Earlier this week Imran Awan, a top aide for former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was arrested while trying to flee the country after wiring nearly $300,000 to Pakistan from a House office building.

But D.C. detective Rod Wheeler has suggested that Awan might be guilty of more than just bank fraud.

The family of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich hired Wheeler back in March to help solve the murder of their son. Unfortunately, Wheeler told Sean Hannity in May that a “high ranking official at the DNC” was blocking him from doing his job:

Rod Wheeler: “Here’s one other thing that is going to be startling…I’m just gonna say this right now. I reached out to the police department way back in March when the family first hired me right..to get involved. I didn’t hear anything from the police department for 2-3 days. Guess what I learned yesterday from the family of Seth Rich? The police department did not call me back because someone, a high ranking official at the DNC–check this out–a high ranking official at the DNC–when I called the police department, they got that information and called the Rich family wanting to know, why was I snooping around?”

It’s unclear who exactly that high ranking DNC official was; but when Wheeler tweeted about Awan’s arrest on Wednesday a lot of people took notice:

Wasserman Schultz aide arrested trying to leave the country https://t.co/UypKvCbQfL via @politico — rod wheeler (@rodwheeler) July 26, 2017

Follow the arrest of Awan closely. Connect the dots to “other” cases. (hint, hint) Just the beginning. Stay tuned. — rod wheeler (@rodwheeler) July 26, 2017

Could Awan be the smoking gun that breaks the Rich case wide open? As Wheeler said, we’ll have to stay tuned.

Do you think Imran Awan knows information about Seth Rich’s murder? Do you think Debbie Wasserman Schultz does? Share your comments below!