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Retired LAPD detective duo return to investigate Miura case

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) Retired Los Angeles detectives Jimmy Sakoda and Louis Ito — who led the probe into the 1981 shooting of the wife of Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura — have returned as investigators of the case, the Los Angeles County Dist... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, Mar 20 2008

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