Serial Killers Around the World: The Global Dimensions of Serial Murder

Author(s): Dirk C. Gibson

DOI: 10.2174/9781608058426114010007

Yoshio Kodaira

Pp: 48-58 (11)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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Yoshio Kodaira was one of two serial slayers using the same MO operating in Japan at the same time, in the final days of World War II in the Pacific theater of operations. He was a rapist who disposed of witnesses to his crimes. In this chapter Kodaira was described and the crimes discussed. The MO, motive, number of victims, victimology, victims and time frame of these murders were analyzed. The investigation into Kodaira’s murders was considered, and the trial and execution described.

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