A serial killer who preys on attractive Western women may be on the loose in Tokyo, according to a well-known Japanese criminologist and psychiatrist who has advised the family of Lucie Blackman.
Blackman, 21, who was working in Tokyo's Roppongi entertainment district, disappeared two months ago.
Shingo Takahashi, who has written extensively about Japanese cults and psychopaths, profiled the man who apparently kidnapped Lucie -- and he believes the same man may be responsible for the disappearance of as many as seven other Western women in the past five years.
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