and it doesn’t mean you don’t also mourn the senseless loss of a little boy. She never said she doesn’t feel horrible for that child, the two aren’t mutually exclusive. I wouldn’t normally comment but I feel like picking a fight or taking issue with a comment like this is unnecessary. I doubt anyone watching this didn’t feel terrible for everyone involved except the piece of garbage who murdered them.
Where did anyone insinuate otherwise besides your own prejudices? You know that information because the video told you. I work as a janitor and it’s a job. It’s on you if you think I’m less than because of wealth and occupation.
@@sandiasurfers3174 Proud of you for saying that out loud. People who clean for a living are sometimes more educated and wealthier than you can imagine. They just do it to pass the time and they like to keep busy. People are too quick to judge based on occupation.
Rip to all.... To those picking one person shame on u. . Wwjd if he saw that... Jus saying grow up. This was tragic and I hope the Pi's get 10 x worse. I hope their families hire some friends to handle business. This is horrid.... People kill for two dollars and we need them to pay thru the nose...
I think for how much I've watched of this kids hard work, it's only fair I sent him a $20. Best channel on true crime and he ' s never even asked for money
@@justinmartin4662 What he earns has literally NOTHING to do with the product he creates for us to enjoy. Is the product he makes worth a few bucks to you? That’s the question. NETFLIX earns hundreds of millions, yet some people find the products worth the cost. Furthermore, who decides how much he makes is too much? You? Me? Nope.
nise 52 the people that the US police kills are innocent. If you cant see the difference between a guy who kills a family and a man who are ramdomly stopped, detained and fx chooked to death.
@Renn Bear It's an appalling waste - committed by an absolute of shit. The killing of the family was entirely unnecessary - particularly in that manner. (Though I obviously don't condone home invasion & extortion) The guy could have held the family hostage before the Dad got home - got the Dad to do the cash drop and made good his escape without the Dad seeing him. The only witnesses to the crime would be the Mother, Son and Housekeeper, who I'm assuming wouldn't recognise the perp. It seemed to be either badly botched or he was planning on killing the entire family anyway.
@@ae86hachi "Nothing shocking here". Have you lost your mind? You may not find the brutal murder of four innocent people "shocking", but the vast majority of people find it extremely shocking. If society ever becomes apathetic towards crimes of this nature we're all fucked - we'd be as well firing off the ICBMs now. This was an appalling crime - a child, two Mothers and a Father - by all accounts decent people - wiped out for less than the price of the (torched) getaway vehicle. I can't imagine what those 19 hours must have felt like - "shocking" is barely strong enough.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 This sort of apathy is exactly what we're headed for sadly. I'm seeing it often with kids who are growing up staring at a screen, being fed horrible stories constantly. I'm so glad I grew up when I did.
I remember when this happened. I grew up outside Washington, DC, and worked as a live-in nanny in DC as a teenager. The family had a maid and she was from El Salvador too. Turns out I also went to the same high school as Amy and Savvas, but about 6 years apart.
"He doesn't like pizza pie; he's not the right guy." "DNA is a junk science." Brilliant defense. If I'm ever falsely accused of murder, I want THIS guy as my attorney.
What a monster, all of that for 40k that’s legit not even that much for 4 human lives and especially a child. It’s wild when the case is so overwhelming and the defense attorney has to come up with something.
It's not that much though when you're rich. Some watches cost twice that or it could've been a down payment for a Lambo or whatever rich people buy these days
@Ponder Yonder Nope. If it was just traces on shoes or something then yes I'd agree. But his DNA was directly on a slice of pizza that before it was delivered was sealed in a box. You'd have to be pretty naive to think somehow a man's DNA got onto a bitten slice of pizza that was ordered during the time of the family being held hostage. and not think he wasn't some degree of guilty. Transfer DNA is real yes, but it certainly doesn't apply here.
@Ponder Yonder It probably wasn't something he wasn't aware of when he called it a junk science but the reliability of the DNA can also be questionable. Under ideal conditions it's very reliable but in less than ideal cases like most crime scenes, the DNA can have a chance to break down and they may not be able to get a complete sample. DNA sequencing works by matching a handful of parts of the of the suspect's DNA and the DNA found at the crime scene instead of the whole thing. When the DNA is incomplete the reliability considerably decreases. It probably wasn't an issue for this case unless the pizza was in the fire.
“ they don’t have pizza in Guyana it’s a British speaking country”.... 1) British is not a language 2) Google says there’s about 50 pizza restaurants in Guyana
That's a lot of people to control for that many hours and the whole plot was pretty carefully planned and researched. Whoever it was had the presence of mind to force the victim to call the security company to figure out where the video is stored, contact the husband of the maid to make sure she wouldn't be reported as missing that night, and arrange a story for the pizza guy for contactless delivery (long before this was common due to COVID-19). Maybe 1 person could have done it, but that's a lot of planning and work.
I know many people who knew the family and the whole thing was very suspicious. Many to this day speculate there was some sort of underworld revenge hit behind it. Why the CFO did not call police is very suspicious to me. I asked two of my husband's employees with bank account access what they would do if they got a call like that from my husband and both thought they would have been so suspicious they would have called police. Wish Vera's husband had called 911 just for a welfare check. After this and the Lululemon murders in nearby Bethesda I decided to always OVERREACT. Best to be on the safe side.
they were found duct taped to chairs, and Savvas was found on the floor. They were stabbed, sliced, strangled, and hit with a bat. This was one evil SOB. May he suffer in prison. Watch the CNN special on this crime. It explains the facts in more detail.
Bob Harmon BS. This is NOT a normal request.... I’ve heard that if police pull you over with thousands of dollars, they can seize the money.... my question would be why can’t he do this? Idk i would be super sketched out by this request.
This poor family and their housekeeper must have gone through so much horror before they were ultimately killed. As a mother myself I can't even imagine how helpless and terrified the parents must have felt for their son in those 18 hours. It truly is a parents worst nightmare come to life.
I remember this, that gave him a chance when other people were saying to get rid of him that family said " no he needs work just like we all do " that's truly sad they tried to help him and he took advantage of their kindness
usa girl he wont be stealing anything anymore the pos killed 4 people including stabbing a 10 year old child to death who gives a f*** about his manky body!!
Noticed that myself. How is it Mike is more respectful to this mother, wife, friend, sister than the entire justice system and news agencies??? God bless, Mike. For giving these people dignity and respect.
Same reason they actually caught the dude so fast. If Joe Schmo and his family were murdered like this I bet you wouldn't have detectives running DNA tests on pizza. But the rich looks after their own. Not condoning the murder at all, btw, but it's sad that so often normal people don't get justice just because the law doesn't put in as much effort
Lawyer: “He doesn’t like pizza” News anchor: “That doesn’t explain how his DNA is on THAT pizza” Lawyer: “DNA is junk science” Who the hell let this guy practise law?
