On June 27th, 1997, the caretaker of the Tomo Gayoka Junior High School in Kobe Japan arrived in the morning to start his shift.

When he went to enter the property, he found the severed head of a young boy stuck on the gate at the front of the school with a note stuffed in his mouth.

The note taunted police stating, quote,

it is a thrill for me to commit murder.

The police began investigating the horrific crime

and the community would be shocked to learn that the killer was only 14 years old.

This is monsters. Oh, you're going to be.

You're going to be here.

And then.

Oh, Oh,

Oh, Oh in Kobe, Japan and lived with his parents, two brothers and his grandmother.

At the time of his crime he was 14 years old and due to his age his identity has never been officially released.

But some articles in the news claimed his real name was Shinichiro Azuma.

In the note left at the scene and in letters he would eventually send to the media, the boy labeled himself as Sato Sakakibara.

As a child he didn't have a strong opinion of himself. He believed he was dirty and that there was something wrong with him.

His grandmother was the one who nurtured him the most in an attempt to help improve his self-esteem,

but when she died he spiraled out of control. He became obsessed with death.

He started carrying weapons with him and wrote in his journal, quote, I can ease my irritation when I'm holding a survival knife or spinning scissors like a pistol.

Like many young psychopaths, Sato started catching and killing small animals.

He would first catch slugs and study. catching and killing small animals.

He would first catch slugs and study them, often cutting them open to see their insides.

It's likely that his fascination started with slugs because that's what he always compared himself to.

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