Prosecutors: Tunnels under Bethesda home were a 'death trap' - WTOP Morning Headlines - Thursday, April 11, 2019

Prosecutors said Daniel Beckwitt, the man behind a secret tunnel network, should be convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter because he disregarded public safety. Askia Khafra, 21, had been working in the tunnels at the time of his September 2017 death. Extreme hoarding conditions in the home, they said, blocked possible exit routes during an electrical fire. [Logo](#) MORNING HEADLINES - April 11, 2019 [mobile-header-ad]( [alt text here]( [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Prosecutors: Tunnels under Bethesda home were a 'death trap']( Prosecutors said Daniel Beckwitt, the man behind a secret tunnel network, should be convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter because he disregarded public safety. Askia Khafra, 21, had been working in the tunnels at the time of his September 2017 death. Extreme hoarding conditions in the home, they said, blocked possible exit routes during an electrical fire. 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