I legitimately didn't even hear the screaming in the background...that's horrifying. He's just calmly blurbing out his script while Lord knows what is happening just feet away... *Shudder*
I think 60 minutes is jealous of you Mike, every single time I just let your video end it tries to take me to a 60 minute video, even unsubscribed from them. Still takes me to 60 Minutes. You're doing a good job, keep it up. (love to see you cover Noel Winters)
Whenever someone from El Salvador dies, my heart always hurts more because my family is from El Salvador, and I can always picture how hard they must have worked to survive in this country, just to have their lives taken in such a cruel manner. Descansa en paz, Vera
This story is heartbreaking. Four lives lost in the most terrifying way, all for $40,000. That defense lawyer is a despicable human being. 👹 I know his job is to offer legal services, even for the most seemingly guilty. However, coming up with those ridiculous defense theories is downright disgusting and insulting to the memories of the Savopoulos family.
Defense attorneys are not supposed to "come up with a defense" they are made to argue the prosecution's case and find logic in the accused story. =Usually they just fine tune what the accused is saying so it is possible this dude the pizza thing was something the killer came up with. On the other hand I also he also may have been an attorney wanting to make a name for himself defending this guy pro-bono and making that defense up himself a la Casey Antony's lawyer
Of course they are supposed to come up with a defense, that is the majority of their job. Building alibis, character witnesses, reviewing previous cases, all part of building a defense. If the defendant wants to fight and saying it’s not his dna on the pizza because he doesn’t eat pizza is the best you’ve got, you go with it. For all you know behind the scenes he’s begging the guy to plead out to no avail.
If you cant think of any other reason but he doesnt like pizza as a defence then you obviously cant find anything that can really prove his innocence. Grasping at breadsticks for this to be the best he can come up with
by "offer legal services" you mean fabricate falsehoods to try get killers off scott-free? then yes once a person gets away with horrific crimes such as murder it emboldens them to do it again
@@emmabbyreborns341 It pains me to say that there’s no guarantee that he wouldn’t have killed that family on the spot out of either panic or rage if he had been confronted by law enforcement during the ordeal.
This is why you need a code to communicate you're in distress, needs to be something casual like "yes, please bring nyquil", or "sure I was talking to Helen", so the other person can call the cops.
"It's a *British speaking* country in South America, it's the only one, it's sparsely populated (...) about the size of Kansas" This sounds like the world's worst geography presentation from an eight year old.
Right? I mean im not claiming to know much about anywhere that's not a place I've lived in. I don't even know much about other states in my own country and that still sounded sus to me.
This video appeared randomly in my feed and little did I know what a rabbit hole I had fallen into. I'm pretty sure I've binged all your vids by now and now I have an addiction I can't shake. I can't wait to see what other stories you cover in the future :)
This is so hard to watch,,, I can’t even believe this, someone working to better his life n another one just swipes everything. If u broke go look for a job.. damn it
Amen. The level of evil required to conclude that it would be worth it to murder 4 innocent people, including a little boy, for about a year’s meager salary is just beyond comprehension.
Most awkward transition audio ever. "He doesn't like pizza; that is not his food choice." That's the kind of guy who makes you think "I could probably be a lawyer."
2nd real tragedy in this case is that there is a guy, that studied law for 20 years, from what you can see practiced it for 30 more, and his defense is " HE DOESNT LIKE PIZZA"
Your comment made me laugh, so I had to google this. They eat Pizza Hut and Domino's, among others. Tell you the truth, I would be more interested in eating from the real, local restaurants.
David because crazy stuff works in court sometimes. Racehorse Haynes got a lady off a trespassing charge because he said her tits were so big, they carried her onto the baseball field after she leaned over the fence.
I think if Jordan was truly involved, Darin would have given him up right away. He tried to blame his own brothers after all. What a terrible case. Thanks for the upload!
The fact that Vera tried to attack Darren with a bat makes me cry. She tried to protect herself and the family she was working with. She had a husband and kids that were waiting for her while she was working to support her family. She is a real hero. RIP Veralicia Figueroa. Hope your children grow up to be great people!
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Nancy Grace is a piece of shit for not even saying her name. They just grazed over her and didn’t show a picture.
@@Infinite-Void i agree
She was probably fighting For her life. Which is just as honorable. Better to fight. than comply
Thank you! God Bless Your Beautiful Heart. I'm a 58yr old female from Ohio who thinks your words for Vera are very well put and I could feel how sincere you were. Have a Wonderful day, please. Namaste` 💜✝☮🇺🇸
“No one holds a grudge for 11 years.” bro I have a whole list of shit that happened in 2009 that I'm still pissed about.
Lol that’s bad for your health hunny 🤣
When i was 5 i had a autopet Some blue purple BMW wreckt iT by driving out of his car port 45 years later i stil know this 😔😑😂
@Karen Morales or children
Mine goes back to 1992
I feel much better now lol I thought that was just me
"DNA is a junk science" -spoken by a lawyer that hasn't won a case since the development of Forensic Science
Sean Cantley Lmfaoo 😂😂😂 I feel bad for laughing so hard
LMAO
I imagine his lawyer was pretty desperate to find something, anything, to help his horrible client.
@@ilanamillion8942 Yeah.
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I want to thank you Mike for speaking so respectfully when referencing the victims on your show and don't hold back with cutting and precise humour to knock down the criminals
“he doesn’t like pizza so he didn’t commit the murders” is by far the shittiest and funniest defense i’ve ever heard
His lawyer license should be revoked for this moronic defense
have you herd the "if glove does not fit"
defense?
That is what I was thinking too! If he thinks that is going to matter to the jury and win him the case..... he might as well not even show up cause the fact is..... whether he likes pizza or not he obviously ate a piece of pizza that was ordered during the time frame! So nobody GAF if he likes pizza or not!
@Flip Flops - exactly 😂
idk why he didn’t go further with it and just say “well he doesn’t like murder so why would he murder them! he only has a record of other things but he’s never murdered someone. clearly he doesn’t like it so he can’t be the perpetrator!”
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... he doesn’t like pizza. Defense rests.”
Lol 😝
judge: I call a mistrial *bangs gavel*
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He doesn’t like pizza and never will like pizza. My client is innocent because he will never eat pizza.
*mic drop
I feel so sad for those two girls who lost their family and had absolutely no idea what was going on while they were away at school
Where did they stay after school?
Agnes Diona : I think they were at a boarding school, not a neighborhood school.
And then the murderer says he didn't kill their parents because he doesn't like pizza.
it is so sad ): but I know their oldest daughter is doing well now, and I know her parents would be very proud!
@@alostcatincollege these nuts bro
“He doesn’t like pizza”
“DNA is a junk science”
Bruh just say he’s guilty, it’s less embarrassing
If I were a judge I would add 5 years for lying about not liking pizza.
@@InderjitSidhux And another 5 for saying that "DNA is a junk science" with a straight face.
