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The Sasebo Slashing

On June 1, 2004 an eleven-year-old girl (pictured) known only as ‘Nevada-tan’ entered an empty classroom in an elementary school in Sasebo, Japan, armed with a box-cutting knife. She lured her classmate, twelve-year-old Satomi Miratai into a recording closet and stabbed her, slashed her wrists, and wounded her neck. Miratai died within seconds. Nevada-tan then went back to class with her clothes covered in blood and told a teacher what she had done.

Nevada-tan was swiftly arrested and initially gave no motive for the senseless murder. She was emotionless as she described killing Miratai, telling police she had asked her victim if she preferred being killed with her eyes shut or open. Nevada-tan cried as she told police that Miratai had mocked her for being “too fat” and had called her a “goody goody” on an online chat room. Despite being only eleven years old, Nevada-tan was an avid fan of horror manga magazines and police found violent videos downloaded on her home computer.

In September 2004 a judge declared Nevada-tan too young to receive a maximum sentence; she was instead sent to a reformatory for wayward girls and released after just four years.