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One of the missing women's brothers started an investigation on his own to find his sister. A woman assisted him by contacting Shiraishi, and setting up a fake appointment. They both involved the
serial killer
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and rapist. He is also known as the "Twitter
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Killer", which he was labeled as in most media reports at the time of his sentencing. In Zama, Japan, between August and October 2017, he murdered nine people, mostly young women including three high school girls.
Background
Takahiro Shiraishi was living in an apartment in Zama, a city in centralKanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...
. Reportedly, he stalked Twitter and contacted suicidal people asking them to come to his house so he could watch them commit suicide. He offered to either assist, or watch them kill themselves. A friend of his indicated that he had indulged in choking games with school friends, and signs of his later victims indicated that they had been strangled to death.
Before his move to Zama, Shiraishi had worked as a scout who lures women into brothel
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s to work in the sex industry
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in Kabukicho, Tokyo's biggest red-light district
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are particu ...
. At this stage, people had started warning locals about him, describing him as a "creepy scout". Shiraishi then moved from Tokyo into an apartment in Zama in August 2017.Investigation and arrest
One of the missing women's brothers started an investigation on his own to find his sister. A woman assisted him by contacting Shiraishi, and setting up a fake appointment. They both involved the police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...
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The police then arrived at the apartment and asked where the missing woman was. Shiraishi indicated she was in the freezer. Police found nine dead bodies in the house, all of which had been dismembered
Dismemberment is the act of cutting, ripping, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise disconnecting the limbs from a living or dead being. It has been practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, especially in connection with ...
. In three cooler boxes and five large storage boxes, police found heads, legs and arms from his victims. Neighbors corroborated the events by confirming that foul smells of rotting flesh had come from the house. Shiraishi had discarded elements of the people into his bin, which had been taken away in the recycled rubbish. The nine victims were eight women and one man, all of whom were between the ages of 15-26.
Police investigation had confirmed the missing woman had been walking with Shiraishi on 23 October.
Shiraishi confessed to killing and dismembering the nine people. Before he committed the murders, Shiraishi had told his father his life had no meaning.
Shiraishi claimed his motive was sex. He wanted to use his victims’ vulnerable states to manipulate and sexually assault
Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will. It is a form of sexual violence, which ...
them, fulfilling his fantasies and not having to worry about them denying his advances.
On 1 October 2020, Shiraishi pled guilty to nine murders, and on 15 December 2020, he was sentenced to death. He has indicated he will not appeal his sentence.
Shiraishi's death sentence was finalised in January 2021, and he is currently awaiting execution.
See also
*List of serial killers by country
This is a list of notable serial killers, by the country where most of the killings occurred.
Convicted serial killers by country Afghanistan
*Abdullah Shah: killed at least 20 travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad while serving under ...
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