Djibril Diol, right.Photo:Denver Police Department
Denver Police Department
A Colorado man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder, becoming the second person to be sentenced in connection with an August 2020 fire thatkilled five family members.
Gavin Seymour, 19, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in January, according to reports from theAP,CBS NewsandThe Denver Post. Seymour is one of three suspects, who were all teenagers at the time of the fire, in anarson attackthat killed Djibril Diol, his wife Adja, their 2-year-old daughter, Diol’s sister Hassan and her infant daughter in their Denver home, the outlets reported, citing police.
Gavin Seymour.Denver District Attorney
Denver District Attorney
The third suspect, Kevin Bui, is facing multiple murder charges and has an arraignment scheduled for March 21, according to an online court docket.
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Police claimed Bui Googled the residence 13 times two weeks before the fire, according to the warrant. A subsequent search of Bui’s Snapchat revealed messages he allegedly sent to Seymour saying that he had been robbed. Police believe the trio had “somehow attributed” the robbery to the home where the Diol family lived and allegedly burned it down as revenge, the warrant stated.
The AP reported that the victims were not related to the people who had robbed Bui, citing police.
source: people.com