"There are no pizza huts in his country"
My mans really thinks all of south america is just a desolate wasteland with no structural buildings that might sell something as simple as food.
Smh cringe
He should've said he was allergic to pizza and that he spat on it when he was offered a slice.
And he seems to think there's a language called British.
that voicemail with the screaming in the background is haunting...
That murderer will almost certainly go to Hell. His soul is damned. I hope he lives in fear and sees the face of that child every night. He deserves to be haunted and to suffer for eternity.
@@thinkforyourself2109 bet if he confenses, God will forgive him!
@@Martin-id1ri You could be right, but it's God's call, not ours. There are several Bible verses to the effect that God is the final judge of all, not us. Who knows what the judgement will be? We can only hope that it is just. I was presumptuous to say that the murderer will got to hell. I don't know that for certain.
@@thinkforyourself2109 God knows our heart and if he confenses with a true heart and regret God will forgive him, we saw it in bible with david, and paul and also there is a guy that become a saint by punishing himself because of a murder that he comitted, and also there is a verse in the bible saying the last will be first and the first will be last!
@@Martin-id1ri That's all true. Anything is possible. I just don't believe the pardon that God gives is automatic. There must be real repentance. There must be consequences for our actions in the life to come. Otherwise, nothing makes sense. Certainly, God can forgive murderers. St. Paul is a good example. So is King David. But in both cases, they knew they had sinned and really humbled themselves before God with great sincerity of heart.
It’s so gratifying to watch that reporter making a complete ass out of the defense attorney 😂
She's an attorney too, a smart one. Her name is Kimberly Guilfoyle.
She is fucking amazing. Shes a rare breed in today’s world
Elissa Harbuck That’s not hard to do. 😂😂😂
@@marjolewis9405 "he doesn't like pizza" what an amazing impregnable defense, Mike Tyson couldn't do any better
Seriously. “He doesn’t like pizza.” Oh brother...🙄
My heart breaks for this poor family. As a mother I cannot imagine watching your child be bound, tortured and killed and not be able to do a single thing about it. This is such an evil situation that I can’t even comprehend it. I cannot wrap my mind around it.
Most sensible comment on here yes indeed that poor wee boy horrific 😢
BTK was worse he had a clean record.
Morton Milletto what? I don’t feel like that’s relevant to my comment. Are you sure you commented on the right one?
Finaly a normal comment that doesnt involve pizza ...rip family !
Yea it’s truly a evil thing to do and nightmare. Who knows what really happen? You can never tell in these rich circles.. I can only pray these daughters are safe and fine
I feel the worst for Vera's husband.
He was right there. Right. There.
heartbroken
I remember reading about these murders,home invasion was on the rise, still is BUT to hold these dear people hostage and their small son must have been “hell on earth” surely they knew what was going to happen, how this was going to end-the thing I don’t understand why was the death penalty not implemented in such a horrific crime where 4 people lost their lives -time and again “ life in prison without parole “ seems to be the choice of punishment “ I just don’t understand , the judicial system seems so lenient in so many of these horrific , absolutely heinous crimes , I just don’t get it, death penalty hardly ever used anymore. Little Phillip being killed along with his parents absolute horror.
@@kingjinder5421 yeah I’m from Scotland and whilst I understand the sentiment of life in prison, where they’re stuck to rot in prison for the rest of their life, I guess folk want the death penalty for some peace of mind, so they have some finality and justice.
I live maybe 1.5 miles from the former Craiginches Prison where the last man executed in Scotland (1963), and honestly I can understand it to a point, despite Scotland not having sentenced someone to death for 58 years
@@kingjinder5421 A freeway ticket to death's door with no inkling of punishment?
In America, the average wait time for Death Row inmates to visit "Deathxs Door," is about 18 years. If they don't get shanked or pardoned first. They'll face plenty of time in prison.
He was better off not entering. He could have been next. Though the chair scraping bit was a bit of a clue that something was off. He might have called the cops to just check up on the house probably something he regrets to this day. Poor guy. The best chance the family had was the pizza guy not recognizing the odd suggestion by the client to just leave the pizza at the door and noticing that the house was dark so sad.
"he does not like pizza!" does this lawyer cost money?
Lawyer gets paid in Pizza... he hates pizza 🍕 now!
That lawyer really doubles down on that pizza thing, just cos Guyana doesnt have a pizza store on it doesnt mean he doesnt like it, the small town I used to live in didnt have a pizza store (20 years ago but you get my point) and I love pizza, shops sell frozen pizza so that lawyer is out of touch.
DNA is a junk science, I practically peed
@@SupportMensMentalHealth The jury got a good laugh at least
@@SupportMensMentalHealth Well, as someone else here pointed out, he did only take _one_ bite. So, he may not like pizza, but was hungry enough to take 'a' bite.
Pizza IS my favorite food so I guess I better turn myself in.
“No one holds a grudge for 11 years.” You haven’t met my grandma.
I hear Italians hold them forever lol
I was thinking the exact same thing except abt my mum! Lol! (Obviously I wasn't thinking it abt your grandma bc Idk your grandma, lol)
Same
Or me.... Haha
Or my entire Greek family.
This is why I lock my door, even during the day. No one ever thinks it will happen to them until it does. Sure, it's extremely rare and likely won't ever happen, but why take the chance?
This is why I carry a gun even when home
My girlfriend is notorious for this. We don’t live in a very safe place either. It’s not the most dangerous part of the big city but 3 people were shot across the street from my house 3 days ago. They all survived. I would suggest everyone everywhere just always lock their doors. Even in a small town, you have travelers. Don’t even take a chance.
@Just Me There's no way that's an accurate number, at least i hope not
@SSDD Life
It’s so sad, because in the 1970s-80s when I was a kid growing up, our suburb was so safe that everyone not only kept their doors unlocked during the day, but at night-time too (we also always kept our garage doors open, and our neighbors would come right through our garage and walk into our house after a simple vocal “knock knock”)...
We left our bikes out in front of the house, and cars were left unlocked in the driveway, etc. No one ever stole anything, and there was zero crime.
_THEN_ the results of the 1965 immigration and nationality act + open borders started being noticeable. “The Night Stalker” (parents were iII.egaI) emerged in the mid-80s, and was terrorizing Californians in a years long rampage, breaking into their houses at night and doing all sorts of heinous shit before ultimately brutally kiIIing them...
So many kids were popping up as missing on milk cartons too. We started locking our doors at night, and shutting our garage doors.
Then as the 90s came, we began locking our doors during the daytime too. The innocent way of life where we weren’t scared of anything was over. It’s a damn fucking shame.
I miss those early days.
@Just Me
Lol. He’s not doing shit about it. That’s Q propaganda.
My brother tricked me and sent me to someone’s house to do some work, and I accidentally kidnapped four people, tortured, and murdered them.
Yeah but what did you have for dinner? Pizza?
