Yukio Yamaji

Yukio Yamaji (山地 悠紀夫, Yamaji Yukio, August 21, 1983 – July 28, 2009) was a Japanese serial killer. He murdered his own mother in 2000, was imprisoned, and then paroled in 2003. In 2005, two years after his release, he raped and then murdered a 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister. He was executed by hanging in 2009.

Yukio Yamaji
Yukio Yamaji
Born(1983-08-21)August 21, 1983
Japan
DiedJuly 28, 2009(2009-07-28) (aged 25)
Osaka Detention House, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)December 13, 2006
Criminal chargeMatricide, double homicide, rape
PenaltyDeath penalty

Biography

Yamaji was born into a poor family. His father died of cirrhosis in January 1995. After graduating from junior high school, he dropped out and began working at a newspaper store.

Matricide

Yamaji killed his 50-year-old mother with a metal baseball bat in Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Prefecture at age 16 on July 29, 2000.[1] He called the police and was arrested on July 31, 2000. He stated that his motives to commit matricide were his mother's silent telephone calls to the woman with whom he fell in love and his mother's mounting debt. He was paroled in October 2003.[1]

Double homicide

On November 17, 2005, Yamaji raped and murdered a 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister with a knife, in Naniwa, Osaka. He then set fire to their apartment and fled. The two victims had never met Yamaji before. He was arrested on December 5, 2005. While in custody, he stated to the Osaka police, "I could not forget the feeling when I killed my mother, and wanted to see human blood."[1]

Sentence

On December 13, 2006, the Osaka District Court sentenced him to death.[1] His defense made an appeal, but according to his lawyers he retracted it because he was reluctant to pursue leniency.[2] He was executed by hanging alongside Japanese serial killer Hiroshi Maeue in Osaka on July 28, 2009.[3] At the age of 25, he is the youngest murderer executed in Japan since 1972.

See also

References
  1. "Man to hang for sisters' murders". The Japan Times Online. 14 December 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. "Double-killer lets death sentence stand". The Japan Times Online. 2 June 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  3. "Japan executes three for multiple murders". AFP. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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