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15 Dec 2020
A Japanese court sentenced to death Takahiro Shiraishi, known as " the Twitter killer," who had confessed to stalking and murdering women who had expressed suicidal thoughts on social media. nyti.ms/389DUUM

Japan’s ‘Twitter Killer’ Given Death Sentence for 9 Murders (Published 2020)

Takahiro Shiraishi confessed to killing eight women he stalked on social media, and a man he thought suspected him, in crimes that evoked many of the country’s social fears.

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Gretchen Peters @GretchenSPeters
15 Dec 2020
WTF? Jesus.
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Carrie Goldberg @cagoldberglaw
15 Dec 2020
How are we just hearing about this now????
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Bil Corry @bilcorry
15 Dec 2020
Replying to @cagoldberglaw @GretchenSPeters @nytimes
I didn’t see it, but it was reported on three years ago. nytimes.com/2017/11/01/world…

Suspect in Japan Serial-Killer Case Sought Out Suicidal People (Published 2017)

Takahiro Shiraishi confessed to the police that he had looked on Twitter for people considering killing themselves, and had lured them to his apartment, local news outlets reported.

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Dec 15, 2020 · 1:43 PM UTC

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