A Japanese district has charged a 20-year-old US Marine in Ballard with the murder and robbery of an Okinawan woman. On October 3, at a hotel in the city of Nae, he strangled a woman with a telephone cord and stole a backpack with the victim's wallet, the Kyodo agency reports. The Marines deny the allegations against him.

A Japanese district has charged a 20-year-old US Marine in Ballard with the murder and robbery of an Okinawan woman. On October 3, at a hotel in the city of Nae, he strangled a woman with a telephone cord and stole a backpack with the victim's wallet, the Kyodo agency reports. The Marines deny the allegations against him.