Man accused of setting Denver house fire that killed 5 in Senegalese family set to enter plea

FILE - Investigators stand outside a house where five immigrants from Senegal were found dead after a fire in suburban Denver on Aug. 5, 2020. A man accused of setting a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge was set to appear in court Friday, May 17, 2024, to enter a plea. Kevin Bui, 20, was 16 at the time of the fire but prosecuted as an adult, charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, arson and burglary.

He is the last of the three to enter a plea in the fire that killed Djibril Diol, 29 and Adja Diol, 23 and their 22-month-old daughter, Khadija Diol, and their relative, Hassan Diol, 25, and her 6-month-old daughter Hawa Baye. Three other people escaped by jumping from the second floor of the home.to three years in juvenile detention and seven years in a state prison program for young inmates.

Seymour’s plea came after a failed effort to get the internet search history evidence that led to their arrests thrown out.

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