Family reacts to Colorado teen sentenced to 40 years for deadly arson that killed family of 5

turning to another story we've been following closely in 2020 this family from Sagle who moved to Colorado for a better life was killed in a horrific house fire Gavin Seymour who is now 19 years old and two other teenagers were accused of intentionally setting fire to the family's home they were trying to get revenge on someone who had stolen a cell phone but they targeted the wrong house Seymour pled guilty to Second deegree murder today he was sentenced to 40 years in prison your reporter Tory

Mason spoke to the victim's family after that sensing today Tori well guys today was incredibly difficult for them that was some of the most passionate testimony I've ever heard at a sentencing hearing even the detective who spoke was so emotional about the loss and reiterated how horrific this crime was he said that this will stay with him forever and the judge she took all of that into consideration a mother a father a community leader we can't get these people back usmaa and others spent hou

rs telling the judge all they've lost their testimony was followed by a maximum sentence but they don't believe that's Justice we got the max out we could get today but that's not the max that we want and that we deserve Gavin Seymour will spend the next 40 years behind bars if it were up to them he'd be in the ground I hate the guy I hate all of them Seymour took everything from amadu Bay he killed my wife and my daughter and my life he destroyed my life he destroyed our lives he didn't kill ju

st five people he killed me during his sentencing Seymour apologized for his action saying he would trade places with the victims if he could case workers told the judge he was trying to better himself his parents asked for leniency since 40 years is all I could have or I could get from my family I'm just going to deal with it he says they're relieved for the outcome but no sentence can erase the pain this community will always feel it's a step towards closure for all of us uh it's been a long t

ime coming there were really no winners today and a lot of thanks were given to uh the Denver Police Department on this this was a really tough investigation even the judge said when she first heard about this on the news she was not that confident that it would get solved the judge also noted that Seymour would be eligible for special early release in 20 years because these crimes were committed when he was a juvenile we're live in Denver Tory Mason covering Colorado first that's terrible to th

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