Lindsay Ann Hawker

Bill Hawker: Where is my daughter's killer?

Japundit (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008

Lindsay Ann Hawker was a young British teacher murdered March 2007. Her body was discovered in an apartment of a young Japanese man, Tatsuya Ichihashi . read more

Mugshot Jackpot [Crime]

Kotaku (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008

In March of last year, British English teach Lindsay Hawker was found murdered in a bathtub full of sand on an apartment balcony. The suspect, Tatsuya Ichihashi, has since gone missing and has evaded...

Mugshot Jackpot

Kotaku Australia (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008

In March of last year, British English teach Lindsay Hawker was found murdered in a bathtub full of sand on an apartment balcony. The suspect, Tatsuya Ichihashi, has since gone missing and has evaded arrest. Software maker Famista has created an online pachinko slot machine game called Slot Detective that publicises suspects of high-profile cases like Hawker's. Instead of trying to line up cherries,...

Outrage At 'Murder Mugshot' Game

Sky News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008

A "distasteful" video game featuring the alleged killer of British teacher Lindsay Hawker has been condemned by her grieving relatives.

• Hawker Parents Protest Against Distasteful Game - Contactmusic Ltd

Japan's Most Wanted: Fugitive Murder Suspect Pictured in Game

GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

Japanese game company Famista will place the picture of a fugitive murder suspect in an upcoming PC game. Sky News reports that Tatsuya Ichihashiis (far left) is wanted for the sadistic murder of Lindsay Hawker, a 22-year-old English tutor. Her body was found in the suspect's apartment in March. The young woman had been bound, strangled, and beaten over the course of a 36-hour ordeal. Ichihashi's...

Brit Murder Suspect In Video Game

Sky News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

A mugshot of the man wanted for the murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker is to feature in a computer game.

Only in Japan: Famista features wanted murderers in a computer game

Destructoid (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

Kinky porn, panda poking games , and short skirts: Japan's got it all when it comes to the weird and wacky. For instance, take this recent story about the murder of 22 year old Lindsay Hawker, who was found last March in the apartment of a man named Tatsuya Ichihashi. Now, you can see Ichihashu's mug along with many other wanted criminals when you play an upcoming computer game from Famista Inc. Wha?...

Don't Stop Looking for my Sisiter's Murderer

Japundit (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008

THE sister of murdered British teacher Lindsay Hawker yesterday urged Japanese police not to scale down their investigation amid reports the prime suspect has killed himself.

Don't stop looking for my sister's murderer

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008

THE sister of murdered British teacher Lindsay Hawker yesterday urged Japanese police not to scale down their investigation amid reports the prime suspect has killed himself.

Police deny Times report saying they believe Hawker murder suspect committed suicide

Japundit (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008

The head of the National Public Safety Commission on Friday denied a British newspaper report that a man wanted in connection with the murder of British woman Lindsay Hawker near Tokyo ‘‘has almost certainly committed suicide.’’ read more

• U.K. report on Hawker killer suicide draws denial - Japan Times

Killer of Lindsay Hawker “has almost certainly committed suicide”

Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008

Richard Lloyd Parry of the Times has reported that the Chiba police have come to the conclusion that Tatsuya Ichihashi, the man who murdered English teacher Lindsay Hawker, has committed suicide: “Japan has so many mountains, and if he has gone into a remote woodland and died there, they might never find him,” a police source [...]

Murdered Lindsay Hawker's killer may have committed suicide Japanese police fear

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008

Police in Japan say they have concluded that the man suspected of killing Lindsay Hawker the British teacher found buried in a bathtub last year has now committed suicide.

Exclusive: Killer of Lindsay Hawker, teacher buried in bathtub, 'commits suicide'

Times Online (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008

The killer of Lindsay Hawker, the British woman who was strangled and buried in a bathtub in a Tokyo apartment, has almost certainly committed suicide and will never be brought to justice, Japanese police have concluded.

TV special calls on viewers to find Lindsay Hawker’s killer

Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

Last night a TBS aired a special about Japan’s most wanted criminals, and most of its attention was given to Tatsuya Ichihashi, the man who murdered English teacher Lindsay Hawker. Information about his possible whereabouts were given, including testimony from an anonymous source that claimed he had encountered a cross-dressing Ichihashi in one of [...]

Hawker's father gets apology from police, asks public for help

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008

William Hawker, father of slain Briton Lindsay Hawker, says an investigator from the Chiba Prefectural Police apologized to him for not apprehending the suspect. "When I saw him (Tuesday) at a police station, he apologized that he hasn't found this man yet," said Hawker, who is visiting Japan for a progress report on the Nova teacher's brutal slaying. Read the full story

• Japanese police apologize for their failure to capture Linday Hawker’s killer - Japan Probe