Hiroaki Hidaka

Infobox Serial Killer
name= Hiroaki Hidaka


caption=
birthname= Hiroaki Hidaka
alias=
birth=1962
location=Miyazaki, Japan
death=December 25, 2006 (aged 44)
cause=hanging
victims=4
country=Japan
states=Hiroshima
beginyear=April 18, 1996
endyear=September 14, 1996
apprehended=September 21, 1996
penalty=Deathnihongo|Hiroshi Hidaka|日高 広明|"Hidaka Hiroaki"|extra=April 1962 - December 25, 2006 was a Japanese serial killer.

Early life

Hidaka was born in the Miyazaki Prefecture. He was originally an excellent student, but he failed to enter the University of Tsukuba, his target college. He entered the Fukuoka University instead, but eventually dropped out. He often borrowed money, drank and went to prostitutes. In April 1989, he moved to Hiroshima and began to work as a taxi driver.

Hidaka married in 1991, and had a daughter in 1993, but his marriage fell apart when his wife entered a mental hospital.

Murders

Hidaka killed and robbed four women between April and September 1996. One of his victims was a 16-year-old girl who engaged in Enjo kōsai. He was arrested on September 21, 1996.

Trial and execution

The district court in Hiroshima sentenced Hidaka to death on February 9, 2000, a sentence he didn't appeal. He was executed by hanging on December 25, 2006. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6208519.stm|title=Four prisoners executed in Japan|publisher=BBC|date=2006-12-25|accessdate=2008-04-14] [cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1264441.ece|title=Four hanged on Christmas Day|publisher=The Times|date=2006-12-26|accessdate=2008-04-14] [cite web | author= | title=DEATH PENALTY NEWS | publisher=Amnesty International | language=English | url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engact530042006 | month=December | year=2006 | accessdate=2007-11-13] After his execution, his lawyer, Shuichi Adachi, protested that he had been illegally refused access to his client by prison authorities. [cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070209b6.html|title=Lawyer to sue after prison bars meeting before inmate is executed|publisher=The Japan Times|date=2007-02-09|accessdate=2008-02-23]

References

External links

*ja icon [http://www.alpha-net.ne.jp/users2/knight9/hirosima.htm Article on the serial murders]
*ja icon Japanese Wikipedia entry on the murder case