I've listened to alot of true crime.. but this one, with young Philip, really broke my heart. He was only 10yrs old. He stayed home from school because he was sick. Dammit. To think he might have been safe at school and not home at all. Poor child. The whole thing is tragic, but hearing about him really got to me.
Me too ... just horrifying
It breaks my heart too. Anything involving kidnap and torture is especially horrible.
You haven't heard alot of true crime. Kids ... murders and kidnapping of them...are the most horrifying displays of evil.
In this day & age, school isn't always a safe place.
sadly he would have had to come home and walk into the chaos at some point. (assuming he took the bus)
"He doesn't like pizza, that is not his food choice"
Case closed
Psychopath confirmed 😂
it's the OJ Simpson defense: "If the pizza isn't bit, you must acquit", oh wait, it was half eaten. also, everyone knows everyone loves pizza, and there are pizza places all over Ghana, I checked.
HAHA! That was SHOCKING. and "DNA is a junk science, he doesn't like PIZZA!"
@Jasper Jones You're probably racist, we all know that only Italians (southern Italians mainly) eat pizza. As an Irish American I only eat potatoes and the occasional fish and chips on payday. His lawyer's case is airtight legit. The reason defendants DNA was on pizza? His captors - the Greek (which is kinda like Italian) family - forced him to eat pizza, they jammed it into his mouth, as a form of torture.
It wasn't even good pizza, which is further proof.
The suspect would have ordered much better high end pizza if it wasn't his money.
"If the pizza isn't legit, you must acquit." Case closed.
@@annarose4308 No just a desperate attorney with an extraordinarily weak defense.
That lawyer... Damn, do they just randomly hand out law degrees now?
Yes.
They do...all you need is to have a bachelor degree in any other career, and apply to law school...
@@eliaschelios7724 and then cheat on the exam...
"DNA is a junk science" yikes, this guy is a complete moron
I think he was just trying desperately to find something he can say to defend his client. It happens and being a lawyer is all about talking and convincing...even if you have to say the dumbest shit 😂
god.... back when “ring the doorbell, drop off the food and leave” was suspicious instead of expected
Love this lady who interviewed this pathetic, crooked lawyer~ she eviscerated him!
Kimberly Gilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr's girlfriend
@@philipkoekemoer4705 true but she still did the right thing
@@philipkoekemoer4705 you mean coke head Bimberly Ghoulfoyle.
That little boy was the spitting image of his daddy. The whole thing is just so tragic.
Hey, adopted kids matter too.
@@jumpinjohnnyruss...and???!!! Go troll elsewhere!
@@amandastakeonit7402 Why do you draw my attention to this if you want me to be elsewhere?
The kid's resemblance to his father doesn't add to the tragedy.
@@jumpinjohnnyruss 😆😆👑🙌🏼
You mean to tell me children can look like their parents?! Shocking!
"He doesn't like pizza"
"DNA is a junk science"
This guy
I guess all those people exonerated by DNA should be put back in prison
I mean, I get that a defense lawyer's job is to clear his client, but wow, this guy is stretching the limits of sense.
"his mother doesn't like pizza, his sister doesn't like pizza, his brothers don't like pizza" "his brothers did it"
@@everwhat013 oh shit, I didn't even think about that. Now I just wish that the gal interviewing him pointed that out.
No doubt he'll be guesting in an episode on the next Season of CSI....
That lawyer has some balls to be able to keep a straight face with that defense theory.
"I bet your DNA is in other people's homes..." Yeah, but not on a piece of pizza...that puts him directly in that home. Defense attorney's are so frickin' annoying...flat out lie, twist the facts and do whatever they can to put their criminally dangerous POS clients back on the street. I believe in a good defense, but sometimes these lawyers don't have any conscience at all...that goes for prosecution too...they both do it!
"no one holds a grudge for 11 years"
bruh A LOT of people hold grudges for even longer than that
I have held a grudge for 20 years for my sister in law. She's poison.
I'm only just getting over a grudge for someone putting chocolate in my hair when we were 7. I'm 24 now
Right. I still hold a grudge against my mother for birthing me. Was so unnecessary....
@@samiak112 lmao 😂😂😂😂
I still hold a grudge on this girl named Anna for stealing my favorite purple hair tie. I was in 1st grade and I'm about to be a senior. haven't talked to her for about 12 years even though I see her almost everyday.
When, "that's not his food choice" is the best a lawyer has, you're in trouble.
How did that lawyer wind up defending Wint?
@@michaelkennedy5126 I imagine he's either a public defender (in which case I feel so sorry for the poor SOBs who get stuck with him, save for Daron) or he was actively trying to sabotage the case so his client would have grounds for appeal
I just saw something on Instagram about one of their daughters and her new baby with her husband. So awful what these families went through. I hope she and her sister and Vera’s family are hanging in there after this tragedy.
"No one how a grudge for 11 years.". Dude should talk to my mother then. She still wants to find and hurt people who crossed her 30 years ago and she's close to 70 now!
Sounds like a typical narcissistic personality disorder
@Kieran Prince
Look up Glencoe Massacre and next time you meet a MacDonald ask them about the Campbells.
That's a 300 year grudge.
@Enda Dorgan Howzitgaun Enda? ✌️
Bro, african americans are out there killing people for shit that went down generations ago, their the kangz of holding grudges.
My Mum was the same. Lol
There's no way there was someone else involved, and here's why: The suspect would have thrown him under the bus immediatly to get a smaller sentence. Just look how he would just blame anyone, like his two brothers, eventhough they had nothing to do with it..and are related to him. You think he would protect someone who was actually involved? Nope.
This is a good point. I was actually wondering myself, however, as morbid as this sounds, if he could've been paid the 40K (10k per body) to do this by....I cringe to type this....one or both of the daughters, or even the grandfather. The girls were away at school but any of the 3 could've easily gotten the killer a garage opener that he may have had in a pocket so no one saw him press a button & it would appear to open for him. If it was the grandfather, he could've had enough money himself to intimidate the killer into keeping quiet or implicating his brother(s) in order to to create reasonable doubt or at least a distraction from himself. The killer may not have been able to be extradited back from certain countries but a grandfather with enough money could've found him & had him killed if he didn't keep his mouth shut. Not sure about motive for that, but I was wondering since the video mentioned 2 older daughters not present at the time & then after hearing that one of the girls filed a CPO on the grandfather. I don't necessarily think there were other perpetrators present but he seems to have been helped in some way.
@@jennygoins1632 yeah, I wondered about that too, but the little boy wasn't supposed to be there. He was home sick that day.
The moment your boss asks you to take him 40k to his house and just leave it on the car, i would call the police. Its his money he doesnt need me to take it to him. Thats a lot of money in cash, and very suspicious.
Yeah, that would raise some alarm bells to me too. I would also want to make sure he witnessed me delivering the money (in full), just in case something happened between the time of drop off and the time he came to retrieve it... I wouldn’t want there to be any suspicion that I stole the money. And I definitely wouldn’t want to be responsible for recovering/repaying any lost funds
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Innit!!!!
