Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, was convicted of the murder, rape, dismemberment and storage of the bodies of the nine victims at his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo, the court said.
Shiraishi was arrested in October 2017 after police searched his home to investigate the disappearance of a 23-year-old woman who posted suicidal notes on social media, including Twitter.
Three coolers and five containers were found in Shiraishi’s room, containing human heads and bones with scraped flesh, according to TV Asahi, citing police sources.
The nine victims (eight women and one man) were between 15 and 26 years old, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK and CNN affiliate TV Asahi, both of whom cited court proceedings.
The victims had reported online that they wanted to kill themselves and were later contacted by Shiraishi through social media platforms, NHK and TV Asahi reported.
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