Suspect used Twitter account "hangingpro" to contact suicide wishers

Suspect used Twitter account "hangingpro" to contact suicide wishers

A screen-capture of murder suspect Takahiro Shiraishi's Twitter profile shows him boasting of his knowledge of hanging. The 27-year-old man arrested following the discovery of nine dismembered bodies at his apartment in Zama, near Tokyo, was found to have used a Twitter account with the username "hangingpro" to attract vulnerable people, investigative sources said on Nov. 2, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 2, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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