Murder of Airi Kinoshita

Airi Kinoshita
木下 あいり
Born
Airi Kinoshita

(1998-04-10)10 April 1998
Died22 November 2005(2005-11-22) (aged 7)
Hiroshima, Japan
Cause of deathMurder by suffocation
NationalityJapanese
OccupationStudent
Known forMurder victim
Parent(s)Kenichi Kinoshita (father)
Miwako Kinoshita (mother)
Websitestophanzai.web.fc2.com
José Manuel Torres Yake
BornFebruary 1972 (age 52)
Criminal statusIncarcerated at Hiroshima Detention Center, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Children2
Criminal chargeIllegal entry into Japan, sexual assault, murder and abandonment of corpse
PenaltyLife imprisonment

Airi Kinoshita (木下あいり, Kinoshita Airi, 10 April 1998 – 22 November 2005) was a Japanese girl who was sexually assaulted and murdered in Hiroshima on 22 November 2005. José Manuel Torres Yake, a 33-year-old Peruvian wanted for child sexual abuse in Peru, was arrested and charged with Airi's murder a week later.[1] Torres was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in July 2006.

  1. ^ "Confessed killer dodged Peru court". The Japan Times. 2005-12-06. Retrieved 2007-11-22.