A Japanese district has charged a 20-year-old US Marine in Ballard with the murder and robbery of an Okinawan woman. According to the prosecutor's office, on October 3, in a hotel in the city of Naha, he strangled a woman with a telephone cord and stole a backpack with the victim's wallet. 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. According to the prosecutor's office, on October 3, in a hotel in the city of Naha, he strangled a woman with a telephone cord and stole a backpack with the victim's wallet. The Marines deny the allegations against him.