Afghanistan, Oct. 4 -- A 20-year-old U.S. Marine stationed in Japan's Okinawa prefecture has been arrested on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman at a hotel in the prefectural capital, Naha, Japanese police said Sunday.
The suspect, Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, is assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa. Police suspect he killed 39-year-old Anna Yagi at a hotel in Naha early Saturday and took her wallet and backpack. Ballard has denied the allegations, according to police.
Police said Yagi was found unconscious in a hotel room early Saturday and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators reviewed security-camera footage showing a man believed to be a foreign national entering the room with Yagi and ...