Seisaku Nakamura

Infobox Serial Killer
name=Seisaku Nakamura


caption=
birthname=Seisaku Nakamura
alias=Hamamatsu Deaf Killer
birth=Shizuoka, Japan
location=
death=
cause=hanging
victims=9-11
country=Japan
states=Shizuoka
beginyear=August 22, 1938
endyear=August 30, 1942
apprehended=October 12, 1942
penalty=Deathnihongo|Seisaku Nakamura|中村 誠策|"Nakamura Seisaku"|extra=ca.1924 - ca.1943 was a Japanese teenage serial killer.cite web | author= Eruo Kanga| title= 戦前の少年犯罪| publisher= | language=Japanese | url=http://kangaeru.s59.xrea.com/senzen.htm | date= | accessdate=2007-11-22] He is also known as Hamamatsu Deaf Killer. [cite web | author= | title=serial killers by country - japan jp | publisher=serial killer true crime library | language=English | url=http://www.crimezzz.net//serialkiller_index/by_country/jp.php | date= | accessdate=2007-12-24] He stabbed to death at least nine people, including several teenagers, in the Shizuoka Prefecture.

Early life

Seisaku Nakamura was born deaf but he was quite intelligent, achieving high grades at school. He wasn't treated well by his family which resulted in poor social skills.

He enjoyed films where men used Japanese swords to assassinate people. His desire was to stab (fatally) multiple victims.

Murders

According to his testimony, he attempted to rape two women, but they resisted him, so he murdered them, on August 22, 1938. He was 14 years old at that time. However, the two murders are often excluded from his serial murders.

On August 18, 1941, at the age of 17, Seisaku Nakamura took another life, a female, also injuring another lady. On August 20, three more people were found dead, murdered by Nakamura. On September 27, he murdered his brother, and injured his father, his sister, his brother's wife and his brother's child. On August 30, 1942, he murdered a couple, their daughter and their son, and attempted to rape another daughter, but gave up.

Information about his crime was restricted because many thought news about his crimes would cause excessive trouble during the already tense war time, so got away with this for longer than he might have otherwise. His family knew that he killed the people. However, they were afraid of revenge, so they did not come forward.

Arrest, trial, and execution

He was arrested for the last nine murders on October 12, 1942. He also admitted two others. On November 11, his father nihongo|Fumisada Nakamura|中村 文貞|Nakamura Fumisada committed suicide. [cite web|url=http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kuhiwo/dazai/db2.html|title=自殺データベース 昭和前期の自殺 (1826-1969)|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-05-12] He was tried as an adult under the Wartime Law; nihongo|"Senji Keiji Tokubetsu Hou"|戦時刑事特別法. The doctors claimed that he was not guilty by reason of insanity. However, the trials went rapidly and he was executed soon after.

References

See also

*ja icon Japanese Wikipedia entry on the serial murders case