This article refers to the Japanese murderer. For the Rock Band, see Nevada Tan . is the name commonly used to describe the 11-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who was charged with murdering her classmate . The murder occurred on June 1, 2004 at an elementary school in Sasebo, Nagasaki, and involved the slitting of Mitarai's throat and arms with a box cutter. It has come to be known as the "Sasebo Slashing". The un-named killer has since become an Internet meme cartoon character. The cartoon began to appear on the Internet shortly after images of the suspected murderer were published showing her wearing a pullover hooded sweatshirt with the word "NEVADA" emblazoned across the chest (the "-tan" suffix is a variation on "-chan", a children's honorific, while the sweatshirt is commonly worn by fans of the University of Nevada and its sports teams). Her real name has not been released to the press, as per Japanese legal pro

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