The National Police Agency (NPA) will pay out a 10 million yen bounty to four informers for the location of Tatsuya Ichihashi, following his indictment over the murder of Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker.
Lindsay Ann Hawker
Japanese NPA to pay out 10 million yen bounty following Ichihashi murder indictment
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Ichihashi confesses to Hawker's slaying
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Tatsuya Ichihashi has admitted choking Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker to death in 2007, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.
"She shouted, so I choked her by putting my arm around her neck from behind. I didn't intend to kill her," the lawyer quoted Ichihashi as saying.
Hawker's father visits Chiba police; thanks 'every single person in Japan'
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The father of British woman Lindsay Hawker, the victim in a high-profile 2007 murder case in Japan, visited the country Wednesday a month after the prime suspect was arrested after being on the run for 32 months.
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In Osaka, a place the homeless call home
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Osaka's Nishinari district is home to one of Japan's largest and most famous concentrations of day laborers, many of whom are homeless. It has long been a place where not only the country's most wanted criminals but also people simply down on their luck have flocked to find work.
Lindsay Ann Hawker suspect killer attracts support from Japanese women
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Posting on social networking sites such as Mixi and 2Channel, some have even taken to referring to Ichihashi as The Fugitive Prince or Lord Ichi. Others have claimed that he could not possibly have committed the crime because he looks so kind.
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Construction firm where murder suspect Ichihashi worked, reports losing business
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A construction company that reported to police it had employed Tatsuya Ichihashi, the suspect in the 2007 murder case of a British woman, has been experiencing contract terminations and suspensions, a company official said Friday.
The company’s business partners have been critical, saying it failed to thoroughly check their employees’ identity, according to the official.
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Timeline: Lindsay Ann Hawker's murder
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British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker was murdered in Tokyo, Japan, in March 2007.
Her body was found buried in a bath of sand on the balcony of an apartment belonging to the main suspect, Tatsuya Ichihashi.
He has been arrested, the Foreign Office said, and is being held in police custody in Osaka.
Here is a timeline of events surrounding her death.
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Police get more leads on Ichihashi
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The only suspect in the 2007 slaying of a British woman in Chiba Prefecture worked at a construction company in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, for 14 months until October under the name Kosuke Inoue, company sources said Monday.
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Parents of murder victim, Lindsay Ann Hawker dismayed over latest news
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The parents of murder victim Lindsay Ann Hawker are reported to be dismayed by the news that the only murder suspect, Tatsuya Ichihashi, has had plastic surgery to change his face. Lindsay was murdered in Mar. '07 and the suspect was caught red-handed by the cops but managed to escape capture and as been on the run since.
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Japan murder suspect had plastic surgery: report
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The only suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old British woman in Japan more than two years ago is reported to have undergone plastic surgery, a news report said Wednesday. Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, is wanted in connection with the killing of Lindsay Ann Hawker, an English teacher who was found dead in a sand-filled bathtub on the balcony of his apartment near Tokyo in March 2007.
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Cops raise reward to ¥10 million, Lindsay Hawker case
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The National Police Agency has decided to raise the cash reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the murder of British woman Lindsay Hawker from the current 1 million yen to 10 million yen, taking an exceptional step to capture Tatsuya Ichihashi, who is on a nationwide wanted list, the NPA said Friday.
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Head detective replaced in the Lindsay Ann Hawker murder case
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The police had visited the apartment to investigate the reported disappearance of the Tokyo based English teacher. Tatsuya Ichihashi managed fled from the scene, bear footed, without money or belongings.
Murder suspect featured in game
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The family of a murdered Warwickshire teacher have condemned a new internet game featuring her suspected killer.
Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, from Brandon, was found dead in a bath tub in Tatsuya Ichihashi's flat in Tokyo last year.
He disappeared after the discovery of her body but is featured in an online game of Japan's most wanted fugitives.
Bill Hawker: Where is my daughter's killer?
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Lindsay Ann Hawker was a young British teacher murdered March 2007. Her body was discovered in an apartment of a young Japanese man, Tatsuya Ichihashi.
Read more »Times Journalist Stands by his Story that the murderer, Tatsuya Ichihashi killed himself
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Denial-of-a Denial
Unlike some citizen journalists, like the one who posted in an iReport that Steve Jobs had a heart attack, professional journalists check their source. The iReport sent Apple shares tumbling before recovering when the story was deleted by CNN from the site.
