Chisako Kakehi

Chisako Kakehi
Born Chisako Kakehi
1947
Japan
Criminal penalty Death
Details
Victims 3-10
Country Japan
Date apprehended
 2014

Chisako Kakehi (born 1947) is a Japanese woman who was sentenced to death for the murders of three men, including her husband, and for the attempted murder of a fourth;[1] she is also suspected of being responsible for at least seven other deaths.[2]

Kakehi was arrested in 2014, after an autopsy on her fourth husband, Isao Kakehi,[3] revealed traces of cyanide poisoning.[4]

She initially pleaded not guilty, but during her 2017 trial, confessed, stating on the witness stand that she "had no intention of hiding the guilt" and "wanted to kill [her husband] out of deep hatred";[5] two days later, she retracted this confession, claiming to not remember having said it.[6] Her lawyers subsequently argued that she suffered from dementia[7] and could not be convicted due to diminished responsibility.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Japan's 'Black Widow' sentenced to death for murdering a string of lovers, by Agence France-Presse, via the Guardian; published November 7, 2017; retrieved November 11, 2017
  2. ↑ Japan's 'Black Widow' Gets Death by Hanging for Murdering Her Lovers, by Drew Schwartz, at Vice; published November 7, 2017; retrieved November 11, 2017
  3. ↑ Killer Wives: 8 Most Infamous Black Widow Murderers: Chisako Kakehi, by Melissa Locker, in Rolling Stone; published August 25, 2016; retrieved November 11, 2017
  4. ↑ Japan woman arrested for 'poisoning husband with cyanide' at BBC.com; published November 20, 2014; retrieved November 11, 2017
  5. 1 2 Japan’s ‘Black Widow’ given death penalty for murders, by Megan Palin, at news.com.au; published November 7, 2017; retrieved November 11, 2017
  6. ↑ Japan 'Black Widow' confesses to killing husband No 4, then backtracks, at ChannelNewsAsia; published July 12, 2017; retrieved November 11, 2017
  7. ↑ Japan’s ‘black widow’ serial killer gets death sentence, at the Japan Times; published November 7, 2017; retrieved November 11, 2017
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