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U.S. Marine Indicted in Woman's Alleged Murder in Japan After She Was Strangled

U.S. Marine Indicted in Woman's Alleged Murder in Japan After She Was Strangled

A 20-year-old U.S. Marine stationed in Japan has been indicted in a woman’s death after he was accused of strangling her to death at a hotel and stealing her personal items, according to reports. Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, who’s assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force at Futenma Air Station in Okinawa, is suspected of killing a 39-year-old woman inside her hotel room in Naha on October 3, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the Naha Public Prosecutors Office and additional sources. Ballard allegedly strangled the woman, a Naha resident, with a t...

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