Crime › Miura leaves Saipan afor LA

Friday 10th October, 06:34 AM JST SAIPAN — Kazuyoshi Miura, a Japanese businessman who had been detained in Saipan over the fatal shooting of his wife in 1981, left the island early Friday morning for Los Angeles where he is to face a murder conspiracy charge. Escorted by Los Angeles Police Department investigators, Miura, 61, is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles via Guam and Hawaii at about 5 a.m. Friday local time. Miura’s then wife Kazumi, 28, was shot while traveling with him in Los Angeles in November 1981 and died about a year later. Miura had been detained in Saipan... [read full story]