The Closet Monster Murder

In Mitaka, Tokyo Japan, 16-year-old Saaya Suzuki began an online relationship with 19-year-old Charles Thomas Ikenaga from Kyoto in July 2011. The relationship lasted about nine months before Suzuki ended it in the autumn of that year. Ikenaga did not accept the breakup and began harassing and stalking her, eventually escalating to threats and the posting of her private photos online. Fearing for her safety, Suzuki went to the police on October 8, 2013. That same day, Ikenaga, who had broken into her home earlier and hidden in a closet, attacked and fatally stabbed her after she returned. He fled the scene but was arrested shortly after and confessed. In July 2014, he pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

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