In 2007, there was a brutal murder case in Japan, and after the persecution of English teacher Lindsay, the Japanese man Ichibashi Tatsuya, he personally plastic surgery while fleeing from the police, turned himself into a beautiful man, and gained a large number of fans.
Lindsay's father, William Wanli, pursued the killer, printed a picture of his daughter on his body, vowed to get justice for his daughter, and did something shocking to people - asking for help from the Japanese gangster Yamaguchi Group.
This case is like the ultimate showdown between two masters, and in the end, the evil is not enough, the murderer is finally arrested after several changes in appearance, and he publishes a book after being arrested and earns tens of millions of royalties.
It's hard to imagine how hard the victim's father went behind the scenes to get the murderer to jail.
Plant small saplings on top of the corpses
In 2006, the British girl Lindsay came to Japan to teach at a famous language school, Lindsay had shoulder-length hair, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and was amiable, and the students liked her.
ShiqiaoDa is also an unemployed vagrant in the neighborhood, and often stays at home after graduating from horticultural school.
When he first saw Lindsay, he twisted his mind and invited Lindsay to make up for himself.
In order to gain trust, Ichibashi also said that he would go abroad to learn to paint and need to learn English well.
Ichibashi also painted a sketch portrait of Lindsay, writing down his phone number and name.
After thinking about it, Lindsay gladly agreed to make up lessons for him, and after the two met at the café, she also charged Ichibashi Tatsuya 3,500 yen (about 220 yuan) for the make-up lesson.
Shiqiao Da also said that he did not bring money and needed to go back to the apartment to get it: "Follow me back to the apartment, I put the money there." ”
Unaware of Tatsuya Ichibashi's plot, Lindsay followed him out of the café and the two got into a taxi.
When she arrived at Tatsuya Ichibashi's house, Lindsay asked the taxi driver to wait for her for a while, and the driver waited outside for 7 minutes without seeing anyone come out, so she drove away.
While Lindsay was quietly waiting in the living room, Ichibashi suddenly changed his fierce face and walked toward Lindsay, who seemed to have a premonition of danger and wanted to escape from the place.
Ichibashi also unexpectedly punched Lindsay to the ground, and Lindsay was beaten to the point of dizziness.
Before she could react, Ichibashi dragged her into the bed in the bedroom, tied her with a rope, and beat her badly.
After a severe beating, Ichibashi also violated Lindsay, throwing Lindsay on the mat afterwards and looking at her fiercely.
Lindsay was frightened by the sudden danger, and the whole person fell into boundless darkness and fear.
She pleaded, "You're going to kill me, aren't you?" Please let me go home, I don't call the police, I said I was attacked by people I don't know on the street. ”
Ichihashi Tatsuya also had no pity, and did not intend to let go of this poor girl, Lindsay's face was injured, others would see her face and ask what happened, Ichihashi Tatsuya also thought that she would call the police.
For the next 36 hours, Ichibashi also brought Lindsay under control and beat her badly from time to time.
In the evening, Ichibashi tatsuya also fell asleep, and when he woke up at 3 a.m., he found that the rope on Lindsay's wrist had been loosened.
Seeing that Lindsay wanted to escape, Ichibashi rushed towards Lindsay in a panic.
Lindsay felt the fear of death, she screamed in fear, crawled over the floor, and ran outside, and Ichibashi also rudely dragged her back, desperately covering her mouth to prevent Lindsay from making a sound.
Lindsay struggled desperately, and Ichibashi pressed her face to the floor so hard she couldn't breathe.
After a few minutes, Lindsay struggled less and less, and she collapsed.
Ichibashi also casually went outside and brought back soil and sand, putting Lindsay's body into a bathtub filled with soil and sand.
In order to speed up the decomposition of the body, Ichibashi Tatsuya also planted a small sapling in the soil.
After Lindsay's language school called the police, the police rushed to her home and found Tatsuya Ichibashi's phone and sketch portrait.
When he arrived at his house, Lindsay's body was found in an abandoned bathtub on the balcony.
On March 26, 2007, the police tried to interrogate the suspect, Shiqiao Tatsuya, but Shiqiao Daye quickly fled, without even taking his ID card and wallet.
Crazy "change face", cut your own lips and nose for plastic surgery
Police quickly released a wanted photo of Tatsuya Ichibashi, but he disappeared without a trace like a fish swimming into the sea.
In order to escape the police during the escape, Ichibashi also used scissors to cut off part of his lips, cut off some of his nose wings, and cut off two moles on his face.
All of this was carried out without anesthesia, and it has to be said that he was a crazy and ruthless man, at this time, two significant facial features on the wanted photo were erased by him.
