On the afternoon of June 12, 1981, Issei Sagawa walked into the woods in Bois de Boulogne, France, carrying two suitcases. The postgraduate student at the Sorbonne had shot and killed female Dutch exchange student Renée Hartevelt the day before. After eating portions of her body, he tried to dump the corpse in a remote lake. Witnesses saw him and he was soon arrested.
French psychologists found Issei Sagawa to have been legally insane at the time of the crime and, therefore, unfit to stand trial. He was subsequently exempted from prosecution. He returned to his homeland, where Japanese authorities tried to put him on trial for murder. French justice officials refused to hand over the necessary documents to carry on and he was again set free.
(thanks Rory)
1 comment(s):
It's a strange story. I almost posted this, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to give this clearly disturbed and unrepentant fellow any more attention.
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