Global InformationTakeshige Hamada information
Takeshige Hamada | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1927 Noda, Kagoshima, Japan (present-day Izumi) |
| Died | June 26, 2017 (aged 90) Fukuoka, Japan |
| Cause of death | Asphyxiation |
| Conviction(s) | Murder x3 |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 3 |
Span of crimes | 1978–1979 |
| Country | Japan |
| State(s) | Fukuoka |
Date apprehended | September 27, 1979 |
Takeshige Hamada (浜田武重, Hamada Takeshige, March 10, 1927 – June 26, 2017) was a Japanese serial killer who, together with his wife and two accomplices, murdered three people over life insurance policies in Fukuoka from 1978 to 1979. He was sentenced to death for his crimes, but died before he could be executed. At the time of his death, at the age of 90, he was the oldest convict on death row.[1]
- ^ "保険金殺人の浜田武重死刑囚が死亡 ９０歳、死刑囚で最高齢" [Takeshige Hamada, a convicted murderer on death row, died at 90 years old, the oldest convict on death row]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). June 26, 2017. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.