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Sources: Teen Arson Suspect Confessed, Hit Wrong House That Left 5 Dead
The suspects intended to set fire to a different house, sources said.
February 3, 2021
DENVER (CBS4)– Multiple sources connected to the investigation into a deadly arson fire have told CBS4 at least one of the teenage suspects has confessed to police. The sources also say the suspects had intended to set fire to a different house, but inadvertently targeted the wrong home, killing an innocent family of five last August.
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The house fire on Aug. 5, 2020, killed Djibril Diol, his wife Adja, and their 2-year-old daughter. Hassan Diol and her infant daughter Hawa Baye were also killed in the fire. The family members were immigrants from Senegal.
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