When Ichihashi fled, he spent a few weeks on a small island in Okinawa, living a life of survival on a desert island, eating wild fruits from the island, and catching some fish and snakes to fill his hunger.
After leaving kojima, Ichibashi Tatsuya also came to The Nishijo District of Osaka, Japan, which is a paradise for homeless people, and the security is very chaotic, but this place is very safe for Ichibashi Tatsuya.
He found a construction site to work, usually worked very hard, rarely communicated with his co-workers, who regarded him as a strange person.
However, Shidaqiao also occasionally fights with colleagues, and the attack is very fierce.
Once, during a fight, the worker next to him reminded: "If you punch him again, you can kill him", and Ichibashi Tatsuya also heard this sentence and apologized quickly, and also expressed regret with tears.
The whole escape process of Shidaqiao is also a process of constant plastic surgery and face change.
During his part-time work, he saved about 1 million yen, most of which was spent on cosmetic surgery.
After many facelifts, Shidaqiao's face changed dramatically, his nose was raised, his single eyelids became double eyelids, and it was even more difficult for the police to find him.
On June 25, 2009, the Japanese National Police Agency raised the bounty from 1 million yen (about 71,000 yuan) to 10 million yen (about 710,000 yuan).
Ironically, Ichibashi has always wanted to make a makeover with plastic surgery, and he has also planted on plastic surgery.
By October 2009, the police had received some clues from the clinic, which also provided photos of Tatsuya Ichibashi before and after the plastic surgery.
In late October 2009, a plastic surgery hospital in Fukuoka reported that a man suspected of being Tatsuya Ichibashi had asked to have his nose at the hospital, but the hospital refused.
The police quickly found the place where Tatsuya Ichibashi lived, and took fingerprints from the house to confirm his identity.
At this time, Ichibashi tatsumi also realized that he needed to hide on a desert island in Okinawa.
On November 10, 2009, Ichibashi was also arrested on a ferry boat, by which time he had been on the run for 961 days.
When they learned of the fugitive's arrest, many media heard about it and took photos of him when he was arrested.
And it is precisely because of these photos that Shiqiao Da has become an Internet celebrity.
Murderers become "stars"
Ichibashi also refused to cooperate with the police after his arrest, refused to eat breakfast and lunch, and appeared listless when he appeared in front of the media.
But after the photo of this brutal fugitive wearing a trench coat without trimming and wearing a windbreaker was exposed, under the description of the media, he became a beautiful teenager.
Some media described his thin lips tightly closed, his jaw line sharp, his hair scattered messily, and his deep body exuded a melancholy and uninhibited temperament, like a cool handsome man who came out of a comic...
After his arrest, Tatsuya Ichibashi wore a dark blue windbreaker, put his hands in his pockets, and the windbreak hat tightly covered half of his face.
In the photo, Ichibashi Tatsuya also closed his eyes, did not seem to sleep well, and the curved bangs in front of his face extended to the bridge of his nose, which was really not much handsome.
However, some young girls in Japan are accustomed to being trapped in fantasies and cannot extricate themselves, and these photos of half-hugging pipa and half-covering faces have just aroused the curiosity of fans and are wildly sought after, and fans have also set up support clubs online.
During his imprisonment, some crazy female fans also sent love letters to Ichibashi Tatsuya.
Some Japanese teenagers regarded him as an idol, calling him "The Little Prince of Flight" and "Tatsuya God", and with the "support" of these fans, Tatsuya Ichibashi also became a "star".
What is even more bizarre is that Tatsuya Ichibashi also wrote an autobiography of his escape experience, "Blank Record of 2 Years and 7 Months Before Arrest", describing how he killed Lindsay, constantly plastic surgery when he fled, and how to evade police pursuit.
Ichibashi also accompanied some illustrations in the book, describing the mental journey of more than two years, mainly the fear and anxiety in the process of escape.
When he was in exile, he was very "pitiful and helpless" and suffered "a lot of suffering".
In order to change the image, he has committed self-harm behavior many times, often like a homeless man, often waking up in the middle of the night, and panicking every day.
Fans were full of curiosity about his experience, and bought the book with a curious mentality, resulting in a royalty of up to 10 million yen.
Some fans even believe that although Ichibashi has done something extremely evil, he has suffered so much and called for him to return to society.
Ichibashi tatsuya also wanted to compensate Lindsay's parents for the royalties of the book, and wanted to get forgiveness, but they refused.
When Lindsay's parents learned of their daughter's murder, they lived in torment every day and wanted to bring the killer to justice.
