Murder of Lindsay Hawker
How did Lindsay's killer keep evading the police?
4.7 (34)
49 mins
Discover the murder of 22-year-old British teacher Lindsay Hawker, who was killed in Japan in March 2007 after meeting Tatsuya Ichihashi for an English lesson. View how her body was found buried in a soil-filled bathtub on the balcony of his apartment, but Ichihashi had already escaped when police arrived.
Ep 1:
The Girl Who Chased the World
Meet Lindsay Hawker, the brilliant Coventry graduate who chased adventure to Tokyo—and the strange man who chased her home one night, with chilling intent.
Ep 2:
A Fatal Lesson in Chiba
An English lesson turns into a trap as Lindsay vanishes inside a stranger's apartment, exposing a predator's hidden obsession and a police response that arrives tragically too late.
Ep 3:
The Face He Carved to Hide
As Japan hunts its most wanted fugitive, Tatsuya Ichihashi mutilates and surgically rebuilds his own face, vanishing into disguise while a grieving family refuses to let his trail go cold.
Ep 4:
Justice, A Decade in the Making
Four years after Lindsay's murder, a Chiba courtroom finally delivers a verdict—but a bestselling memoir, a controversial film, and disturbing fan admiration test the family's hard-won justice.
Discussions (5)
Patrick
Level 7 · 1 day agoNova Group was actually Japan's largest English school chain until it went bankrupt in 2007, the same year Lindsay was murdered. So she was already working under a collapsing company when this happened.
Ford
Level 5 · 1 day agoNova Group was actually Japan's largest English conversation school chain before going bankrupt in 2007. Lindsay joined right before it collapsed. That detail hits different knowing everything that followed.
Quentin
Level 7 · 1 day ago9 cops and he just walked out
