murder of Lindsay Hawker
2007 CE.
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On 26 March 2007, 22-year-old English teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker was murdered by 28-year-old Tatsuya Ichihashi (市橋 達也, Ichihashi Tatsuya), in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Ichihashi was seen fleeing his apartment, and police sought him for the murder of Hawker and the abandonment of her corpse. The police arrested Ichihashi on 10 November 2009. On 5 July 2011, Ichihashi confessed to killing Hawker, stating that he smothered her to prevent her from screaming while he raped her. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on 21 July 2011.
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