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WTOP’s American Nightmare Series

S1E11 22 Hours: Life Without

WTOP’s American Nightmare Series

Gamut Podcast Network

True Crime

4.510.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

After Daron Wint’s conviction, federal prosecutors press the judge for the harshest possible sentence and, for the first time reveal his history of explosive rage, violent threats and assaults. At Daron’s sentencing, emotional statements from the two surviving Savopoulos daughters are read in court. As the last regular episode comes to a close, we reflect back. This episode is written and produced by reporters Megan Cloherty and Jack Moore. Julia Ziegler is the content adviser. Visit 22HoursPodcast.com to sign up for email alerts on this case and the podcast. You can also see a video of Nelly Gutierrez sharing more of her memories. "22 Hours: An American Nightmare" is a production of WTOP News in Washington, D.C. All music featured in "22 Hours: An American Nightmare" is licensed through Creative Commons and/or by permission of the artist. We're grateful to all the artists whose music has helped us tell this story. Music for this episode is “Haters Hate” by Ramone Messam; “Beyond the Lows” by The Whole Other and “Spookster” by Wayne Jones, available in the YouTube Audio Library. “Rhythmic Pulse” and “Closing my Eyes for a Moment” by Daniel Birch and “Harbor” by Kai Engel are licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International. This Week's Episode Sponsors: ZipRecruiter - Hiring can be easy with ZipRecruiter. Right now, listeners of 22 Hours: An American Nightmare can try ZipRecruiter for FREE by going to this web address, ZipRecruiter.com/nightmare. Simplisafe - Visit Simplisafe.com/nightmare to get free shipping and a 60-day risk-free trial on home security products. Upstart - Upstart is a revolutionary lending platform. Go to Upstart.com/nightmare to check your rate today. Progressive - Saving money on your car insurance is easy with Progressive. Get your quote online at Progressive.com. Sunbasket - Visit Sunbasket.com/nightmare to get up to $60 off your meal kit. Genucel - Get rid of that double chin or sagging jawline. Go to Genucel.com for two free gifts with your purchase and free shipping.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I just casually looked towards a canal and I thought what I thought was a mannequin.

0:05.5

August 2nd, 1998, a brilliant young scientist is found dead near the campus of Georgetown

0:10.8

University.

0:12.0

The gruesome murder shocked DC, but she wasn't the killer's only victim.

0:16.7

He jumped into the door with a blanket.

0:19.3

Unknown subject, season 3 of WTOP's American Nightmare Podcast series, follows one man's

0:25.5

gruesome nine-year crime spray and detectives never-ending pursuit to find him.

0:31.2

Umpal Wagner, host of WTOP's American Nightmare Podcast series, available on October 4th

0:37.2

on all podcast platforms.

0:43.9

Previously on 22 hours in American Nightmare.

0:47.6

Breaking news on WTOP.

0:50.7

Weeping erupts in the courtroom after Darren Wint is found guilty on all 20 counts in

0:55.5

the DC Mansion murders.

0:57.1

The core of it is what happened in the house and he admitted he was in the house and his

1:00.8

hair was up on the bed upstairs and his DNAs on the pizza which was upstairs.

1:06.6

For humans we want to know what happened.

1:09.4

We don't have an eyewitness of what happened behind those doors beyond Darren Wint.

1:15.0

I didn't realize how emotionally brutalized I would feel after.

1:26.0

It is being called a major crime scene as homicide investigators examine a house that

1:31.0

caught fire in Northwest DC.

1:33.1

We wound up.

1:34.1

There's a crime scene.

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