A Japanese court sentenced a convicted murderer dubbed the, “Twitter Killer,” to death early Tuesday.
Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, was found guilty by the Tokyo District Court for the murder of eight women and one man, according to reports. Shiraishi also robbed and sexually assaulted the eight women he murdered, some of whom were underage.
Shiraishi used Twitter to lure the women, who shared on the website they wanted to commit suicide. He told them he could help them kill themselves. But once in his apartment, Shiraishi strangled them to death. Afterward, Shiraishi dismembered their bodies and stored the body parts throughout his apartment. The man he killed was murdered to conceal the death of his first victim.
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