[2] On December 12, 2004, at around 23:40, 18-year-old vocational school student Nana Kubota was walking in a park in Iizuka, when she was attacked, raped and strangled with her scarf.

On December 31, at around 7 o'clock, 62-year-old seasonal worker Toshiko Onaka was stabbed in the chest and back with a kitchen knife on the streets of Kitakyushu, with Suzuki stealing her bag and wallet, containing 6,000 yen.

He then stabbed Fukushima to death with a kitchen knife, stealing her mobile phone, purse and bag, which jointly contained around 46,000 yen.

[3] At the time of the murders, Suzuki was in debt of a total of 8 million yen, accumulated from drinking, gambling at pachinko machines and paying for online dating services, following a failed marriage.

While not against the idea of dropping the death sentence, the prosecutor's office demanded the defendant and defense counsel withdraw the appeal, saying that the vicious crimes that took the lives of three innocent people for the purpose of stealing money was appalling.

[12] On said date, Justice Okabe formally rejected the appeals from both the previous trials, effectively finalling Suzuki's death sentence.

[17] On July 31, 2019, then-Minister of Justice Takashi Yamashita officially signed Yasunori Suzuki's death warrant, set to take place at the Fukuoka Detention House.