ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A wealthy stock trader engaged in 'extreme risk-taking behavior' before a fire broke out in his Maryland home and killed a man who was helping him dig tunnels for an underground nuclear bunker, a prosecutor said Tuesday at the close of the millionaire's murder trial
1 / 2FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Dia Khafra, father of Askia Khafra, holds a photo of his son in his Silver Springs, Md., home. Jurors are set to hear closing arguments Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in the trial of Daniel Beckwitt, a 27-year-old millionaire. Beckwitt is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the September 2017 death of 21-year-old Askia Khafra.
"Being different, living in a different circumstance, is not a crime," defense attorney Robert Bonsib said during the trial's closing arguments. Beckwitt went to elaborate lengths to keep the project a secret. He tried to trick Khafra into thinking they were digging the tunnels in Virginia instead of Maryland by having him don"blackout glasses" before taking him on a long drive. Beckwitt also used internet"spoofing" to make it appear they were digging in Virginia.
Firefighters found Khafra's charred, naked body in the basement when they entered the home. A hole in the concrete basement floor led to a shaft that dropped down 20 feet into tunnels that branched out roughly 200 feet in length."They may be weird. They may look weird. But they were solid as a rock and they were a safe environment," he said.
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