NAHA –
A 20-year-old US Marine arrested over the theft and killing of a lady at a lodge in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, could have strangled her with the wire of a phone put in within the room, investigators mentioned.
The 39-year-old girl was killed on the lodge on October 3, and her pockets and different belongings had been stolen. US Marine Devin Ballard, 20, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of theft and homicide.
Investigators discovered marks on the girl’s neck indicating that she had been strangled with an object resembling a wire or string, in accordance with folks accustomed to the investigation.
The receiver of a phone put in within the lodge room was additionally discovered off the hook.
Based on the situation of the room and the marks on the sufferer’s neck, police are investigating the chance that Ballard used the phone wire to strangle the girl.
Ballard has denied the allegations, telling investigators, “I don’t know anything about it.”
Source: FNN