A stock trader convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a case related to a secret network of tunnels built under a Maryland home received a reduced sentence on.
A wealthy stock trader had four years cut off his sentence Tuesday for the fiery death of a man he hired to help build a nuclear bunker under his Maryland home.
A wealthy stock trader was resentenced to five years for his role in the fiery death of a man who was helping him secretly dig tunnels under a home in Maryland.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) A wealthy stock trader was resentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for his role in the fiery death of a man who was helping him secretly dig tunnels for a nuclear bunker under a home in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C.
Court tosses murder conviction over fire in secret tunnels
by Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 29, 2021 1:43 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 29, 2021 at 1:44 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. A Maryland appeals court on Friday overturned a wealthy stock trader’s conviction on a murder charge in the fiery death of a man who was secretly helping him dig tunnels for a nuclear bunker beneath a home in a tony suburb of Washington, D.C.
Daniel Beckwitt, 29, was sentenced in 2019 to nine years in prison after a jury convicted him of second-degree “depraved heart” murder and involuntary manslaughter for the death of 21-year-old Askia Khafra, who was burned beyond recognition in the September 2017 fire at Beckwitt’s home.