{
  "id": 13354536,
  "title": "U.S. Marine’s Alleged Murder Victim Found with Phone Cord Wrapped Around Her Neck",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/u-s-marines-alleged-murder-victim-found-with-phone-cord-wrapped",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T07:05:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crime-courts/20261010-353212/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A woman's body was discovered with a phone cord wrapped around her neck in a hotel room in Naha, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun. Devin Ballard, a U.S. Marine stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, has been arrested on suspicion of robbing and killing the 39-year-old woman. Ballard allegedly entered the hotel around 2:10 a.m. on October 3 and left alone before 3:00 a.m. A hotel employee found the woman's body at approximately 4:20 a.m., with the cord from the room's telephone cord wrapped around her neck. The cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation due to neck compression. The Okinawa Prefectural Police suspect the incident may have been spontaneous.",
  "summary": "NAHA – A phone cord was wrapped around a 39-year-old woman’s neck when her body was found at a hotel in Naha, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}