A 26 year old Filipino transgender woman named Jennifer Laude is said to be murder by a U.S. Marine. She had reportedly checked into the Olongapo City hotel in the Philippines on Saturday night around 11 PM. Witnesses said she was with a white foreigner. Her body was found 45 minutes later by a hotel worker. Her head was in the toilet when the worker found her, the cause of death is to be strangulation.
...The Marines have detained a suspect abroad the USS Peleliu. They were in the Philippines for a joint war exercise with the Philippine Navy. Authorities did not reveal the name of the suspect in the beginning as they only said, He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
A hate crime protest also broke out with activist at the U.S. embassy in Manila on Tuesday. They demanded for U.S. authorities to hand over the suspect in question. With the pressure from the Philippines and a protest for justice, the suspect is revealed to be Private First Class Scott Pemberton.