Stephen Beal, 64, listened during closing arguments as prosecutors said he was the person who built the simple but powerful bomb that killed Ildiko Krajnyak
A Long Beach rocket and explosives hobbyist was convicted Wednesday of crafting a homemade bomb that killed his ex-girlfriend, injured two other women and obliterated an Aliso Viejo day spa in a deadly explosion more than five years ago that shocked the quiet Orange County community.
In interviews with FBI agents after the bombing, Beal appeared to know specifics about the bomb that killed Krajnyak before those derails were public,.Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Takla said. But defense attorney Meghan Blanco argued the FBI displayed “tunnel vision” in latching on to him as a suspect so quickly.
The two survivors — a mother and daughter who had just gotten facials at the salon — recalled Krajnyak had been chatting with them while opening a small cardboard box that suddenly exploded.k by law enforcement and specialized technicians to comb through the deadly blast site, a process an FBI agent would later describe to Register reporters as “looking for something microscopic in a building that was hit by a tornado.
Beal and Krajnyak met online in 2016 and began a “tumultuous” dating relationship, prosecutors have said, while also becoming co-owners of the spa.
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