Takahiro Shiraishi

Takahiro Shiraishi
白石隆浩
Born (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34)[1][2]
Other namesTwitter Killer
Criminal statusIncarcerated
Conviction(s)Murder (9 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
Victims9
Span of crimes
August 22 2017 – October 17 2017
State(s)Zama, Japan
Date apprehended
31 October 2017

Takahiro Shiraishi (白石隆浩, Shiraishi Takahiro, born 9 October 1990)[1][2] is a Japanese serial killer and rapist. He is also known as the "Twitter 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.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Zama 9 people murder case first trial [court details]". NHK News (in Japanese). NHK. 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. <平成2年10月9日> 神奈川県内で出生。
  2. ^ a b Tetsuya Shibui [in Japanese] (27 November 2020). ""Is my way of raising bad? Why can he do this?" 9 people killed, Shiraishi defendant, mother's sorrowful shout Zama 9 murder case trial hearing report". Bunshun Online (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021. 平成2(1990)年10月9日、隆浩を出産しました。
  3. ^ "「カネ」に執着 座間9遺体事件から1年、白石被告の素顔". The Sankei News (in Japanese). 28 October 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.