He Murdered and Raped Women’s Corpses Then Threw Their Children Off a Cliff
The horrifying acts of serial killer Genzo Kurita.
Japan after World War II was going through a variety of changes. And though it would become one of the richest and most industrialized countries in the world, during the 50’s it was facing a lot of poverty and crime. Theft and illegal activity were rampant as society was adjusting to all the stresses that were put on it after the war.
During this time, a man named Genzo Kurita would end up being one of Japan’s most horrific serial killers in history. With a history of poverty and neglect, he would grow up to be a troubled man with a history of violence and theft. He would target vulnerable people and take whatever he wanted.
His appetite for robbery, sexual assault, and violence would escalate until he had killed 8 known women and children and possibly more unknown victims. What added to the repulsiveness to his crime was that he would not only murder victims but then sexually assault their bodies after they died. With little disregard for life, he even threw little children off cliffs because they stood in the way of his target.
Who was Genzo Kurita? How did he begin his life of violence and crime? How did he get caught and what happened to him? This is the…
