Sep 1 - By Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press Writer
To those who did business with him, Phillip Garrido was a quirky printing company owner who produced business cards, brochures and flyers for people in his town. His main source of help was a young soft-spoken woman he introduced as his daughter.

Oct 19 - By Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent
No evidence of foul play was found in the jail-cell death of a Japanese businessman accused of a decades-old murder-conspiracy involving his wife, a police official said Monday.

Sep 26 - By Thomas Watkins, Associated Press Writer
A Japanese businessman cannot be tried for murder in the 1981 shooting death of his wife, but prosecutors may proceed with a charge of conspiracy to commit murder, a judge ruled Friday.
Sep 18 - By Associated Press
A former newspaper executive was found shot to death in his apartment, which had been set on fire, authorities said.
May 9 - By Raquel Maria Dillon, Associated Press Writer
A Japanese man accused of killing his wife can be absent from a Los Angeles courtroom when his attorney argues for the charges to be dismissed, a judge said Friday.
Mar 25 - By Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent
Prosecutors argued Tuesday that a bid to throw out the arrest warrant for a Japanese businessman in the 1980s murder of his wife is premature and can't be pursued until he is extradited from Saipan.
Mar 8 - By Associated Press
A defense attorney filed a motion Friday seeking the dismissal of a Los Angeles arrest warrant for a Japanese businessman accused in the 1981 killing of his wife.
Mar 6 - By Associated Press
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has requested that a Japanese businessman be extradited from a U.S. territory to face charges of murdering his wife in Los Angeles in the 1980s.

Mar 1 - By Thomas Watkins, Associated Press Writer
The initial account of the 1981 shooting seemed to pass muster with Los Angeles detectives: A Japanese couple on vacation in California were shot during a downtown robbery by an unknown assailant.

Feb 24 - By Thomas Watkins, Associated Press Writer
The lawyer for a Japanese businessman arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting his wife here in 1981 said Monday he would formally urge the Japanese government not to cooperate with American investigators.

Feb 23 - By Associated Press
A Japanese businessman has been arrested on suspicion of murder more than a quarter-century after an infamous downtown shooting that left his wife dead and caused an international furor, police said.
Dec 18 - By Associated Press
A man convicted in the 1999 murder of a businessman who was stuffed in the trunk of his Bentley and died as his kidnappers fled police was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Oct 6 - By Associated Press
A man was convicted of murdering a businessman who was stuffed in the trunk of his Bentley and died as his kidnappers fled police eight years ago.

Mar 30 - By Associated Press
The body of a prominent businessman who owned a TV station, newspaper and pasta company was found a day after he was abducted by men wearing police uniforms, authorities said Thursday.