An accused Nazi collaborator died Sunday night in Costa Rica, just nine days after Poland asked for his extradition. Bohdan Koziy was 81. News of his death was received with somber disappointment by top Nazi hunters and local Jewish leaders, who had been cheered by the prospect of seeing Koziy finally face trial after more than two decades trying to bring him to justice.
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