Chisako Kakehi

Chisako Kakehi (born 1947) is a Japanese female serial killer 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]

Chisako Kakehi
Born
Chisako Kakehi

1947
Japan
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
Victims3–10
Span of crimes
2007–2013
CountryJapan
Date apprehended
2014

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. 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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