Denver police are searching for three masked suspects who they believe intentionally set a Green Valley Ranch home on fire earlier this month — killing five members of a Senegalese family — before fleeing in a dark-colored, four-door sedan.
Police on Tuesday evening released photos of the suspects, who wore full white masks over their faces and dark hoods, as well the suspected getaway vehicle. A $14,000 reward previously had been issued for information related to the fatal arson fire.
PLZ RT: Five people were killed in fire in the 5300 block of N Truckee Street. The fire appeared to be deliberately set by unknown persons who fled the area. Anyone w/info on this homicide is asked to call @CrimeStoppersCO at 720-913-7867 and you could earn a $14k reward! #Denver pic.twitter.com/7xbU2XQWDH
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) August 18, 2020
The fire at 5312 N. Truckee St., around 2:30 a.m. Aug. 5, killed Djibril Diol, his wife, Adja Diol, and their 3-year-old daughter, Kadidia Diol, as well as Djibril Diol’s sister, Hassan Diol, and her infant daughter, Hawa Beye.
Responding firefighters were unable to save the family members inside the home, but three other people who’d been living in the house jumped from the second floor and survived.
Denver police announced that morning that they believed the fire had been intentionally set and would be investigated as a homicide, but have not publicly detailed what evidence led them to that conclusion.
Anyone with information about the fire, the people in the photograph or the vehicle is asked to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at at 720-913-7867.
