The disturbing case of the "The Wednesday Strangler".
The Wednesday Strangler was an unidentified Japanese serial killer who is responsible for the murders of seven women and girls in Saga Prefecture from 1975 and 1989, all occurring within a 20KM radius. The killer was named after his pattern of attacking and killing his victims on Wednesdays, with 6 out of 7 victims having their existence snuffed out on a Wednesday.
The first known victim of the Wednesday Strangler was a 12 year old girl known as "Y" who went missing from her home in August 1975. Her body wasn't found until June 1980, when she was discovered near an elementary school. The killers next victim would follow a similar pattern, with the 19 year old women going missing in April 1980 and her body being discovered near an elementary school 2 months later. The killer would send the women's father a letter taunting him, telling him to "suffer".
Over the next two years the killer would murder a 27 year old factory worker and a 11 year old student who disappeared on her way home from school.
The next update in the case wouldn't happen until early 1989, when a couple discovered three female bodies beneath a cliff, this would be dubbed "The Kitagata Affair".
The victims were identified as restaurant employee H., housewife N. and office worker Y. It is believed that they were killed on July 8, 1987; December 7, 1988, and the last on January 25, two days before the bodies were found. Items belonging to the victims were allegedly discarded within a 2-mile radius of the site where the bodies were found.
The Wednesday Strangler case remains unsolved to this day, and the killer's identity is still unknown. However, this case has had a lasting impact on Japanese society and remains one of Japan's most disturbing unsolved cases.
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