Futoshi Matsunaga(松永 太, Matsunaga Futoshi, born April 28, 1961) is Japanese serial killer. is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ...

Matsunaga murdered at least 7 people including 2 children between 1996 and 1998. Japanese police uncovered evidence of the the crimes in 2002, but were unable to discover the remains of the victims. Matsunaga murdered his victims with an accomplice named Junko Ogata (緒方 純子, Ogata Junko, born February 25, 1962), who was also the victim of his abuse. February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abuser redirects here. ...

On September 28, 2005, a district court in Fukuoka sentenced Matsunaga and Ogata to die by hanging.

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• Pair accused of slaying 7 face gallows
• Death too good for 'cruel, twisted and inhumane' serial-killer couple
• Pair to hang for seven murders
• Pair accused of slaying seven face gallows
• (Japanese) Japanese Wikipedia entry on the murder case