Police Arrest Second Person In The Killing of DC Couple

Amy Leone

2 years ago

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Police have arrested a second suspect in the slaying of a couple found dead in their northwest Washington home.

Twenty-year-old Angela Hernandez of Washington, was charged Wednesday night with first-degree felony murder. She was ordered held without bond Thursday.

On Tuesday, 27-year-old Peiro Emanuel Fuentes Hernandez of Capital Heights, Md., was charged with killing 68-year-old Michael Spevak and his wife, 67-year-old Virginia Spevak.

The psychiatrist and former teacher were found dead Saturday in their Friendship Heights home.

According to police documents, Angela Hernandez told investigators she knew the Spevak's former foster daughter, "Anna."

Hernandez told police she went to rob the Spevaks with two other suspects. She provided telephone cords to tie up the couple. Police believe at least one suspect was a gang member.

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