Exactly!!! That's why I believe that dude bought the cash had to be in on it! Why him bring the money?? Why not someone else ?? & he didn't call police!? I mean wtf.
Depends what's regular for your job
"no one holds a grudge for 11 years" um... sir, you obviously do not know how grudges work. The longer it's been the more "grudgy" it becomes.
They should've set up an alert word with their home security company, who could've alerted the Police.
When my Dad was a bank manager (old school, proper, not like nowadays) he had an alert word with my Mum in case he was being held... If he called to say he was late and asked how Peter was, she was to call the Police.. there was no Peter.
This simple method could've been a huge head start...
I thought the same thing
Absolutely, everyone needs a safe word.
SECURITY COMPANIES DO LET YOU CHOOSE A SECURITY PIN WHEN YOU SET OFF THE ALARM BY MISTAKE...
My family had a secret word. This was long before cell phones. If someone knocked on the door when our parents weren't home, or claimed our parents asked them to pick us up, we were supposed to ask for the word. If we were in trouble and couldn't say so, we were told to use the word. More families should do this.
Oh, that’s cleaver. I might have to set up a petter in my life.
That lawyer: If the pizza don't fit, you must acquit.
😂😂😂😂 THAT IS NOT HIS FOOD CHOICE
At first I thought his lawyer was crazy but once he said "his mother doesn't like pizza,,his sister doesn't like pizza".....that makes sense! he has to be innocent...
"Pineapple and ham, you are free man"
🤦🏽♂️😭
Lol, Johnny, la gente esta muy loca
“He doesn’t like pizza-“ _he’s the murderer isn’t he_
Edit: So you’re telling me this guy has the guts to murder 4 people but can’t stomach _pizza crust?_ 🤨
New York Times: "PewDiePie doesn't like pizza crust! Coincidence?"
@Speeding Atheist obviously he’s one of the brothers that got away with this.
Why do people leave the crust? It's the best part!
Yup
Anthony Sheriff well, he speaks British
This story BROKE MY HEART INTO PIECES.! 😭 That poor family.! This was a HARD one to watch.
“Y’honor, I do not like pizza”
“Damn, you’re free to go.”
Precisely .
Ha ha exactly wiw ive heard aone good defences in my time but this has to be the best by far lmao
The lawyer was totally trolling his client. I bet he was government appointed lawyer, who could see the writing on the wall and decided to have some fun with it.
"That is not his food choice!" Lol...gmafb
I'm not buying into this defense lawyer. I've seen way better
"no one holds a grudge for 11 years"
I guess he never read The Count of Monte Cristo.
Polskimg Great book and movie!
@@huejass1325 That book is a work of fiction. not the best evidence, but some will wait as long as it takes to get an opportunity, so not a good judge of people for a professional lawyer.
I haven't either, but I LOVED James Caviezel as the character of the count. 😸 But I see your point, people do hold grudges, but I guess to those who aren't easily bothered by that it may be a novel idea.
@@annereidy7981 Its a joke, obviously. Besides, the lawyer didn't seem all thet professional did he.
And there's real world evidence of people holding a grudge -and eventually killing a person- for a very long time.
Movie was amazing
“No one holds a grudge for 11 years.”
"There is no pizza where he's from."
"DNA is a junk science."
Anybody else feeling kinda/sorta envious of this lawyer? I mean, his world sounds really peaceful.
I genuinely believe he hated the guy so much that he intentionally threw the case. I don't think even the worst lawyers are this stupid.
Ah .. to exist in a simpler time .
😂😂
DAN Is NOT just science dude... DNA Doesn't NOT lie... Do more research on this.. OK?
Peaceful world.... without pizza??? Impossible 😜
"He doesn't like pizza"
Wow! This defense is almost as good as "the glove doesn't fit"
OJ was going to be found not guilty no matter because of the recent riots with Rodney King. Pretty sad with unbelievable amount of hard evidence they had on him.
Well, one of them actually worked.
@@BB-pg5kl I disagree. The prosecutors were in WAY over their head. A good prosecution team would've nailed Juice. The mood in L.A. definitely didnt help though, particularly with the racist cop involved in the investigation.
@@Floridaman1780_ the amount of physical evidence against him alone brought up in trial should've made it a for t sure conviction. At the time of the trial OJ was not getting convicted unless he was on camera doing it.
@@BB-pg5kl I think the cop refusing to answer the question on whether or not he "planted or manufactured" any evidence was the reasonable doubt they needed. I agree he was guilty as sin, but I think the state screwed the pooch.
The defense attorney really embarassed himself on national television. "He doesn't like pizza!" Seriously? LOL
@AmericanRelic2hear I doubt it. Imagine the amount of money he would make off of new clientele if he was able to get the charges dropped despite the evidence in this case.
IT'S NOT HIS FOOD CHOICE!
I guess when you have to defend someone who is so sooo clearly guilty, sometimes you have to clutch at straws!
@@zamrabbit yeah esp when that chick kept spitting boldass hard facts his way. I would have shat myself in his position XD
That reporter told his as* biggg time! Love her 👏 “Does that make any sense sir? “
The housekeeper.. that shit breaks my heart my mom used to do housekeeping to provide for me and my siblings. Que descanse en paz 🙏🏼, my condolences to her family.
Las mamás latinas somos la onda, siempre viendo por nuestras familias.
Abrazos a ti, a tu ma y a toda la familia.
To leave EL SALVADOR for a better life only to be executed in a so-called better country; my country by the way. Unbelievable, just unreal. And she tried defending them all from the coward - what a true heroine! 💪God bless her and all who were murdered and their survivors. 💜🙏
A little boy was murdered as well but the housekeeper breaks your heart. 🤦♂️
@@psychoticserenity6510 you can feel especially bad for one because the circumstances echo your own situation, as in this case for Aylin Rocha because of her mother, and it doesn’t mean you don’t also mourn the senseless loss of a little boy. She never said she doesn’t feel horrible for that child, the two aren’t mutually exclusive. I wouldn’t normally comment but I feel like picking a fight or taking issue with a comment like this is unnecessary. I doubt anyone watching this didn’t feel terrible for everyone involved except the piece of garbage who murdered them.
@@psychoticserenity6510 such a weird comment to post..
RIP to Ms Vera. She’s not just an employee of a wealthy family, she was a person, a mom, and a wife 😔
Where did anyone insinuate otherwise besides your own prejudices? You know that information because the video told you.
I work as a janitor and it’s a job. It’s on you if you think I’m less than because of wealth and occupation.
@@sandiasurfers3174
Proud of you for saying that out loud. People who clean for a living are sometimes more educated and wealthier than you can imagine.
They just do it to pass the time and they like to keep busy. People are too quick to judge based on occupation.
