Devin Jacob Ballard, who has a shaved head and blue jumper, leaves a police station to be sent to prosecutors over the killing of a Japanese woman.Image source, Reuters
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Devin Jacob Ballard was stationed at Futenma Air Station

ByGeorge Wright
  • Published38 minutes ago

A US Marine has been indicted on suspicion of murdering and robbing a woman in Japan earlier this month in a case that has triggered protests, Japanese media reports.

Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who was stationed at US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, was arrested on suspicion of killing Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in Naha, the capital of Okinawa.

Prosecutors have now indicted him for allegedly strangling Yagi with a telephone cord and then stealing her backpack and wallet on 3 October, media reports, citing the indictment document.