A body feared to be that of acclaimed guitar maker Taku Sakashta was found early Friday near the craftsman’s Rohnert Park workshop.
Police described the death as a homicide, but declined to discuss details of the case. A positive identification is not expected until Tuesday, they said.
However, a friend of Sakashta’s said he received a call Friday afternoon from Sakashta’s wife, Kazuko, who informed him of her husband’s death. She told Kenichi Tominaga she did not know what happened to him, but described waiting up for him Thursday night and finally driving to the shop and later to the police department to report him missing.