21.   During his brief release, Mori pleaded for national police protection and said he had received threats from Manila policemen who conspired with him to fake his death.

22.   He said Health Ministry records could have been used to fake the deaths of children adopted by other families.

23.   In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns on Monday refused to rule out the possibility that Carrillo had faked his death to throw investigators off his tail.

24.   In Washington, State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns on Monday refused to rule out the possibility that Carrillo had faked his death to throw investigators off his tail.

25.   In Washington, State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns on Monday refused to rule out the possibility that Carrillo Fuentes had faked his death to throw investigators off his trail.

26.   It has already decided that they did not fake their deaths or die in a murder-suicide, but were left behind and drowned.

27.   Mori, a former private hospital executive from Osaka, admitted last month that he faked his death.

28.   Mori has claimed that four Manila policemen suggested that he fake his death after hearing of his large life insurance policies.

29.   On Monday, U.S. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns refused to rule out the possibility that Carrillo Fuentes had faked his death to throw investigators off his trail.

30.   Officials had warned that a number of Chechen warlords, including Khattab, had been known to fake their deaths to escape the attention of Russian security services.