Lindsay Ann Hawker (30 December 1984 – 26 March 2007) was a 22-year-old British teacher who was murdered in Japan in early 2007 by Tatsuya Ichihashi (市橋 達也, Ichihashi Tatsuya), a 28-year-old Japanese man from Chiba Prefecture. Ichihashi was seen fleeing his apartment, and police sought him for the murder of Hawker and the abandonment of her corpse.
The police arrested Ichihashi on 10 November 2009. 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.
Ichihashi wrote a book titled Until I Was Arrested, which tells his side of the story. He offered Hawker's family all royalties his book might earn, which the family rejected.
Lindsay Ann Hawker (30 December 1984 – 26 March 2007) was a 22-year-old British teacher who was murdered in Japan in early 2007 by Tatsuya Ichihashi (市橋 達也, Ichihashi Tatsuya), a 28-year-old Japanese man from Chiba Prefecture. Ichihashi was seen fleeing his apartment, and police sought him for the murder of Hawker and the abandonment of her corpse.
The police arrested Ichihashi on 10 November 2009. 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.
Ichihashi wrote a book titled Until I Was Arrested, which tells his side of the story. He offered Hawker's family all royalties his book might earn, which the family rejected.
