Police increase reward to $40,000 for information about August house fire that killed 5

The Denver Police Department and Metro Denver Crime Stoppers held a news conference Wednesday to announce a $40,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest in the fire that killed five people in August.

“We believe that by increasing the reward to $40,000, we will get additional tips that will help investigators solve this crime,” said Mike Mills, president of Metro Denver Crime Stoppers.

“Anything we can do to help law enforcement and our community stay safe we will do.”

The fire erupted about 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 5 at 5312 N. Truckee St., according to police.

Djibril Diol, 29, Adja Diol, 23, and their 21-month-old daughter, Khadija, died in the fire. Hassan Diol, 25, and her 7-month-old daughter Hawa Baye were also killed.

Three others survived by jumping from the second floor of the burning house.

This is a $26,000 increase from the previous reward offered in early August.

Mills said Crime Stoppers usually provides up to $2,000 for rewards but chose to make the increase after an influx of donations. This is one of the largest rewards Crime Stoppers has ever funded.

“The father of the Diol family only had two wishes: One of them was to be able to bury the family back home. It has been done. And the second wish was to ensure that the people who did this evil act would be caught and brought to justice,” said Papa Dia, spokesperson of the Diol family.

“We owe it to them to solve this crime.”

Crime Stoppers received more than four dozen calls so far in the investigation. Matt Clark with the DPD’s Major Crimes Division said investigators are still working on establishing a motive, which he believes will be key to finding the people responsible for the fire.

“This is a very difficult investigation and it’s gonna take time,” Clark said. “We fully understand and appreciate the concern that the family of the residence may have been targeted because of their race or religion. … Currently, we do not have any information indicating that anyone else is at risk.”

Police are searching for three masked suspects who they believe set the fire and were seen fleeing the scene in a dark-colored, four-door sedan.

The Crime Stoppers rereleased photos of the suspects and the getaway vehicle Wednesday, hoping the changed colors of the images will help with identifying the suspects.

Anyone with any kind of information about the case is encouraged to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Callers can remain anonymous.

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