- Lam Kor-wan
Infobox Serial Killer
name=Lam Kor-wan
caption=Lam Kor-wan after his arrest.
birthname=林過雲
alias=The Jars Murderer
birth=1955
location=Hong Kong
death=
cause=
victims=Four
country=
states=
apprehended=August 17th 1982
penalty=Life ImprisonmentLam Kor-wan (Traditional Chinese 林過雲, born 1955) was one of
Hong Kong 's two knownserial killer s. Another wasLam Kwok-wai .Crimes
Lam, who worked as a taxi driver, would pick up female passengers, strangle them with electrical wire, take them to his family home, and dismember them. His English moniker, "The Jars Murderer", was coined when the police revealed that he had hoarded sexual organs in
tupperware containers in hisTsim Sha Tsui bedroom on Kwei Chau Street [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hong+kong,+china&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=22.317207,114.192275&spn=0.002268,0.003819&z=18 (satellite image)] . He was a keen photographer and frequently took pictures and video of his victims, at least once filming himself performing an act ofnecrophilia . The Chinese press nicknamed him "The Rainy Night Butcher" (Traditional Chinese 雨夜屠夫) because several of his attacks occurred during inclement weather.Lam shared his bedroom with his brother, who was unaware of his activities; Lam worked the nightshift, so was able to dismember victims at home during the daytime without his immediate family finding out. The bodies were disposed of via his taxi in the
New Territories and onHong Kong Island , and all were eventually located.Arrest and imprisonment
Lam was arrested by plain clothes officers on
August 17 ,1982 . He had attempted to develop photographs of one of his dismembered victims at a Hong KongKodak shop. The shop manager inTsim Sha Tsui tipped off the police and they were waiting for him when he returned to pick up the photos. OnApril 8 ,1983 , Lam was found guilty of four counts of murder and sentenced to death byhanging . Lam's sentence was later commuted tolife imprisonment in 1984, as was the tradition before theabolition of the death penalty in 1993. He is still imprisoned to date.Victims
*Chan Fung-lan, female, age 22, body found in the
Shing Mun River ,New Territories
*Unidentified female, age 31, body found inTai Hang Road , Hong Kong Island
*Leung Sau-wan, female, age unknown, body found nearTai Hang Road , Hong Kong Island
*Leung Wai-sum, female, age 17, body found inTai Hang Road , Hong Kong IslandPopular Culture
Lam Kor-wan is portrayed by Hong Kong actor
Simon Yam in the movie Doctor Lamb (1992). [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104319/ Gou yeung yi sang (1992) ] ]References
*Hong Kong Murders (2001). Kate Whitehead. ISBN 0-19-591488-0
*http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-countries-eng
*http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/wfbcjhon.txt
*http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/23_01.02/37342.pdf
*http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/23_01.02/37341.pdf
*http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/23_01.02/37337.pdfFootnotes
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