Officials in Denver are offering a $14,000 reward for information on a suspected arson fire that killed five members of a family, including an infant and 3-year-old girl.
Denver Police Division Chief Joe Montoya said Friday that investigators still don't have a motive and are posing for tips from the community because the homicide investigation gets underway.
“The fire seemed to be deliberately set by unknown persons who fled the world ,” consistent with a Metro Denver Crime Stoppers bulletin.
The Denver local department skilled the fatal fire around 2:40 a.m. on Wednesday and discovered five victims on the primary floor.
Djibril Diol, Adja Diol, their 3-year-old daughter Kadidia Diol, Hassan Diol and her infant daughter Hawa Beye -- all of a Senegalese-American Muslim family -- were identified because the victims by police.
The case has rocked the Senegalese community and activists have involved officials to seem into whether this was a hate crime.
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"Law enforcement authorities must take this suspected murder and arson seriously. Muslims in Colorado may are threatened by hate-motivated arson before and hate crimes within the state are on the increase ," a press release from the national civil rights organization Muslim Advocates read. "We turn enforcement to right away investigate whether the deadly fire in Green Valley Ranch was motivated by hate."
The Colorado chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations similarly urged authorities to research whether or not the crime was motivated by bias because "the relations who perished during this tragedy are members of minority and immigrant communities."
Senegalese President Macky Sall tweeted about the tragedy, saying he offered his deepest condolences to the families of the victims.
Sall also said that he's closely following the matter.
Senegal Consul General Elhadji Ndao flew into Denver on Thursday and addressed the community and media on the case. Ndao said he's confident within the system in America and Denver.
Speaking about the Senegalese community in Denver, Ndao said there's a "sizeable" community in Denver crammed with people that "care for less than one thing: to supply for his or her families and make better for themselves."
"They are models wherever they're ," Ndao said.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock offered his condolences to the family, adding that he wanted to assure their neighbors and loved ones "that we'll move swiftly to work out what caused this tragedy."
Fire and police officials who skilled the hearth later said that they weren't ready to enter the house due to the extreme heat and flames. A spokesperson for the hearth department wouldn't say what evidence leads them to believe this is often a case of arson.
Three people escaped the hearth by jumping from the second story of the suburban home, consistent with a Denver local department spokesperson. they're not believed to be significantly injured. Their identities haven't been made public.
Anyone with information on the hearth is urged to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-7867 or submit a tip online.
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