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NEW YORK CITY — The man wanted for murdering a Washington, D.C., family of three and their housekeeper was arrested in D.C. Friday morning — after he paid a New York City cabbie $1,000 to flee where he'd been hiding out with his girlfriend in Brooklyn, DNAinfo New York has learned.

Authorities swooped on Daron Dylon Wint's girlfriend's apartment on Thursday after the woman, whose name was not released, called police saying Wint had been with her since the quadruple homicide in the nation's capital.

She told authorities she was unaware he was on the run, and added that he bolted from her home after his name and mugshot began to circulate.

Sources said Wint paid a New York City cabbie $1,000 to drive him back to Washington, D.C., where he had a brother and relatives who might help him.

The cash was part of the $40,000 he received in ransom money from an assistant for his victim Savvas Savopoulous, 46, sources said.

After receiving the ransom, Wint, 34, tied up, tortured and stabbed Savopoulous to death along with his wife, Amy, 47, their son, Philip, 10, and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, before setting the house ablaze., D.C. authorities said.

Wint's girlfriend was questioned by D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department and NYPD detectives. She initially said that she spent time with Wint after the attack and thought when he left her that he was going to turn himself in, sources said.

However, after talking to her for several hours, authorities believe he returned to Washington to enlist the help of friends or relatives to help remain on the run. When he was cornered in Northwest Washington D.C., he was in a small truck with two women and three men — including a brother, authorities said.

A large sum of cash was recovered from the box truck, they said.

Investigators tracked down Wint's girlfriend through phone records and help from his parents.

Police believe the four victims were held overnight, may have been bound at some point and that three of them had wounds from sharp objects or blunt force, according to reports.