DeepDyve eBooks - A Global Casebook of Sexual Homicide

Introduction: What Is a Sexual Murder and Who Are Sexual Homicide Offenders?

Pages: 1 –24

[Sexual violence is a serious event and is generally considered to be both a violation of human rights and a public health concern. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sexual violence is defined as “any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or...

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Case 01—The Braemar Hill Double Homicide: The Case of Pang Shun-Yee (1985; Hong Kong)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 27 –40

[On Saturday, April 20th, 1985, a Scottish male adolescent, aged 17 years, Kenneth McBride (簡尼.麥伯迪), and a British female adolescent, aged 18 years, Nicola Sharon Myers (尼歌拉.梅雅絲), were found brutally beaten to death in a desolate area on Braemar Hill, Hong Kong. Myers had been raped and sexually...

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Case 02—The Child Sexual Homicide in Queensland: The Case of Barrie John Watts (1987; Australia)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 41 –52

[On Friday, November 27th, 1987, a 12-year-old New Zealand girl of Mãori descent, Sian Kingi, was reported missing by her parents, Barry and Lynda Kingi, when she did not return home late in the evening. She had last been seen riding her bike at a park in the afternoon after she had gone shopping...

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Case 03—The Anal Rape and Killing of a Young Pregnant Woman in Ohio: The Case of Dennis McGuire (1989; U.S.A.)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 53 –63

[On Saturday, February 11th, 1989, a 22-year-old pregnant woman, Joy Stewart, was last seen leaving the home of Juanita Deaton, the mother of her friend, Chris Deaton, at around noon in West Alexandria, Ohio. Also present was Dennis McGuire, who was hired to clean the house gutters. Deaton last...

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Case 04—The Sexual Killing of a Junior High School Girl in Taiwan: The Case of Xu Zhihao (2008; Taiwan)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 65 –77

[On Thursday, November 6th, 2008, a 14-year-old Taiwanese junior high school girl, Fang Fang (方芳), was last seen skipping school at noon with her schoolmate, 14-year-old Tang Weiwei (鄧瑋瑋). They met up with Tang’s friend, 15-year-old Xu Jiajin (許家晉), and 19-year-old Xu Zhihao (徐志皓). Instead of...

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Case 05—The Dismemberment of a Compensated-Dating Girl in Sham Shui Po: The Case of Ting Kai-Tai (2008; Hong Kong)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 79 –92

[A 16-year-old girl, Wong Ka-Mui (王嘉梅), was reported missing by her family on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008. On Tuesday, May 6th, 2008, a police search of Wong’s telephone records led to a 24-year-old transport worker, Ting Kai-Tai (丁啟泰; aged 23 years at the time of offense), as the last person who...

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Case 06—The Sexual Torture and Killing of a Young Girl in Manchester: The Case of John Nigel Maden (2010; U.K.)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 93 –106

[In the afternoon, on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010, 12-year-old Tia Rigg was asked by her mother, Lynne Rigg, to attend to a request from her 38-year-old maternal uncle, John Nigel Maden, to babysit his 10-year-old daughter in his house in Dalmain Close, Cheetham Hill in Manchester. Maden was...

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Case 07—The Jars Murderer: The Case of Lam Kor-Wan (1982; Hong Kong)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 109 –123

[From February 3rd, 1982 until July 2nd, 1982, over a period of five months, a series of gruesome murders haunted many in Hong Kong and do even to this day. Four young females, between 17 and 31 years of age, were found murdered and dismembered. Their corpses were discovered in isolated dumpsites...

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Case 08—The London Muswell Hill Murderer: The Case of Dennis Andrew Nilsen (1978–1983; U.K.)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 125 –140

[Beginning on December 30th, 1978, and lasting until January 26th, 1983, over a period of slightly more than four years, 15 young men vanished from north London. The majority of them were either homeless or homosexual men. These victims, between 14 and 26 years old, were murdered, dissected, and...

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Case 09—The Kansas B.T.K. Strangler: The Case of Dennis Lynn Rader (1974–1991; U.S.A.)

Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)

Pages: 141 –160

[Over a 17-year time span, from January 15th, 1974 until January 9th, 1991, a series of heinous murders terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas. Ten victims, from nine to 62 years old, were strangled to death by a murderer who came to refer to himself as “the BTK Strangler” (BTK stands for “bind...

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