And a maid... what’s wrong with that? Thanks Karen, we appreciate your virtue signal
Rip to all.... To those picking one person shame on u. . Wwjd if he saw that... Jus saying grow up. This was tragic and I hope the Pi's get 10 x worse. I hope their families hire some friends to handle business. This is horrid.... People kill for two dollars and we need them to pay thru the nose...
Dna doesn't lie but attys do. Truth be known I do feel like the dad was connected it's too fishy.. regardless DNA on a pizza GUILTY
I think for how much I've watched of this kids hard work, it's only fair I sent him a $20. Best channel on true crime and he ' s never even asked for money
From what I’ve read about how much they get paid per views and such, he doesn’t need to ask for money as he’s making plenty.
@@justinmartin4662 What he earns has literally NOTHING to do with the product he creates for us to enjoy. Is the product he makes worth a few bucks to you? That’s the question. NETFLIX earns hundreds of millions, yet some people find the products worth the cost. Furthermore, who decides how much he makes is too much? You? Me? Nope.
@@bagramdave883 well then you better just send him thousands and thousands of dollars if it makes you happy!
@@bagramdave883 i agree, i watch this channel all the time, so well worth me sending a few pounds, he tells the storys so good 😁
@@DaisyMae439 Nope. I don’t send thousands. $25 a year makes happy.
Torturing anyone is terrible but how can you do that to a kid?
Its diversity embrace it its working awsome in EU
Torturing while other family members watch. My bloods boiling.
Not liking pizza can make a man a monster
Two gang banter thugs did this...... brain washed
I don't do that to a kid or anyone else 😒
I just think whenever a child is the victim of a violent crime the guilty party should never be treated with civility.
Yeah in 2020 pretty sure HE would be the victim!
nise 52 the people that the US police kills are innocent. If you cant see the difference between a guy who kills a family and a man who are ramdomly stopped, detained and fx chooked to death.
Ageism alive and well
@@death2theworld As evidenced by your response, apathetic stupidity is also alive and well.
@@death2theworld yes, Arina, all lives matter.
The interview is like a bit straight from the onion news. I can see the title in my head "Lawyer defends murderer by saying "He doesnt like pizza""
Savvas was a good looking man, damn.
Vera trying to save them by wielding a bat, shows how much she cared for the people she worked for.
We have no idea what she was doing. She may have just been defending herself as she was hit with the bat.
Or she may have been forced to beat them or one of them :( like she was held at gun point, it’s a way to torture both her and who she is beating
@@brittalex7024 chill you watch too many movies
Yeah poor lady was brutally murdered for just trying to earn a living.
@@w0mblemania Or she may have been practising hitting curve balls.
Damn. This is so tragic. All of this over 40 thousand dollars. RIP to this lovely family and their lovely housekeeper. Rest in piss creep.
Life is cheap. Always has been, always will be. People rob and kill for far less. Nothing shocking here.
@Renn Bear
It's an appalling waste - committed by an absolute of shit.
The killing of the family was entirely unnecessary - particularly in that manner.
(Though I obviously don't condone home invasion & extortion)
The guy could have held the family hostage before the Dad got home - got the Dad to do the cash drop and made good his escape without the Dad seeing him.
The only witnesses to the crime would be the Mother, Son and Housekeeper, who I'm assuming wouldn't recognise the perp.
It seemed to be either badly botched or he was planning on killing the entire family anyway.
@@ae86hachi "Nothing shocking here".
Have you lost your mind?
You may not find the brutal murder of four innocent people "shocking", but the vast majority of people find it extremely shocking.
If society ever becomes apathetic towards crimes of this nature we're all fucked - we'd be as well firing off the ICBMs now.
This was an appalling crime - a child, two Mothers and a Father - by all accounts decent people - wiped out for less than the price of the (torched) getaway vehicle.
I can't imagine what those 19 hours must have felt like - "shocking" is barely strong enough.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 This sort of apathy is exactly what we're headed for sadly. I'm seeing it often with kids who are growing up staring at a screen, being fed horrible stories constantly. I'm so glad I grew up when I did.
Most killers do it for free!
"Who holds a grudge for 11 years?"
The Count of Monte Cristo
Lmaoooo. I love me some Count of Montecristo.
Brilliant 😂😂😂👏👏👏 (I love that story btw)
I do 🙋♀️ i am still freaking mad at something that happened to me in 2009
LMAO.......
lmfao good example dude
I remember when this happened. I grew up outside Washington, DC, and worked as a live-in nanny in DC as a teenager. The family had a maid and she was from El Salvador too. Turns out I also went to the same high school as Amy and Savvas, but about 6 years apart.
Everytime you say "I will see you in my next video" I'm like, I hope not because everyone in your videos are like . . . DEAD.
Martina PERSSON 😂🤣
And I'm like, "How? Are you gonna hack my non-existent webcam?"
Or disappeared, or suffering something supernatural (apparently)
I agree he spoilt the video
Oh no! Is this like "The Ring"? I knew I'd eventually pay for watching all this morbid shit:(
"He doesn't like pizza pie; he's not the right guy."
"DNA is a junk science."
Brilliant defense. If I'm ever falsely accused of murder, I want THIS guy as my attorney.
Robin Ficker is a vile presshound...doesn't surprise me that he'd say this
😂😂😂
This guy sounds like an SNL skit. He says the most ridiculous shit, like the girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
This proves my theory all along.
Can't trust anyone who doesn't like pizza.
Lol… that was a good one
Or a maniac with an extensive criminal record.
Ha
What a monster, all of that for 40k that’s legit not even that much for 4 human lives and especially a child. It’s wild when the case is so overwhelming and the defense attorney has to come up with something.
"No one holds a grudge for 11 years"
*North Korea has entered the chat*
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Hilarious 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Bwahahahahahaha
Is it bad that seeing a notice from you about murder makes me smile?
Nah... I doubt it..
That Chapter Oh good.😊
Normally it would be horrible to enjoy such things. In this case....well....
Hey the murder happened whether you smile or not, so might as well smile.
Not bad at all. I do the same :)
😞 The sounds of the child screaming in the background of that phone call tho 😢
That was awful.
Thats what got me really angry
Dude sounded so calm during
Literally broke my heart and I couldn't even make out what he was saying
He sounded so scared and in pain, maybe from the torture 😢
So sad. All he wanted was to live.
Oh, the horror. My heart goes out to the families who have lost their loved ones. 19 hours of Hell, who is that sick?
Whenever someone asks you to bring 40000 in cash anywhere and dont knock when u bring it. Call the cops
I totally agree with you . Certain things should work as red flags .
Yeah there where a lot of signs, it’s stupid no one did anything
It's not that much though when you're rich. Some watches cost twice that or it could've been a down payment for a Lambo or whatever rich people buy these days
Damn right! Somebody bringing me 40,000$ I'll be outside in a big bird costume with bells attached! Everyone around them are idiots!
I agree , they are all unbelievably stupid. It could have been avoided.
"DNA is a junk science"
Now that's a hot take.
