Takayuki Fukuda

Takayuki Ōtsuki (大月 孝行, Ōtsuki Takayuki) (born 1981), originally named Takayuki Fukuda (福田 孝行, Fukuda Takayuki), was the perpetrator of the Hikari City Mother and Child Murder Incident (光市母子殺害事件, Hikari-shi Boshi Satsugai Jiken) in Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan on 14 April 1999.[1] On that day, when he was 18 years and 1 month old, he killed 23-year-old Yayoi Motomura and then performed necrophilia on her body,[2] and also killed her daughter Yūka Motomura (本村 夕夏, Motomura Yūka, then 11 months old),[2] and stole the mother's purse.[2] He was charged with rape, murder and robbery, and was handed the death sentence although he was not of the age of maturity (20 years of age in Japan) at that time (18 years and 1 month).[3] The appeal was rejected.[1]

Trial

During the trial, the brutality of the details of the incident and the demands by the defense lawyers that teenagers ought not receive the death sentence were widely reported in mass media, sparking a debate within Japan.[4] The husband, Hiroshi Motomura, of the two killed vowed to wait until his release to kill him. In 2006, the courts reviewed his case and in 2008 they sentenced him to death by hanging.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "光市母子殺害 最高裁が上告棄却、元少年死刑確定へ ― スポニチ Sponichi Annex 社会". Sponichi.co.jp. 2012-02-21. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  2. ^ a b c "光母子殺害、元少年に死刑判決 広島高裁差し戻し控訴審". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Matsutani, Minoru (Feb 21, 2012). "Double-killer as minor will face gallows". The Japan Times Online. The Japan Times.
  4. ^ 裁判官が見た光市母子殺害事件―天網恢恢 疎にして逃さず (2008-04-16). "光市母子殺害事件のテレビ報道 BPOが「極めて感情的」と批判 : J-CASTニュース". J-cast.com. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  5. ^ "Man sentenced to death for killing mother, baby daughter in 1999 seeks retrial". Japan Today. 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2024-06-03.