LOS ANGELES – A Japanese businessman accused of conspiring in the murder of his wife 27 years ago was returned to Southern California on Friday to face trial. Kazuyoshi Miura, 61, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport shortly before 5 a.m. from Honolulu after a trip from Saipan. Miura had been held in Saipan, in the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, since his February arrest on a 1988 Los Angeles County warrant alleging murder and conspiracy. It was the first time Miura had set foot in the continental United States since a warrant was issued for his arrest, police Detective Rick Jackson said. “He was very cooperative,” Jackson said. “I was happy to see him in person. I had never seen him in person before,” said Jackson, a member of the LAPD's cold-case squad. “It was a good feeling because you wait 20...
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