Seisaku Nakamura
(中村
誠策,
Nakamura Seisaku,
ca.1924 - ca.1943) was a Japanese teenage serial
killer. He is believed to have fatally stabbed eleven
people in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan.
On August 22, 1938, he attempted to
rape two women, but they resisted him, so he murdered
them. On August 18, 1941, he murdered a woman and
injured another woman. On August 20, he murdered three
people. On September 27, he murdered his brother, and
injured his father, his sister, his brother's wife and
his brother's child. On August 30, 1942, he murdered a
couple, their daughter and their son, and attempted to
rape another daughter, but gave up.
Information about his crime was
restricted because many thought news about his crimes
would cause excessive trouble during the already tense
war time, so got away with this for longer than he might
have otherwise.
He was arrested for the last nine
murders on October 12, 1942. He also admitted two
others. On November 11, his father committed suicide.
The doctors said that he was criminally insane. However,
the trials went rapidly and he was executed soon after.
Seisaku Nakamura
(中村
誠策,
Nakamura Seisaku, ca.1924 - June 19, 1944)
was a Japanese teenage serial killer. He is also known
as Hamamatsu Deaf Killer. He stabbed to death at
least nine people, including several teenagers, in the
Shizuoka Prefecture.
Early life
Seisaku Nakamura was born deaf. He was intelligent, achieving high
grades at school, but was treated poorly by his family and was a
social misfit. He enjoyed films where men used Japanese swords to
assassinate people.
Murders
According to his testimony, on
August 22,
1938, he attempted to rape two women; they resisted him, so
he murdered them. He was 14 years old at that time. However, the
two murders are often excluded from his serial murders.
On
August 18,
1941, at the age of 17, Seisaku Nakamura killed a third
woman and injured a fourth. On
August 20,
three more people were found dead, murdered by Nakamura. On
September 27,
he murdered his brother, and injured his father, his sister, his
brother's wife and his brother's child. On
August 30,
1942, he murdered a couple, their daughter, and their son,
and attempted to rape another daughter.
Information about his crimes were restricted
because many thought news about his crimes would cause excessive
trouble during the already tense war time, so Nakamura went
unapprehended for longer than he might have otherwise. His family
knew that he was responisible for the deaths but were afraid of
revenge and did not come forward.
Arrest, trial, and
execution
He was arrested for nine murders on October 12,
1942. He also admitted two others. On November 11, his father
Fumisada Nakamura (中村
文貞,
Nakamura Fumisada) committed suicide.
He was tried as an adult under the
Wartime Law; Senji Keiji Tokubetsu Hou
(戦時刑事特別法).
The doctors claimed that he was not guilty by reason of
insanity. However, the trials went rapidly and he was
executed on June 19, 1944.