@Ponder Yonder Nope. If it was just traces on shoes or something then yes I'd agree. But his DNA was directly on a slice of pizza that before it was delivered was sealed in a box. You'd have to be pretty naive to think somehow a man's DNA got onto a bitten slice of pizza that was ordered during the time of the family being held hostage. and not think he wasn't some degree of guilty. Transfer DNA is real yes, but it certainly doesn't apply here.
I lost my shit for a second, I'll be honest
How did you go back in time to make this post?
I don't like DNA, I tried it once, didn't like it.
@Ponder Yonder It probably wasn't something he wasn't aware of when he called it a junk science but the reliability of the DNA can also be questionable. Under ideal conditions it's very reliable but in less than ideal cases like most crime scenes, the DNA can have a chance to break down and they may not be able to get a complete sample. DNA sequencing works by matching a handful of parts of the of the suspect's DNA and the DNA found at the crime scene instead of the whole thing. When the DNA is incomplete the reliability considerably decreases. It probably wasn't an issue for this case unless the pizza was in the fire.
Lawyer- " he doesnt even like pizza.."
Judge-"damnit...ur free to go"
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"If the Glove don't fit you must acquit" worked for OJ 🤷🏾♂️ ya never know what wired shit the law will accept
“ they don’t have pizza in Guyana it’s a British speaking country”....
1) British is not a language
2) Google says there’s about 50 pizza restaurants in Guyana
Saffron Sugar they are just there for the tourists 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Islam is correct About women moh a med was a pedophile
That's a lot of people to control for that many hours and the whole plot was pretty carefully planned and researched. Whoever it was had the presence of mind to force the victim to call the security company to figure out where the video is stored, contact the husband of the maid to make sure she wouldn't be reported as missing that night, and arrange a story for the pizza guy for contactless delivery (long before this was common due to COVID-19). Maybe 1 person could have done it, but that's a lot of planning and work.
And yet he left his DNA on a half eaten slice of pizza
I know many people who knew the family and the whole thing was very suspicious. Many to this day speculate there was some sort of underworld revenge hit behind it. Why the CFO did not call police is very suspicious to me. I asked two of my husband's employees with bank account access what they would do if they got a call like that from my husband and both thought they would have been so suspicious they would have called police. Wish Vera's husband had called 911 just for a welfare check. After this and the Lululemon murders in nearby Bethesda I decided to always OVERREACT. Best to be on the safe side.
they were found duct taped to chairs, and Savvas was found on the floor. They were stabbed, sliced, strangled, and hit with a bat. This was one evil SOB. May he suffer in prison. Watch the CNN special on this crime. It explains the facts in more detail.
DNA at the scene: Not definitive evidence. "I don't even like pizza!" : Ironclad evidence
love that interviewer - she was right on top of his bs answers!
Kimberly Guilfoyle. She's dating Donald Trump Jr.
Kimberly Guilfoyle is also an attorney.
I don't trust people who don't like pizza
I don't like people who don't trust people who don't like pizza.
I don’t trust people who don’t like people who don’t trust people who don’t like pizza
Anthony Sheriff I don't trust pizzas who don't like people.
Seems your intuition is right.
This is ..... fucking truth ...... you don’t like pizza , you are not human
My jaw dropped for a sec b/c at 15:44 I thought the lawyer was gonna say “I’ll bet you have someone else’s DNA in you...” lol
Lol, I thought the same. She would have climbed through that screen and taken him out
and defense attorneys wonder why most of them are despised.
@5:00 - to know that was their 10 year old son screaming is absolutely heartbreaking!!!
This is awful!! I wish people had done something with all the red flags all over! Drop off $40,000 on the porch cmon now
Katie Wood they are millionaires, 40k is like me asking my cousin to drop me in that hundred bucks he owes. No warning signs here.
Katie Wood yes!
Bob Harmon BS. This is NOT a normal request.... I’ve heard that if police pull you over with thousands of dollars, they can seize the money.... my question would be why can’t he do this? Idk i would be super sketched out by this request.
This poor family and their housekeeper must have gone through so much horror before they were ultimately killed. As a mother myself I can't even imagine how helpless and terrified the parents must have felt for their son in those 18 hours. It truly is a parents worst nightmare come to life.
Agreed. I could not even imagine the horror 😢
It is. This disgusts me so much! They didn’t deserve this.
I remember this, that gave him a chance when other people were saying to get rid of him that family said " no he needs work just like we all do " that's truly sad they tried to help him and he took advantage of their kindness
You’re spoiling us Mike.
He’ll be passing round the Ferrero Rocher next!
@@TheChugg11 🤣
@@TheChugg11 I agree with everything you say!!!
Maybe, but we deserve it 😁
@@debralucas2224 yes
Dude's face looks like he hit random on character creation.
Sharksleep On The Sims 2😅
when you push all the "down" slides to the max
I was thinking that too - he looks like his face started sliding off and got smooshed back on XD
usa girl he wont be stealing anything anymore the pos killed 4 people including stabbing a 10 year old child to death who gives a f*** about his manky body!!
@RogerRoo ! It's a fake account, trying to trigger people online.
Anyone who doesn't like pizza is immediately guilty. End of.
Wow, they kept referring to Vera as "the maid" and didn't bother to show a picture of her after showing pictures of each deceased family member, smh.
Noticed that myself. How is it Mike is more respectful to this mother, wife, friend, sister than the entire justice system and news agencies??? God bless, Mike. For giving these people dignity and respect.
Same reason they actually caught the dude so fast. If Joe Schmo and his family were murdered like this I bet you wouldn't have detectives running DNA tests on pizza. But the rich looks after their own.
Not condoning the murder at all, btw, but it's sad that so often normal people don't get justice just because the law doesn't put in as much effort
I'm proud of that journalist, she didn't let the defense attorney spew his nonsense 👌🏻
she's actually a lawyer too...
kimberly guilfoyle
That’s true, but I have no idea how she ignored his comment “DNA is junk science.”
Lawyer: “He doesn’t like pizza”
News anchor: “That doesn’t explain how his DNA is on THAT pizza”
Lawyer: “DNA is junk science”
Who the hell let this guy practise law?
My thoughts exactly. As a forensics student I'm majorly annoyed 👿
He might be a flat earther when he comes out with that kind of nonsense
@@Gos1234567
Probably a young earth creationist also.
I totally agree! Who gave that man a law licence?
@@judithodonnell5759 People who think just like him.
'His mother doesn't like pizza. His sister doesn't like pizza.'
Oh, I guess he's innocent then.
Jessica Wood do you like pizza? If so, you’ve just become a suspect.
@@Menagerie_K Oh shit, I guess I'll have to give myself up.
Jessica turn yourself in 😞
Attorney also said his brothers doesnt like pizza...but part of his defense team/plan is saying his brothers did it.
