The man charged in the 2015 quadruple slayings of a Northwest Washington couple, their son and their housekeeper is not likely to be tried until September 2018.

During a hearing Friday in D.C. Superior Court, prosecutors and attorneys for Daron Wint agreed to begin picking a jury Sept. 5, 2018.

Wint, 34, is charged with multiple counts of murder and other crimes in the killings of businessman Savvas Savopoulos, 46; his wife, Amy, 47; their son Philip, 10; and their housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa, 57. Police have said that the four victims were held captive the evening of May 13, 2015, and that the attacker or attackers fled with $40,000 in ransom money that had been delivered to the home in the 3200 block of Woodland Drive NW.

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A trial date in 2018 was expected after Wint’s public defenders told a judge last fall that they needed about a year to do DNA testing on evidence collected by the government in the case. Defense attorneys said prosecutors did not turn over the evidence until mid-2016, after spending about a year doing their own DNA testing.

Veralicia Figueroa, the Savopoulos’s housekeeper. (Courtesy of Nelitza Guiterrez)

Attorneys said they expect the jury selection process could take several days because of the intense publicity surrounding the case.

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And while the date has been picked, murder cases are often delayed and rescheduled as the date gets closer if attorneys argue that they need more time and a judge grants the extension.

Wint, wearing an orange D.C. jail jumpsuit over a white, long-sleeve T-shirt, stood next to his attorney during the brief hearing.

Although authorities initially said they thought Wint did not act alone in the slayings, Wint remains the sole defendant in the case.

Daron Wint. (Courtesy of D.C. police)

Prosecutors said they expect the trial to last six to eight weeks, which is considered lengthy for a trial with only one defendant.