Zama, Japan
"Takahiro Shiraishi (born 9 October 1990 – died 27 June 2025) was a Japanese serial killer and rapist. He was 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, eight of them being young women, including three high school girls
Shiraishi worked as a scout who lured women into brothels to work in the sex industry in Kabukichō, Tokyo's biggest red-light district. People warned locals about him, describing him as a "creepy scout". Shiraishi moved to an apartment in Zama, Kanagawa, in August 2017.
On the social media platform Twitter, Shiraishi invited suicidal people to his home, where he offered to either help them die or watch them kill themselves. A friend indicated that Shiraishi had played choking games with schoolfriends, and signs of his later victims indicated that they had been strangled.
One of the missing women's brothers started an investigation to find his sister. A woman known only as "Yumi" assisted him by contacting Shiraishi and setting up a fake appointment. They both involved the police.
The police arrived at the apartment and asked where the missing woman was. Shiraishi indicated she was in the freezer. Police found nine dismembered bodies in the house. In three cooler boxes and five large storage boxes, police found heads, legs, and arms. 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 garbage. The nine victims were eight women and one man, all of whom were between the ages of 15 and 26.
The police investigation 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 and financial gain. He killed his only male victim because he was searching for one of his female victims.
On 1 October 2020, Shiraishi pleaded guilty to nine murders. On 15 December 2020, he was sentenced to death.[15] He indicated he would not appeal his sentence.[16] Shiraishi's death sentence was finalized in January 2021, and he was executed by hanging on 27 June 2025." WIKI
Another report.
"A Japanese man who killed nine people and kept their cleaned bones and body parts in his apartment has been executed.
Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged for murdering nine people — eight of them young women he met on what was then called Twitter — earning him the nickname “Twitter Killer.”
The women were “mentally fragile,” according to Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki, who said Shiraishi targeted them after they expressed suicidal thoughts or ideations on the platform, now known as X.
Shiraishi reached out to these women offering to help them end their lives, said Suzuki. Then, he lured them to his apartment, located approximately 20 miles outside Tokyo.
Once there, the victims were “beaten and strangled, killed, robbed, and then mutilated,” said Suzuki.
Shiraishi raped his eight female victims, said Suzuki, who also noted that three of the victims were teenagers. The youngest victim was just 15.
Shiraishi also killed the boyfriend of one victim in order to silence him and evade possible detection by law enforcement.
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His perverse plot was uncovered in 2017 when the brother of one victim found
communications between the serial killer and his sister on Twitter.
The brother then alerted police, leading to the discovery of bones and dismembered body parts from nine victims stored in coolers throughout Shiraishi's apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Police said that at the time that Shiraishi used cat litter to mask the smell of the human remains.
Shiraishi’s execution marked Japan’s first since 2022. Japan and the United States remain the only G7 nations that retain the death penalty.
All executions in Japan are done by hanging and inmates are given little advance warning, often being told just a few hours before the event.
Family members are given no advance warning." Source
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"Takahiro Shiraishi (born 9 October 1990 – died 27 June 2025) was a Japanese serial killer and rapist. He was 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, eight of them being young women, including three high school girls
Shiraishi worked as a scout who lured women into brothels to work in the sex industry in Kabukichō, Tokyo's biggest red-light district. People warned locals about him, describing him as a "creepy scout". Shiraishi moved to an apartment in Zama, Kanagawa, in August 2017.
On the social media platform Twitter, Shiraishi invited suicidal people to his home, where he offered to either help them die or watch them kill themselves. A friend indicated that Shiraishi had played choking games with schoolfriends, and signs of his later victims indicated that they had been strangled.
One of the missing women's brothers started an investigation to find his sister. A woman known only as "Yumi" assisted him by contacting Shiraishi and setting up a fake appointment. They both involved the police.
The police arrived at the apartment and asked where the missing woman was. Shiraishi indicated she was in the freezer. Police found nine dismembered bodies in the house. In three cooler boxes and five large storage boxes, police found heads, legs, and arms. 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 garbage. The nine victims were eight women and one man, all of whom were between the ages of 15 and 26.
The police investigation 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 and financial gain. He killed his only male victim because he was searching for one of his female victims.
On 1 October 2020, Shiraishi pleaded guilty to nine murders. On 15 December 2020, he was sentenced to death.[15] He indicated he would not appeal his sentence.[16] Shiraishi's death sentence was finalized in January 2021, and he was executed by hanging on 27 June 2025." WIKI
Another report.
"A Japanese man who killed nine people and kept their cleaned bones and body parts in his apartment has been executed.
Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged for murdering nine people — eight of them young women he met on what was then called Twitter — earning him the nickname “Twitter Killer.”
The women were “mentally fragile,” according to Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki, who said Shiraishi targeted them after they expressed suicidal thoughts or ideations on the platform, now known as X.
Shiraishi reached out to these women offering to help them end their lives, said Suzuki. Then, he lured them to his apartment, located approximately 20 miles outside Tokyo.
Once there, the victims were “beaten and strangled, killed, robbed, and then mutilated,” said Suzuki.
Shiraishi raped his eight female victims, said Suzuki, who also noted that three of the victims were teenagers. The youngest victim was just 15.
Shiraishi also killed the boyfriend of one victim in order to silence him and evade possible detection by law enforcement.
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
His perverse plot was uncovered in 2017 when the brother of one victim found
communications between the serial killer and his sister on Twitter.
The brother then alerted police, leading to the discovery of bones and dismembered body parts from nine victims stored in coolers throughout Shiraishi's apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Police said that at the time that Shiraishi used cat litter to mask the smell of the human remains.
Shiraishi’s execution marked Japan’s first since 2022. Japan and the United States remain the only G7 nations that retain the death penalty.
All executions in Japan are done by hanging and inmates are given little advance warning, often being told just a few hours before the event.
Family members are given no advance warning." Source
Youtube vid:
Images
1. I think that's just garbage in those bags, not remains...
2.
3. The boxes actually suitcases.
