Issei Sagawa murdered a Dutch woman in 1981 , dismembered and ate her . He was sentenced to death by lethal injection but the execution was halted when he refused food for three days before his scheduled execution. Clearly , at times his delivery was scripted and straight from the pages of his novels . Now a celebrity of sorts , Sagawa has effectively made a living off his crime .
Issei Sagawa murdered a Dutch woman in 1981 , dismembered and ate her . He was sentenced to death by lethal injection but the execution was halted when he refused food for three days before his scheduled execution. Now a celebrity of sorts , Sagawa has effectively made a living off his crime .