I legitimately didn't even hear the screaming in the background...that's horrifying. He's just calmly blurbing out his script while Lord knows what is happening just feet away... *Shudder*
I think 60 minutes is jealous of you Mike, every single time I just let your video end it tries to take me to a 60 minute video, even unsubscribed from them. Still takes me to 60 Minutes. You're doing a good job, keep it up. (love to see you cover Noel Winters)
Whenever someone from El Salvador dies, my heart always hurts more because my family is from El Salvador, and I can always picture how hard they must have worked to survive in this country, just to have their lives taken in such a cruel manner. Descansa en paz, Vera
I hope you are writing this from El Salvador
@@kurtcarson8911 You are a small immoral person. Whichever country you’re from is disgraced by your existence.
This woman probably was the only breadwinner for her family 😢
Shut yo bitch ass up
@@bulmarorubio2545 chill out lmao
This story is heartbreaking. Four lives lost in the most terrifying way, all for $40,000. That defense lawyer is a despicable human being. 👹 I know his job is to offer legal services, even for the most seemingly guilty. However, coming up with those ridiculous defense theories is downright disgusting and insulting to the memories of the Savopoulos family.
I wonder if he's covertly doing his bit to actually convict the murdererr by coming up with a stupid defense?
Defense attorneys are not supposed to "come up with a defense" they are made to argue the prosecution's case and find logic in the accused story. =Usually they just fine tune what the accused is saying so it is possible this dude the pizza thing was something the killer came up with. On the other hand I also he also may have been an attorney wanting to make a name for himself defending this guy pro-bono and making that defense up himself a la Casey Antony's lawyer
Of course they are supposed to come up with a defense, that is the majority of their job. Building alibis, character witnesses, reviewing previous cases, all part of building a defense. If the defendant wants to fight and saying it’s not his dna on the pizza because he doesn’t eat pizza is the best you’ve got, you go with it.
For all you know behind the scenes he’s begging the guy to plead out to no avail.
If you cant think of any other reason but he doesnt like pizza as a defence then you obviously cant find anything that can really prove his innocence. Grasping at breadsticks for this to be the best he can come up with
by "offer legal services" you mean fabricate falsehoods to try get killers off scott-free? then yes
once a person gets away with horrific crimes such as murder it emboldens them to do it again
Who else just recently found this channel and has been binging for days? 😊
Stephanie Walker....I am. He's pretty good hey.
Can WE ALL AGREE....
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Have a blessed day
@@BradPitbull thank you for saying what we were all thinking
Snap right there with you. Wasn't sure at first but "its the way he tells em" ;)
Penis
"DNA is a junk science..."
Literally every face palm gif ever.
So many missed opportunities to save this family because everyone chose to ignore the red flags.
No one expects something like that to be happening, especially in such a safe area.
@@Tracymmo true. Hindsight is 20/20. It's just so sad. If one person, just one had been suspicious enough, well...
@@emmabbyreborns341 It pains me to say that there’s no guarantee that he wouldn’t have killed that family on the spot out of either panic or rage if he had been confronted by law enforcement during the ordeal.
Why not just leave a note for the pizza guy to call swat
@@Chun-believable could of at least saved some of them
Imagine that, 19 hours being held hostage. All that time to think and panic. Rest In Peace. What an awful thing
Why should I feel sorry for the 1% ?
Skyrilla w... what? This could happen to anyone. And there was a child involved. What does the 1% have anything to do with this?
@@annamariemicono8680 "What does that have to do with this" hurrr brainlet
Skyrilla oh wow you must be about 12 or just have literally nothing better to do but try and annoy random people on the internet.
Skyrilla is this your normal approach or you trying something new? Either way you’re really bad at it. Find a new hobby pinhead
That defense lawyer looks like he’s been holding in his shit from a week ago.
It's a cucumber.
Lol
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Nothing more pathetic than a defence lawyer with no bloody defence.
Jayne Davis tell that to the prosecutor. I’m sure they had a blast
This is why you need a code to communicate you're in distress, needs to be something casual like "yes, please bring nyquil", or "sure I was talking to Helen", so the other person can call the cops.
"It's a *British speaking* country in South America, it's the only one, it's sparsely populated (...) about the size of Kansas"
This sounds like the world's worst geography presentation from an eight year old.
@a Supernova And his dumb aggressive manner doing that.
Right? I mean im not claiming to know much about anywhere that's not a place I've lived in. I don't even know much about other states in my own country and that still sounded sus to me.
This video appeared randomly in my feed and little did I know what a rabbit hole I had fallen into. I'm pretty sure I've binged all your vids by now and now I have an addiction I can't shake. I can't wait to see what other stories you cover in the future :)
This is so hard to watch,,, I can’t even believe this, someone working to better his life n another one just swipes everything. If u broke go look for a job.. damn it
Amen. The level of evil required to conclude that it would be worth it to murder 4 innocent people, including a little boy, for about a year’s meager salary is just beyond comprehension.
You're telling me if Darren finished his food, this case might've went cold?! O_O
I never thought of it like that, but yeah I reckon that would possibly be the case
No. His DNA was found in several places around the house, not just on the pizza.
Who else looks forward to the ‘Hey you’
Dilly Dally same
Lol I really do
Me . Lol
"Terty 🌳" is also a favorite. Love your style Mike❤
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That one guys face be like
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I give you the award for best comment ever 👏👏👏🌟🏆🌟👏👏👏
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Fucking mooks eyes are under his ears.
One of the most underrated comments of all time.
LMAO
Most awkward transition audio ever. "He doesn't like pizza; that is not his food choice." That's the kind of guy who makes you think "I could probably be a lawyer."
2nd real tragedy in this case is that there is a guy, that studied law for 20 years, from what you can see practiced it for 30 more, and his defense is " HE DOESNT LIKE PIZZA"
“He is from Guyana, there’s no pizza there” where does this man think they live? The f-ing sahara dessert? Geez
Your comment made me laugh, so I had to google this. They eat Pizza Hut and Domino's, among others. Tell you the truth, I would be more interested in eating from the real, local restaurants.
I had to Google it. "pizza", region: Guyana
The capital is _ridden_ with pizza places. I wonder if they eat anything _else._
"DNA is a junk science."
Jesus Christ. How is this guy a lawyer?
David because crazy stuff works in court sometimes. Racehorse Haynes got a lady off a trespassing charge because he said her tits were so big, they carried her onto the baseball field after she leaned over the fence.
Right??
Haha don’t ask his stance on corona
Because he’s a defense lawyer. Making bogus claims with an air of superiority is a job requirement...
Must of got C's & D's in law school
I think if Jordan was truly involved, Darin would have given him up right away. He tried to blame his own brothers after all. What a terrible case.
Thanks for the upload!
Heart wrenching to hear that little boy screaming in terror in the background of that phone call.
Time to smoke a blunt and enjoy an episode of That Chapter!
Manny In Michigan 💯😉💨💨🔥💚👊
Same
Think I might join you
Just Sparked a Dobbie! 😂
Drugs are bad ; )