The Metropolitan Police Department announced that an arrest has been made in the murders of Dr. Michael Bart Spevak and his wife Virginia Sager Spevak.  On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at approximately 4:15 pm, 27-year-old Peiro Emanuel Fuentes Hernandez of Capitol Heights, Maryland was placed under arrest and charged with Felony Murder.

On Saturday, November 22, 2008, at approximately 8:30 pm, 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.