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Apparent suicide ends 27-year saga

Bringing a dramatic conclusion to a nearly three-decade-long international crime saga, a Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife murdered 27 years ago in Los Angeles hanged himself in his jail cell hours after returning to face charges, police said Saturday.

Kazuyoshi Miura, 61, was found dead in his jail cell at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Parker Center headquarters about 9:45 p.m. Friday by an officer during a routine inspection, said Deputy Chief Charlie Beck.

“It was apparent that the murder suspect, alone in his cell, had used a piece of his shirt as a makeshift ligature around his neck,” Beck said.

Miura, who had been dressed in street clothes, was taken to County-USC Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Beck said.