Murder of Lindsay Hawker
Lindsay Hawker | |
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| Born | Lindsay Ann Hawker December 30, 1984 Coventry, England |
| Died | March 26, 2007 (aged 22) Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan |
| Cause of death | Asphyxia due to suffocation |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Lindsay Ann Hawker (December 30, 1984 – March 26, 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.