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Last month, 28-year-old Benjamin Morrow was found dead in his kitchen in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
Investigators have said Morrow was making explosives on March 5 when he accidentally detonated himself, which at the time was confusing to those who knew him as the home-schooled, religious man described in an obituary.
On the day Morrow died, two white cardboard boxes labeled with the words "mix it, shake it, shoot it" sat in his apartment, along with three more packages labeled "sonic boom," according to state investigator Kevin Heimerl, who stated in the warrant application that he suspected the boxes contained materials that, when combined, were destructive. In addition to the bombmaking materials, Morrow also possessed guns and accessories, such as a rifle scope, masks, vests and thousands of rounds of ammunition, The Daily Beast reported.
In his bedroom, investigators found "white supremacist material," according to the warrant. But Beaver Dam police - who could not be immediately reached by The Post - told CBS 58 that the literature did not necessarily mean morrow was a white supremacist.
The explosives in Morrow's apartment were so alarming that authorities banned the rest of the apartment building's residents from reentering their homes, and burned the entire building to the ground in a 1,600-degree controlled fire overseen by about 100 firefighters, according to The Daily Beast. Residents had to leave their valuables inside, and one neighbor told the Wisconsin State Journal that he planned to dig through the rubble to find the dog tags of a relative who served in World War II.
