Teens charged in arson murder of five Senegalese immigrants targeted wrong Denver home By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The pictures of three masked suspects and a potential getaway automobile are seen in pictures taken from surveillance footage and issued in a “Crime Alert” bulletin by Denver police investigating an arson fireplace that killed a household of 5 Senegalese i
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By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) – 5 Senegalese immigrants killed in a 2020 arson home fireplace have been focused by one of many youngsters charged within the case as a result of he mistakenly thought somebody on the Denver house had stolen his cell phone, court docket testimony confirmed on Friday.
The disclosures got here throughout a preliminary listening to for Kevin Bui and Gavin Seymour, who’ve been charged with first-degree homicide, arson, assault and associated offenses stemming from the August 2020 blaze.
Denver District Decide Martin Egelhoff dominated there was enough proof within the case towards the pair to proceed with prosecution and ordered the 2 youths to be held with out bail.
Each boys have been 16 after they have been arrested in January 2021 and are being tried as adults, although their attorneys are looking for to have their circumstances moved to juvenile court docket.
A 3rd suspect, who was 15 when arrested, is charged in juvenile court docket.
The hearth erupted within the early morning hours, killing 29-year-old Djibril Diol, his spouse Adja Diol, 23, and the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Khadija.
Additionally killed have been Hassan Diol, 25, the husband’s sister, and her toddler daughter, Hawa Beye. Three different relations escaped the flames by leaping from a second-story window.
Denver police detective Neil Baker testified on Friday that Bui confessed to the crime following his arrest. In accordance with Baker, Bui instructed police he tracked his stolen cellphone to the northeast Denver home, the place he and his two accomplices poured gasoline contained in the dwelling and ignited it.
“He admitted to setting that home on fireplace,” Baker testified.
After watching information tales concerning the fireplace, Bui realized that the victims weren’t the individuals who had robbed him, Baker mentioned.
The crime roiled Denver’s neighborhood of Senegalese immigrants who feared the arson’s victims have been singled out for assault as a result of they have been Muslim immigrants from the West African nation.
Police have been led to the three suspects by way of cellphone knowledge and monitoring of the getaway automobile, authorities mentioned.
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