Khafra was hired by Beckwitt to assist in the bizarre excavation project, and was reportedly blindfolded by Beckwitt when traveling to and from the home for the work. Federal and local authorities have been tightlipped about what precisely Beckwitt was up to in, and under, the home. In a community meeting at a hotel ballroom not advertised to the general public, strange new details and questions came to light - including from the father of Khafra, who made a surprise appearance - but no real answers were to be had.
Dia Khafra charged that County officials at the meeting had "sanitized" the truth. “This thing is far more extensive and complicated than people here believe,” he said.
The question of what might be in those tunnels, and just where and how far beyond the property line they might extend, is supposedly unknown. County officials have claimed they haven't actually traveled through the entire tunnel network, because of the high risk of collapse. The lack of information - as such secrecy often does - has led to online conspiracy theories to fill the void.
Montgomery County took action last year to force Beckwitt to demolish the condemned property at his own expense. That has failed, so far. A lawsuit filed by the County this spring suggests the tunnels may actually extend under neighboring homes, and confirmed they have never been fully explored by the County. Perhaps answers will finally come to light when this case goes to trial in Rockville, but Beckwitt has intriguingly seemed to hold more cards than the average Montgomery County resident in holding any investigation of his activities at bay.
