Katharina Buczek
“The moment I saw the meat, I tore a chunk off with my fingers and threw it into my mouth. It was truly a historical moment for me,” Issei said.
And apparently, his sole regret is that he did not eat Renée alive. Issei maintains that he had no intention of killing her.
Issei’s Confession
He did not initially plan on confessing to the heinous act. Instead, two days after killing Renée, he set out to dispose of the rest of her remains.
Issei had already eaten and frozen the majority of her pelvic region. So, he placed her head, legs, and torso into two suitcases.
Then, Issei hailed a cab to the Bois de Boulogne park– which is home to a lake. He planned to dump the suitcases in the water but never made it there.
Instead, numerous people spotted the suitcases dripping blood. So, they immediately contacted the French police, and Issei was brought in for questioning. However, his admission of guilt came immediately afterward.
“I killed her to eat her flesh,” Issei simply said.
This landed him in a French prison for two years while he awaited trial. Nonetheless, once he took the stand, judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere declared Issei legally insane.
In turn, he was determined unfit to stand trial, and the charges against him were dropped.
Despite that, Issei was deported back to Japan and was supposed to be held in a mental hospital indefinitely. That never happened, though.
