Wanting revenge for the theft of his iPhone, an American teenager decided to start a fire among the “burglars”; however, he targeted the wrong home, killing a family of five, including two children.
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Kevin Bui was 16 when he first noticed his phone had been taken from him in August 2020. He used the “Find My iPhone” app on another device to track where the item was. , according to information from New York Post.
Later, a fire was already started in a house in a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
A couple and their 22-month-old daughter died as well as another family member and their 6-month-old daughter. Three other people were injured trying to escape the burning home; they jumped from the second floor.
The teen was accompanied by two friends, who wore masks and black hoodies. Police had identified the trio as suspects after obtaining a search warrant for Google to hand over IP addresses that had been searched to obtain the address of the house.
Now 20, Kevin Bui pleaded guilty last week. Since he was prosecuted as an adult for two counts of second-degree murder, he was offered a plea deal that offers up to 60 years in prison, or 30 years for each count. charge.
Dillon Siebert, one of the accomplices who was 14 at the time, was sentenced last year to three years in juvenile detention and seven years in a state prison program for juvenile detainees after pleading guilty of second degree murder.
Gavin Seymour, 19, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in March after pleading guilty to one count of second-degree murder.
Kevin Bui’s final verdict will be pronounced on July 2.
