Murder of Lindsay Hawker

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Who is Murder of Lindsay Hawker?

Lindsay Ann Hawker was a 22-year-old British teacher who was killed in Japan in early 2007 by Tatsuya Ichihashi. Ichihashi was seen fleeing Hawker's apartment. Japanese police sought Ichihashi for the murder of Hawker and the abandonment of her corpse.

On 10 November 2009, Japanese news media and BBC News reported that Japanese police had apprehended him. On 5 July 2011, Ichihashi confessed to killing Hawker, stating that he smothered her to prevent her from screaming while he raped her. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on 21 July 2011.

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on July 23, 2013

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