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D.C. Police Chief Kathy Lanier said the suspect targeted his victims. Many questions remain after the arrest: did Hernandez know the victims, and if so, how? Was Hernandez alone at the time of the crime? Lanier has no answers yet for the public.
Police report that sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday night, Hernandez walked into the Spevak's home on Belt Road NW, beat the couple to death, took several items from the home, and then made his getaway in their Toyota Scion.
Police said the evidence that broke the case open and eventually led them to Hernandez was the couple's vehicle found burnt in the 600 block of Ingraham Street NW.
Neighbors pointed police to other items in the Ingraham alley that connected back to the Spevak's home. Among other things according to sources, a computer, what appeared to be a safe, and Michael Spevak's burnt ID. These pieces of evidence led police to a home on Ingraham Street and investigators spent last night questioning the people who live there.
None of the people who live there have been charged, but police arrested Hernandez in the district and charged him with the murders of Michael and Virginia Spevak.
As for if Hernandez knew the couple before the crime, D.C. Police Department Inspector Rodney Parks only said this: "There is a connection that led to that house being entered by these individuals and as I say we have an ongoing investigation."
On Saturday, November 22, 2008, at approximately 8:30 p.m., members of the Second District responded to the Spevak residence for a radio assignment to check on the welfare of two residents.
Upon their arrival, authorities located Dr. Spevak, age 68, and Virginia Spevak, age 67. Both victims were pronounced dead on the scene by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The victims' remains were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner pending autopsy to determine cause of death.
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