Futoshi Matsunaga is a Japanese serial killer who both defrauded and tortured his victims in what is collectively known as the Kitakyushu Serial Murder Incident.
22 Facts About Futoshi Matsunaga
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Futoshi Matsunaga murdered his victims with an accomplice, Junko Ogata, who received a life sentence.
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Futoshi Matsunaga's crimes were so atrocious that most Japanese media were not willing to report the details.
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Futoshi Matsunaga was born in Kokurakita Ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, and grew up in Yanagawa.
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Futoshi Matsunaga received good grades in school and had a charming personality, but tended to exhibit disciplinary problems.
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Futoshi Matsunaga was transferred to another high school after engaging in a relationship with a junior high school girl.
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In 1984, Futoshi Matsunaga promised to marry Junko, but her mother, Shizumi Ogata, did not approve of the relationship because of Futoshi Matsunaga's abuse of her daughter.
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In 1985, Futoshi Matsunaga convinced Junko that her family hated her because of a suicide attempt and persuaded her to move in with him.
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That same year, Futoshi Matsunaga purchased a building in which he could operate a futon business.
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Futoshi Matsunaga's first victim was a married woman with three children.
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Later that year, Futoshi Matsunaga began victimizing Kumio Toraya and his daughter.
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Futoshi Matsunaga convinced Kumio's daughter that she had murdered her father.
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Futoshi Matsunaga told Junko and the girl to dispose of the remains, which were thrown into the sea near the Kunisaki Peninsula after being pulverized.
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Futoshi Matsunaga convinced the woman that he was a graduate of Kyoto University and promised to marry her.
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Futoshi Matsunaga was put into the care of a mental hospital and her daughter was released.
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Futoshi Matsunaga then faked his own suicide, prompting Junko to return, whereupon she was subjected to continued abuse.
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On December 21,1997, Futoshi Matsunaga coerced Junko to shock her 61-year-old father, Takashige, to the point of death.
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When Shizumi's mental state began to deteriorate, Futoshi Matsunaga commanded Rieko and her husband, Kazuya, to strangle her on January 20,1998.
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Futoshi Matsunaga then forced Junko and Aya to kill Rieko's 5-year-old son, Yuki.
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Futoshi Matsunaga blamed the murders on Junko, who, with their two children, were the only survivors in her family.
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In July 2000, Futoshi Matsunaga convinced another woman to go away with him, lured by the prospect of marriage.
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Junko calmly confessed to her part in the murders, but Futoshi Matsunaga insisted that the women had fabricated their stories about him.