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Update Atherton estate with mysterious buried car has history of murder sunken yacht The former owner of the estate was convicted in the 1960s of second degree murder in Los Angeles and two counts of attempted murder in the 1970s and hired what turned out to be undercover agents to… UPDATED:October 21, 2022 at 2:12 p.m.ATHERTON – A sunken yacht. Made-up Asian mobsters. A history of murder. A neighbor who complained about “all that excavating.”As police swarmed a $15 million Atherton mansion on Friday where a landscaping crewdug up a buried Mercedes a day earlier and cadaver dogs hit on “possible human remains,” intriguing details of a past owner were unearthed as well.Johnny Lew, who neighbors say built the 12,000 square-foot French-style estate in the early 1990s on Stockbridge Avenue and died years ago, had a history of violence and skullduggery. In the 1960s, he was convicted of second-degree murder in Los Angeles and in the 1970s, two counts of attempted murder. In the late 1990s, he was arrested on insurance fraud after hiring what turned out to be undercover agents to sink his $1.2 million yacht off the Golden Gate that he said was on order from “his people” in an Asian mob. Read more:
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Print Smokey Robinson and Motown Records mastermind Berry Gordy made history together in the 1960s, when they were instrumental in creating what Motown billed as: “The sound of Young America. m. UPDATED: October 21, 2022 at 2:12 p.” No platforms or release window were listed.m. As excited as we were for Emma, we also couldn't stop staring at her hairstyle because it looked as if she had chopped her locks off and got a pixie cut. ATHERTON – A sunken yacht. Some sort of red fungus starts creeping up on her and latching onto everything in sight. Made-up Asian mobsters.com Arena (formerly known as the Staples Center). A history of murder. Author Ryūkishi07, who is famous “for Japanese visual novels dealing with murder mysteries, psychological, and supernatural horror,” is writing the game. However, we now know that Emma has indeed revived her iconic 2010 'do. A neighbor who complained about “all that excavating.” As police swarmed a $15 million Atherton mansion on Friday where a landscaping crew dug up a buried Mercedes a day earlier and cadaver dogs hit on “possible human remains,” intriguing details of a past owner were unearthed as well. Developer NeoBards Entertainment is also collaborating with Capcom for the upcoming multiplayer game Resident Evil Re:Verse. Johnny Lew, who neighbors say built the 12,000 square-foot French-style estate in the early 1990s on Stockbridge Avenue and died years ago, had a history of violence and skullduggery.. In the 1960s, he was convicted of second-degree murder in Los Angeles and in the 1970s, two counts of attempted murder. “With Mr. In the late 1990s, he was arrested on insurance fraud after hiring what turned out to be undercover agents to sink his $1.2 million yacht off the Golden Gate that he said was on order from “his people” in an Asian mob. Atherton Police said Friday that the car buried four or five feet deep was a Mercedes Benz, and it had been stolen from Palo Alto in 1992. “The possible owner of the vehicle is believed to be deceased,” the police said in a news release Friday, without further explanation. Unused bags of concrete were found “throughout the vehicle,” police said. A branch of the Recording Academy, under whose auspices the Grammys are also held, MusiCares has raised more than $100 million since its inception to help provide financial and medical assistance to artists and music industry professionals. On Friday morning, with a hole in the roof of the white Mercedes, crews were seen in drone footage scooping out handfuls of dirt, or possibly concrete. By noon, most of the passenger compartment was emptied and no human remains had been found. Still, “the cadaver dog again made a slight notification of possible human remains,” police said. Police didn’t mention the trunk. The mystery shocked neighbors in this tony Peninsula community, home to wealthy tech executives, developers and professional athletes, including Warriors great Stephen Curry and his family who live two minutes away. Smokey Robinson surging at 82, with biopic and two new albums pending: ‘Retirement doesn’t work for me!’ The Motown music legend, fully recovered from his late 2020 bout with COVID-19, is eager to sustain his career for years to come “I was one of the first five employees at Motown. In a bizarre coincidence, the estate on Stockbridge Avenue is just a block from another home connected to a notorious case __ the Chowchilla school bus hijacking. Two brothers who grew up on Stockbridge, the sons of a podiatrist, were convicted of kidnapping 25 Chowchilla schoolchildren and their bus driver in 1976 and burying them alive in a tractor trailer in Livermore before escaping. They were in prison during the 1990s. One neighbor, who lives nearly next door to the Stockbridge estate that’s on a flag lot, is Gary Dillabough, a former eBay executive whose ambitious plans to transform downtown San Jose with numerous commercial and residential projects are under way. He was in New York when the vehicle was unearthed Thursday and his phone lit up with “50 text messages from my kids asking what’s going on.” Gordy sounded effusive in a statement issued Thursday morning, saying: “Wow! How honored I am to be named the MusiCares Persons of the Year, and together with my best friend of over 65 years, the great Smokey Robinson. ” “It’s just such a weird, out-of-the-box thing,” he said. “It’s just hard to get your arms around. It’s like, maybe you bury people, but bury a car? It’s so stupid.” Dillabough and his family haven’t lived on Stockbridge long enough to know Johnny Lew, but he remembers the house was on the market for an extra long time before a family purchased it. “We just heard whispers of people saying, ‘I think they were involved in some kind of illicit activities, offshore somewhere,'” Dillabough said. “I have supported MusiCares for many years and know what great work they do for our creative community who need our help,” Robinson said in a Thursday morning statement. Yet another family bought the house in 2020 for $15 million. One neighbor, who has lived near the Stockbridge estate since the 1970s, said the property where the car was unearthed had been nothing but open land and a stable atop a small hill back then. Lew built the new home with a tennis court and swimming pool, she said, and shaved down the hilltop. She and her husband had complained about all the earth movers, but couldn’t say for sure if it was during the time the vehicle was buried. The neighbor, who didn’t want to be identified, said that she and her husband didn’t know Lew well, but said “he was a crook. Vincent, Leon Bridges and more. ” He had a huge staff that helped run the estate, she said, and continued to live there for years after Lew’s death at 77 in 2015. The newest owners bought the property in 2020 for $15 million. The neighbor said they seemed to be a nice family and were building a granny unit where the old stable once stood, either for grandparents or for use as an office. Landscaping contractors doing work next to the gently sloping property found the car. Others walking through the hilly neighborhood Friday morning were shocked. “I thought it was a joke,” said Cathy Consani, who lives several blocks away. “I’m probably more shocked about the background of the guy who used to live there.” She’s not convinced a body will be found. “Personally, I think he probably buried his Mercedes for the insurance money,” she said. Staff writer Jason Green contributed to this story. .