EPICANTHUS

The lawyer for a Japanese businessman, whose Parker Center jail cell death was declared suicide, says a pathologist has concluded that Kazuyoshi Miura was killed, The Associated Press is reporting.

Mark Geragos, Miura’s lawyer, said Sunday the pathologist found deep tissue injuries on Miura’s back that indicated a beating. He said Miura’s larynx also had a hematoma that could have come from a forced choking.

The pathologist, hired by Geragos, concluded the injury could not have been caused by a self-inflicted hanging.

Miura, 61, was found dead Oct. 10 in his jail cell. Police said he hanged himself with a piece of his shirt less than 24 hours after he was returned to the United States to stand trial for the murder of his wife 27 years ago.

• “Peace Pot Microdot”/epicanthus.net, 10.11.08
• Death by Cowardice/jasongrayblogspot.com, 10.11.08
• Japanese Businessman Accused of Murder Kills Self/LA Times, 10.11.08
• Japanese Media Swamps Courthouse for Miura Hearing/Daily Breeze, 06.16.08
• Ruling Delayed on Miura Arrest Warrant/Rafu Shimpo, 04.26.08
• Retired Cop Certain Miura Will Be Convicted/LAT, 03.01.08
• L.A. Giwaku: Two-Bit Celebrity Kazuyoshi Miura & The Homicide Case That Was Never Properly Laid to Rest/jasongray.blogspot.com, 02.25.08
• Remembering Ron Settles/Wikipedia

Hear LAPD Chief William J. Bratton get a good laugh in reaction to my question about the jail cell death of Kazuyoshi Miura on Patt Morrison’s “Ask the Chief” segment over KPCC-FM Wednesday, Oct. 15