Former Marine who sparked Okinawa furor is dead…suspected murder-suicide

[kskiska]

Abduction and rape recharged opposition to U.S. bases in late 1990s

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Almost 11 years after the crime that recharged opposition to U.S. bases here, a former Marine convicted in the abduction and rape of an Okinawa schoolgirl is believed to have killed a Georgia woman before committing suicide in her apartment.

Kennesaw, Ga., police spokesman Mike Brock told Stars and Stripes on Wednesday that Kendrick Ledet, 31, of Smyrna, Ga., was discovered dead in the third-floor apartment of slain Kennesaw State University junior Lauren Cooper, 22, on Sunday.

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Ledet was a 21-year-old private first class when sentenced in March 1996 with Pfc. Rodrico Harp, 22, and Navy Seaman Marcus Gill, 23, a medic, for raping a 12-year-old girl they abducted from a street corner in Kin village, just outside Camp Hansen where they were stationed.

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Harp and Gill were sentenced to seven years of hard labor in a Japanese prison. Ledet — who claimed he changed his mind about the rape but faked having sex with the girl because he feared Gill — was sentenced to 6½ years.

All three men were released from prison in 2003 and dishonorably discharged.

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[TacticalPeek]

1. They always get the order wrong.

First, commit suicide; then, kill your loved ones.

[hlthe2b]

2. yes....

what more to say? Really? There is nothing....

[tularetom]

3. I don't get it - this assbite is dead yet still a suspect

but Kenny boy Lay can croak and have his conviction voided?

[w4rma]

4. The mafia is taking care of their inner circle's family. (nt)