In Zama, Japan, between August and October 2017, he murdered nine people, mostly young women including three high school girls.

[3] Takahiro Shiraishi was living in an apartment in Zama, a city in central Kanagawa Prefecture.

[citation needed] The police then arrived at the apartment and asked where the missing woman was.

[7] Neighbors corroborated the events by confirming that foul smells of rotting flesh had come from the house.

[7] Police investigation had confirmed the missing woman had been walking with Shiraishi on 23 October.

He wanted to use his victims’ vulnerable states to manipulate and sexually assault them, fulfilling his fantasies and not having to worry about them denying his advances.