Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
Boy Kills Family Over Stolen iPhone - The Kevin Bui Story
29 Jan 2025
This is the story of Kevin Bui - the boy who killed an entire family over a stolen IPhone
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So this guy, his name's Bui. And Bui is about to set someone on fire for stealing his iPhone. So Bui's 16, and he's not a very good kid. In fact, he's what you would call an unlicensed pharmacist. But one day he's out selling unlicensed pharmaceuticals and suddenly, bam, the deal goes bad and somebody robs him and the thief takes all his stuff. But most importantly, he takes his iPhone.
And ultimately, Bowie is pissed off by this and his ego is hurt. I mean, how could someone do this to him? Well, Bowie, he isn't going to let this slide. He's determined to get revenge. But first, he needs to find the thief who did this. So he logs on to the Find My Phone app to see if he can trace the location of his iPhone that was taken.
And instantly, kaboom, he traces his phone and he sees that it's in a neighborhood nearby. And he feels like he's located the house that it's in. Must be where the thief lives. Cool. Now he needs a crew. So he hits up two of his shadiest friends. This friend, Gavin, who's 16, and this other friend, Dylan, who's 14.
And he tells them all about his revenge plot, and he asks them for their help in pulling it off. And so, they agree. So the three of them meet up, and they start putting this plan together. They're going to break into the thief's house, do shit with gasoline, set the whole place on fire, and then, I don't know, feel joy? I don't know what comes after that.
Regardless, now their plan is in motion and they spend all their time getting prepared. They map it all out. They buy cans of gasoline. They go to a costume store and buy masks. They even look at pictures of the inside of the house online so that they can get familiar with the layout. And then a few weeks later, the big night of revenge finally rolls around. It's 2 a.m.
and Bowie, Gavin, and Dylan, they put on their masks and they put on their hoodies and then they head over to the thief's house. And then once they get there, they sneak around back. And the neighbor's camera, it actually gets some footage of them. I mean, you can actually see them here. But these guys, they're not worried. They're not going to get caught. They're in disguise.
So they go around to the back door and then kaboom, they break in. And immediately they start douching the walls with gasoline. And then once they're done and the gas cans are empty, they set the house ablaze. And then as the fire starts to build up, the three boys, they make a run for it and they disappear into the night.
And it doesn't take long for this fire spreads and it engulfs the whole house. Now here's where the story gets crazy. I don't know how accurate the Find My Phone app is, but the house it led Bowie and his friends to is not the right house. The iPhone thief doesn't live there. Two Senegalese families live there, eight people, and they're all asleep during this.
So then bam, suddenly the family wakes up and the fire alarm is going off and there's smoke everywhere and there are babies crying. So one of the dads, he runs over to the bedroom door and he opens it and a massive wall of smoke comes in. So they can't leave that way.
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