A 20-year-old man, Kevin Bui, has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for starting a house fire in Colorado that killed five members of a Senegalese family. The incident occurred in 2020 when Bui, seeking revenge for a stolen iPhone 13, mistakenly tracked the phone to the wrong house using the 'Find my iPhone' app. The fire, which was set intentionally, resulted in the deaths of the entire family. Bui, identified as the ringleader of a trio of arsonists, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his actions. The case highlights the tragic consequences of a misunderstanding and the misuse of technology.
Kevin Bui faces up to 60 years in prison for killing a family of five by setting fire to the wrong home in a revenge plot over his stolen iPhone. He used the “Find my iPhone” app to locate his stolen phone and mistakenly targeted the home. https://t.co/mGUD1V03vq
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