was a

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Early life

Hidaka was born in the

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. He was originally an excellent student, but he failed to enter the

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, his target college. He entered the

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instead, but eventually dropped out. He often borrowed money, drank and went to

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s. In April 1989, he moved to

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and began to work as a taxi driver. Hidaka married in 1991, and had a daughter in 1993, but his wife entered a

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Murders

Hidaka killed and robbed four women between April and September 1996. One of his victims was a 16-year-old girl who engaged in

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. He was arrested on September 21, 1996.

Trial and execution

The district court in

sentenced Hidaka to

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on February 9, 2000, a sentence that he did not

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. He was executed by

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on December 25, 2006. After his execution, his lawyer, Shuichi Adachi, protested that he had been illegally refused access to his client by prison authorities.

References

External links

Article on the serial murders
* Japanese Wikipedia entry on the murder case {{DEFAULTSORT:Hidaka, Hiroaki 1962 births 1996 murders in Japan 2006 deaths 21st-century executions by Japan Executed Japanese serial killers Japanese murderers of children Japanese people convicted of murder Japanese taxi drivers Male serial killers People convicted of murder by Japan People executed by Japan by hanging People from Miyazaki Prefecture Violence against women in Japan

Early life

Murders

Trial and execution

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