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#13- The Vampire Serial Killer (Case of Tsutomu Miyazaki)

Sep 2, 2020
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ANECDOTE

Isolation Born From Family Incest And Deformity

  • Tomu Miyazaki grew up isolated after being born from incest and with a wrist deformity nicknamed "Dracula hands" that made him physically weak.
  • Family rejection, bullying at school, and extreme isolation pushed him into obsessive academic focus then later withdrawal and depression.
INSIGHT

Obsessive Consumption Of Extreme Hentai And Anime

  • Investigators and media tied Miyazaki's crimes to his huge anime and hentai collection, especially violent works like Guinea Pig 2 that featured child mutilation.
  • He owned about 6,000 DVDs including extreme child-focused material, which Japanese press used to argue cultural media influence on his behavior.
ANECDOTE

First Murder And Trophy Taking Of Marie Kono

  • Miyazaki's first confirmed murder: he lured 4-year-old Marie Kono with candy, strangled her, photographed and later returned to dismember her as trophies.
  • He kept her hands and feet in his closet and attempted to cremate bones in his home furnace.
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