Issei Sagawa (佐川 一政, Sagawa Issei, 26 April 1949 – 24 November 2022) [1] also known as Pang or the Kobe Cannibal, was a Japanese lust murderer, cannibal, and necrophiliac known for the killing of Renée Hartevelt in Paris in 1981.

Aug 17, 2021 · Japanese murderer Issei Sagawa, "The Kobe Cannibal," is free to walk the streets despite confessing to killing and eating Renée Hartevelt in Paris in 1981.

On June 11, 1981, 32-year-old literature student Issei Sagawa invited his 25-year-old classmate, Renée Hartevelt, to dinner at his apartment in Paris under the pretext of translating poetry for a school assignment. After she began reading, Sagawa shot the 25-year-old in the neck with a rifle.

Dec 2, 2022 · Issei Sagawa, a Japanese man who killed and ate a Dutch student in the 1980s, has died at the age of 73. Sagawa, who became known as the "Kobe Cannibal," raped,...

Issei Sagawa, also called ‘The Kobe Cannibal’ and ‘Pang’, was a Japanese murderer, necrophile, and cannibal, who became infamous for committing these horrific crimes on Renée Hartevelt. Coming from a wealthy Japanese family, Sagawa developed cannibalistic desires during …

Dec 2, 2022 · Issei Sagawa, who died at age 73 of pneumonia on Nov. 24, gained international notoriety in 1981 after he brutally murdered his classmate, Renée Hartevelt.

Dec 2, 2022 · Issei Sagawa, a Japanese writer known for killing a fellow Dutch student and then partially eating her in Paris in 1981, died late last month due to pneumonia, according to his brother. He was 73.

Oct 21, 2018 · Issei Sagawa, now 69, admitted to killing, raping and eating a fellow student, but now lives quietly outside Tokyo after a successful career in Japan.

Dec 2, 2022 · Issei Sagawa, a Japanese murderer known as the “Kobe Cannibal” who killed and ate a Dutch student but was never jailed, has died aged 73.

Mar 13, 2025 · A Japanese student named Issei Sagawa had committed a crime beyond comprehension. He had murdered his Dutch classmate, Renée Hartevelt, then mutilated, cannibalized, and performed necrophilia on her remains.