Bond set at $10M for defendant accused of killing Senegalese family in Green Valley Ranch arson case

DENVER — A judge set bond at $10 million cash-only Friday afternoon for a defendant charged with five counts of murder in connection with a 2020 house fire that killed a Senegalese family in Denver's Green Valley Ranch neighborhood. Friday's hearing for Gavin Seymour, 19, was set in the wake of the recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling in State vs. Smith, which states that the denial of bail for capital offenses, like first-degree murder, is no longer allowed. During the hearing, Second Judicial District Judge Karen Brody stressed that this was not a request from the defense or Seymour.