The US military involved in the robbery and murder of a woman in Okinawa, Japan is charged with robbery and murder. [News Channel Now] In the case of the robbery and murder of a woman in Okinawa, Japan, the Naha District Attorney's Office has formally prosecuted the arrested US military stationed in Okinawa for robbery and murder. The Naha Prosecutor's Office stated in the indictment that the 20-year-old suspect, First Class Ballard from the US Marine Corps, strangled the 39-year-old deceased at the beginning of the month using a wire from a telephone receiver in the Naha hotel, and stole her backpack and purse. A preliminary police investigation found that Ballard took a taxi to a hotel with the deceased, then took a taxi back to his Putnam base after the crime was committed.