NAHA –
A 20-year-old US Marine stationed in Okinawa was indicted on October 25 on expenses of theft and homicide after allegedly strangling a girl to demise at a lodge in Naha and stealing her backpack containing a pockets and different belongings.
The defendant, Devin Ballard, is accused of killing the lady at a lodge in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on October 3 by tightening a phone receiver twine round her neck, inflicting her to suffocate, in line with the indictment and different paperwork.
Prosecutors allege that Ballard then stole a backpack containing the sufferer’s pockets and different private belongings.
Ballard initially denied the allegations when he was arrested, telling investigators, “I don’t know anything about it.”
However, police stated he subsequently made statements throughout questioning that appeared to counsel partial involvement within the crime.
Investigators have additionally established that Ballard returned to a US navy base following the alleged killing.
The case has now moved to prosecution following the formal indictment on robbery-murder expenses.
Source: TBS