Three teenagers were arrested after setting fire to the home of someone they thought had stolen one of their cellphones, money and shoes — only to discover the next day that they had set fire to the wrong house — killing five, including a 22-month-old girl and a 7-month-old baby.
The last of three young men accused of killing five members of the same Senegalese family in a fire they allegedly set in incorrect house was sentenced.
On Tuesday, 20-year-old Kevin Bui, received 60 years for his role in the 2020 incident after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree murder again in May as part of a plea deal. Bui was painted by prosecutors as the ringleader of the plot that took the lives of five, and he got the harshest sentence of the three teens involved.
Bui was 16 at the time of the fire, which he and two others started on August 5, 2020. He, Gavin Seymour, and Dillon Siebert were all arrested after police obtained a search warrant asking Google to share any IP addresses for individuals who searched for the home’s address after the fire. After acquiring the names of five residents from the registry, the three were identified as suspects.
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Bui reportedly told investigators that his phone, money, and shoes had been stolen while he was trying to buy a gun — before tracking his iPhone to the home in question. Believing that those who had robbed him were inside, Bui set the house on fire — only to learn the next day from news coverage that the victims were not the ones who had robbed him. It’s unclear what actually happened to his phone.
Djibril Diol, 29, his 23-year-old wife Adja Diol and the couple’s 22-month-old daughter Khadija were killed in the fire — as were Djibril’s sister Hassan Diol, 25, and their daughter Hawa, 7 months. Other relatives were staying but managed to flee.
Bui was initially charged with first-degree murder, arson and attempted murder, but those charges were dropped after he accepted a plea deal.
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Seymour, who was also 16 at the time of the fire, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to at least one count of second-degree murder in March.
“If I could go back and avoid all this, I would,” Seymour mentioned throughout his sentence hearing. “There may not be a second that goes by that I do not feel excessive guilt and regret for my actions. I need to say how truly sorry I am to my relatives and the neighborhood for all the pain I have caused.”
Siebert, who was only 14 at the time of the fire, was considered to have had a minor role in planning the fire and was sentenced to 3 years in juvenile detention and 7 years in a state prison program for younger inmates after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. He also apologized to his family at his sentencing hearing.
Amadou Beye, husband of Hassan Diol and father of 7-month-old Hawa, meanwhile, mentioned that the family now just needs to “move on as a result, we will have to continue with this for the rest of our lives.”
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