The Case of Tatsuya Ichihashi

He self-performed plastic surgery to escape from the police after he murdered an English teacher.

Emmalina Alessandrya
7 min readSep 19, 2021
Lindsay Hawker. Photo from murderpedia.

Many want to truly immerse themselves in a different culture, not just for a week trip. And, given the great demand for English teachers in Japan (before the pandemic) and how high the country ranked in safety, it is no wonder many expats flocked to that country.

Lindsay Hawker was one of them.

Lindsay Hawker

22-year-old Lindsay Hawker was born in Coventry, England. She graduated with first-class honor in Biology from the University of Leeds. She had plans to continue with her masters, but first, she wanted to explore the world. Like many others, she decided to work as an English teacher in Japan for a year.

Tatsuya Ichihasi. Photo from murderpedia.

Tatsuya Ichihashi

Born in 1979, Tatsuya Ichihashi was born with a good familial background, his father being a doctor and his mother being a dentist. Even though Tatsuya graduated from the University of Chiba in 2005, he decided to live off his parents, where he reportedly received an approximate allowance of…

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Emmalina Alessandrya
Emmalina Alessandrya

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