During tatsuya Ichibashi's more than two years of escape, Lindsay's parents have been trying to avenge their daughter, and there are fans who sympathize with the murderer, who can understand their pain?
Wanli pursues the murderer and avenges his daughter
When William Hawke and his wife learned of their daughter's murder, they made a website that posted photos of their daughter and the killer.
Every time William came to Japan, he would wear his own custom-made T-shirt, which was printed with a portrait of the murderer, which read: "I can't sleep without catching him", and would also bring a batch of T-shirts to distribute.
In order to find the murderer, William handed out leaflets everywhere, not giving up the slightest hope of finding the murderer.
With the help of a British television station, William even found the Yamaguchi group, a Japanese gang organization, and asked them to help find the murderer.
After William and the Yamaguchi group met in a bar, the gang promised to help him.
After gaining the sympathy of the Yamaguchi group, some yamaguchi members would help William distribute leaflets to get some useful clues.
In the process of hunting down the murderer, the Williams have exhausted almost all of their family wealth, but William said that the day he can't find the murderer, he will never give up.
The police admitted that the actions of the family of the deceased played a key role in keeping the case out of the public eye, so the murderer could not escape by changing his face.
But the public opinion contest between Ichibashi Ande and William is not over, and with the sympathy of some people and the support of fans, Ichibashi Tatsuya also seems to have more confidence and began to perform with tears in his eyes.
In July 2011, Tatsuya Ichibashi was also taken to the trial bench in Tokyo, where he sobbed and said "I'm sorry" saying he was really hurting Lindsay, but he didn't intend to kill her on purpose.
Ichihashi also said that he tried to perform artificial respiration first aid on Lindsay and pressed his heart to try to save the girl.
However, doctors quickly debunked his lies, saying that there were no signs of these movements during the autopsy.
Scarily, Tatsuya Ichibashi also shows an image of despair and longing to be forgiven, which makes some people sympathize.
In some public opinion in Japan at that time, such a voice was recognized by many people: Ichihashi Tatsumi was also an impulsive crime, even if he was a devil at that time, he was also repenting, the whole person lived in pain, and wanted to give him a chance to be a man again.
At the time of the trial, many news outlets seemed to be waiting for William's "forgiveness," and everyone was concerned about how he would speak.
Before William stepped onto the podium, he unexpectedly walked up to the defendant, Tatsuya Ichibashi, stood glaring at each other, and for a few seconds, the entire courtroom was silent.
The three officers had to hurry to persuade Mr. William to leave, and later William came to the podium and said: "When the accused hurt my daughter, he did not have the slightest mercy, nor did he want to get a little from us!" ”
When the Williams learned that they would receive 10 million yen (about 620,000 yuan) in moral compensation, William said, "I don't want him anything, I just want the justice of the law."
On the big screen in the courtroom, Lindsay's torn underwear was played, and the Williams could not look directly at such a picture, and the pain came to the sea, and the two were in tears of grief.
"He was going to kill her, choke Lindsay by the neck and not let go, at least for more than 3 minutes, which is a cruel inhuman act." Prosecutors said.
The officer who found Lindsay's body said that when the body was found, it was in a kneeling position, with no inches on its body, only her hands sticking out of the soil.
Some people speculate that Lindsay may not have died before being buried in the bathtub, but was buried in sand before suffocating alive, and his hands sticking out of the soil are traces of struggling to survive.
The cruelty of the murderer is heinous, and people always praise tolerance and compassion, but how can such a bloody feud called Lindsay's father forgive?
Unfortunately, the Japanese court rejected Tatsuya Ichibashi's request to hang him, sentenced him to life imprisonment, and the judge believed that the murderer would still have a chance to correct him.
In 2022, the murderer, Tatsuya Ichibashi, is still in prison, and he is sentenced to life imprisonment, which according to Japanese law, if he performs well in prison, he will be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment.
A reporter once asked him: "What do you want to do after you get out of prison?" ”
Tatsuya Ichibashi smiled and replied, "I haven't thought about what to do, maybe I can try to be a movie star." ”
The atonement should first go to atone for the crime, but Tatsuya Ichibashi's "high-profile show off" makes people indignant, Japanese law has left him a life, is to let him become a man again, rather than continue to be a demon, if such a murderer can also be a movie star, what is the deterrent nature of Japanese law?
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Global Times: Japan's most wanted criminal, arrested after plastic surgery2009-11-12
Strange Things: British Female Teacher's Soul Break Dongying No. 4, 2017
Reader Campus Edition: A Father and a Murderer's Confrontation, No. 22, 2011