Japanese ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death for murders of nine people

Japanese ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death for murders of nine people

Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, was convicted of murdering, raping, dismembering, and storing the nine victims’ bodies in his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo, the court said. Shiraishi was arrested in October 2017 after police searched his home to investigate the disappearance of a 23-year-old woman who had posted suicidal notes on … Read more