Shiraishi invited victims to his Zama apartment southwest of Tokyo, offering to assist with their suicides. But instead, he sexually assaulted and murdered them, later dismembering the bodies in his bathroom, which was described as a sealed unit bath.
Authorities discovered three cooler boxes, and five storage containers filled with human remains in his apartment.
His arrest came during a police search for a missing 23-year-old woman, which led to the shocking discovery of eight female victims aged 15 to 26 and one male victim.
“He dismembered the bodies in his bathroom,” according to
Kyodo News, which also reported neighbors complaining about a persistent “foul smell” coming from his unit.
Capital Punishment in Japan
Shiraishi’s death sentence was finalized in 2020 after he pleaded guilty. His execution was carried out in secret, as is customary in Japan. The government typically notifies neither the family nor legal counsel in advance.
The father of one of the victims told NHK that he would have preferred life imprisonment over execution:
