Welcome back to Coffeehouse Crime! This case really shook the island of Okinawa. It’s an island with a unique partnership to the U.S., events like these really do strain relationships between the island’s residents and military guests. What’re your thoughts on the case of Rina Shimabukuro and Kenneth Shinzato? Please let me down below. And thank you to Skillshare for sponsoring this video, it’s a great platform for diving into new a interest or hobby. Feel free to sign up using my code COFFEEHOUSECRIME or use my link to get 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/coffeehousecrime04221
This guy had everything a job a wife a kid, and he lived in a beautiful country like Japan. He took it all for granted and ruined so many lives for a disgusting sicko fantasy. I don’t understand people like this.
the guy had the greatest life a marine ever could get, getting stationed in a tropical paradise, having a good family, all he had to do was not screwing it up.
@@fritzkuhne2055 I mean not necessarily true at first at least...? He didn't HAVE to let his mommy issues and sicko fantasies take control of his actions, he didn't have to take advantage of a poor girl in the wrong spot. Until he did that he hadn't done anything undeserving and if he had taken those dark thoughts to therapy instead of acting on them maybe he'd still have his perfect life and better yet Rina could have had hers too... Men if you have such thoughts do NOT think it is normal or healthy just bc you are a man or bc you get sexual gratification from it! Go to a dang SHRINK!
Hope the japanese guys have there way with him he wont be assaulting anyone in there without retribution and the lack of black people in japanese prisons will make his life hell
I gotta say, I found it so satisfying to know that he tried to take his own life unsuccessfully twice. I loathe it when people go on killing sprees or whatnot, only to take their own life before facing justice. It's such a cowardly thing to do, and such a painful final blow to those they hurt who are left to pick up the pieces. It really feels good to know that life denied him going out on his own terms.
I’m a Marine and I will say that unfortunately there’s a lot of bad people here, I didn’t know awful people were serving with me until I joined, Since I joined I had been sexually assaulted by another Marine and have overheard my coworkers talking about getting me and my other female co workers drunk to assault us. I don’t know why to this day the military won’t conduct psychological tests before and during service but it is much necessary. I know not all marines are bad people I’ve met some wonderful human beings here but we all feel terrible to share our title with despicable people who genuinely enjoy hurting others. I can’t wait for my contract to end and never associate with this place ever again… I hope her soul rests in peace she definitely didn’t deserve that, no one does. I hope he spends the rest of his days in prison or gets a death sentence. I don’t and will never blame other countries for not wanting our presence there…
I belive phycological Evans need to be done more and be kept on record. So people will be separated from the good. And also need be looked at for duty stations always. Om so sorry that happened to you and you deserve justice. In okinawa it's a beautiful but a beast .I don't know what it is. It just brings the worst out of alot people. I saw females just cracking not wanting to be there and men acting like animals. It was grate I loved every second of it. I .it's my friends over there
@@arthurgirdwood3466 I agree, it sucks that they won't hesitate on kicking out the members who reach out for mental help when they are dealing with depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, etc but let it not be the douchebags because they will protect those and keep them in with clean record and honors
I am sorry you had to go through this. I have watched a couple of crime channels coverings these acts and it's despicable. There seems to be no system in place to control these acts by military men.
Thank you for your service and sorry for what happened but is it the right place for women to be? When the Iranians took over an American military boat under Obama the 1st thing the Iranians did was separate the women and threaten to rape them which made it harder for the Americans to deal with. When a woman or child's life is threatened it's not the same as a man's and in a sense makes everyone else more vulnerable.
wishing you nothing but safety and i hope you get out of there when that contract ends ! i'm a female and the marines interest me but i don't think i'd ever have the balls too due to the fact that i know there are a few sickos stationed in there just trying to make background story like dahmer personally.
As a veteran, I was stationed there for two years and fell in love with the culture. I even asked my superiors to have my stay extended but it did not happen. Visited Tokyo and had a great time there. Sadly, service menbers like him tarnish the military presence there. He is a POS and gets what he deserves. Lastly, prayers for the family who lost their daughter.
@@andysloane79 try to convince them, no matter what you are, once they see you either you wear camouflage suit or from the base, they think your military
My jaw dropped when you said you’ve only been doing this ~1.5 years. You narrate these stories so well and have lots of empathy for the victims. My heart goes out to Rina’s bf and family.
I spent four years in Afghanistan working with the American military and some NATO members. I was horrified by these soldiers expressing outrages and despicable acts they wanted to do to Afghan women and children. It was horrific and unbearable sometimes being with them.
Nothing new. Western or NATO soldiers targeting and killing civilians has been going on since forever. Just the math of bombing 9 children to kill 1 suspected terrorist (who turned out to be a charity worker). Wonder what is hidden. You’ve got to be insane to justify this. And the so called “good people” should not be covering this stuff up.
The USA and the West has always appeased and even collaborated with fascists, German and Japanese. Their image of freedom and democracy is but a trick.
I served in the Marine Corps for 13 years and remember when this hit the news. I made wonderful friends from many countries during my time overseas. It's absolutely atrocious the actions of a few will stain the reputation of the many. Rest in peace Rina, you did not deserve your beautiful spirit to be taken away so soon.
Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995. And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa
Honestly as a Marine rn I don’t know how to feel abt this place, I know not everyone here is bad but I have met some awful human beings here, I just wanna finish my contract and never associate to this place ever again :( idk how you did it for 13 years, my mental health can’t take it anymore
@@ravenmadison2206 I honestly don't know how I did 13 years either since there were plenty of lows with the highs while serving. I was fortunate to have great people to serve alongside of which made the time go by easier. I hope the rest of your contract goes seamlessly for you before you EAS. Semper Fi.
Her poor parents. Cant even imagine the grief of losing their only child let alone the devastation over the violent and sick way she was taken. I wish we could rewind time and bring her back.
I'm a born and bred Okinawan who lives on this beautiful island. Nearly pooped my pants this morning to see that you actually covered a case from our island. I didn't know Rina personally, but I've known people who knew both Rina and Kenneth. Really tragic stuff. I would like to propose a case - the case of Kelli Cribbs Abad. She was a military wife stationed here with her husband who disappeared mysteriously back in 2011. Left her house with her young kids inside in the night, never to be heard from again. Her mother is still trying to find her to this day. There's also the case of Eddie Allshouse who was a teenager murdered with a samurai sword back in 2011. That news shocked a lot of us. I only knew of Eddie in passing because he was a few years younger than me, but so many of my friends knew him personally. Thank you for covering this case, especially from such an unknown little island like Okinawa!
Damn, I am currently station on the island and have not heard of those incidents before. Gotta really have street smart no matter where you are in the world. I do love Okinawa and the locals.
@@Obi7Haki A lot of Japanese crimes tend to be pretty personal. Like revenge or domestic abuse. It's pretty safe here to a point I feel comfortable walking down the street at night by myself as a woman, BUT it always doesn't hurt to be cautious no matter where you go. Welcome to Okinawa!
I was shocked myself when i saw this. I'm half okinawan and have been living here for nearly 20yrs. Wife is okinawan and we remember when this happened. I remember Eddie. Great kid. We were both in the live circuit, always asked for advice about music. Broke my heart when he was murdered. I miss him dearly.
I was stationed in Sasebo when this happened. Sadly it wasn’t the only case but it started a domino effect. The Japanese were always welcoming and kind in my experiences, and after all the incidents you could start too see the locals lose confidence in us.
I plan on going to Okinawa when I got to Japan for Karate and maybe, some swordsmanship/kendo. I am looking for other alternatives because my gyms main trip is already going to be expensive.
@@georgeweberv6264 Okinawa always gets treated like the tourist/us military extension. The people, the culture, and the lesser known areas of Okinawa are amazing and beautiful.
I lived in Japan right after both of these events happened from 2015 to 2019. I completely understand and sympathize with the Japanese people for how they feel about US military personnel in their country. What those Marines did to that 12 year old girl was disgusting and because of that they have a curfew for lower ranking servicemen. This whole case was so bizarre because he had zero connection to Rina. She was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s heartbreaking honestly.
Its not bizarre if you think about it. You're expecting that murders happen when someone know someone. Jeanne bennette Ramsey's death was blamed on the family members and media still spins this narrative. Everyone looks at the closest and easiest connections like a family member or a neighbor. Its just naturally easier to assume someone knows them. But it is not always the case. It's just easier to look that direction first. Most unsolved cases are however of strangers. Why? The murderer knows that they can get away with it. Why? Becos nobody would suspect them or know who they are or where to look. For the murderer its not just "chance." He scouts his victims or someone similar or an area that he knows well and look for the most earnest opportunity. There is a saying, "courage and integrity is knowing and doing the right thing when no one is looking." For criminals, they don't have neither and they're cowards. They pick on the easy and readily available, unsuspecting victim.
I have had a lot of relatives who were stationed in Okinawa over the years. It's unnerving hearing about people who enlist with the express purpose of being allowed to kill people with no perceived consequences. I really don't blame the citizens for wanting the bases gone, especially after hearing about places like Fort Hood in the States.
What happened at Ft. Hood was basically what happens when domestic violence goes unchecked. Chances are Vanessa Gullem's boyfriend had been abusive in the past and either she never bought it up or nothing was done about it. Sadly men and women killed by their spouses or boyfriends or girlfriends is common
@@rotarydude9737 Very, very good point. ESPECIALLY with how uppity China is becoming. Plus- the United States has every right to remain stationed there because of the Japanese atrocities of the Second World War Same goes for Germany. Exactly the same. Tens of thousands are stationed there as well. Technically, I believe that it has something to do with not allowing these countries to build massive militaries again ever again.
@@cr8zy8killa4helping? You sure? Blegh. Get away from our countries. Stay in yours. Why do you keep trying to encroach on everyone and never taking responsibility. You’d rather fund a genocide than lose control
This was a really sad and disturbing case. I think most of us have read about and watched most true crime documentaries from the uk/America and it’s refreshing to hear about cases that happen more internationally
Except an American did this nasty, vile murder. As an American, I have to wonder why our military can’t do a better vetting job…this guy had a record showing his bad character. I suggest the military these days is so woke they don’t dare reject a “person of color.” I feel so sad this young woman died at the hands of an American serviceman…the military are supposed to be protectors, not destroyers. He should NEVER have been in the armed forces. Waste of space.
I would garner to guess that most people who are watching this channel have a light interest in true crime and are minimally invested. They are short summaries of events, and it is a great introductory channel to the genre. It covers a wide range of cases superficially so it is easily digestible and can peak interest.
Sadly, this is a story about America spreading it's tentacles overseas, and instead of spreading democracy and freedom, it's spreading a growing hate for America. Close the U.S. military camps that aren't in the U.S., down. Shut them down.
I was a Marine stationed in Japan from 2007-2010 and a Navy guy raped a woman, another Marine killed a taxi driver. This caused so much tension with the locals and we were quarantined on base for months on end. For a couple of weeks we had protestors with mega-phones screaming 24/7 right outside the fence and gate which was where my barracks was located.
@@OtomoTenzi Myth: The US military routinely used inhumane tactics on the people, while the VC were benefactors Fact: This is one of the most scurrilous accusations of the war. It is completely and provably false. No one has ever found a single document stating that it was US policy to commit atrocities. Numerous documents exist proving that it was official policy of the North Vietnamese government to commit atrocities. The worst known incident from the Vietnam War of atrocities committed by American troops was the My Lai massacre - 504 were murdered. The worst known incident from the Vietnam War of atrocities committed by the communists was the Tet massacre in Hue - more than 5000 were murdered. Critics point to US bombing as evidence of atrocities, however, the location and impact of those bombs is never discussed. The rules of engagement for Vietnam were so crazy that President Johnson once boasted that the Air Force "couldn't hit an outhouse without [his] permission". Myth: Almost all US troops committed atrocities against civilians. Fact: Atrocities were rare and punishable offenses. The vast majority of troops acted honorably and professionally. This lie has been told repeatedly, most recently in Nick Turse's Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Turse's book is filled with inaccuracies, flawed assumptions and gross generalizations as well as communist agitprop typical of the NVA. The lie is based on three things; the US dropped a lot of bombs in Vietnam, artillery was used extensively and that the military was reluctant to report atrocities like My Lai. Although a lot of ordnance was expended in Vietnam, the vast majority of it was spent in the sparsely populated northern provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien and northwest of Saigon, where the heaviest concentrations of communist forces were. The Rules of Engagement for artillery use were very strict and required the approval of South Vietnamese officials in every case except confirmed active combat operations. Bombing and artillery were not allowed in populated areas unless troops were directly engaged in combat. Even then approval from above was required except in extreme circumstances. Throughout the war three major incidents were confirmed by investigators; My Lai, Son Thang and the Tiger Force operations. Approximately 2.6 million personnel served in Vietnam. If each of the 320 documented incidents involved an average of a company of 350 men, 4.3% of American personnel were confirmed as involved in or at least aware of atrocities. Investigations found enough evidence to formally charge 203 men with crimes. 57 were court-martialed, and 23 were convicted. The worst known atrocity, My Lai, involved a company of 350 men. 26 were charged with crimes. Between 350 and 520 civlians died. The only reason we know about atrocities committed in Vietnam is because eyewitness servicemen reported it and the military investigated. Total civilian mortality attributable to American operations in Vietnam is estimated to be about 70,000 people, of which 1500 were attributable to crimes. Many atrocity stories were told by soldiers who either never even set foot in Vietnam or never saw any combat. To put these in perspective, North Vietnam killed more civilians in the North alone during the "land reform" massacres of the 50's and 60's than the American military did during the entire war.
@@cyclone8974 OK, but what about the special US-Vietnam relations policy set forth by the Nixon Administration? You know, the one that allowed for at least 10-20 kilos of cocaine to be smuggled back to the US with each dead American soldiers' casket? Rapes, murders, plundering, coke-smuggling, and various other war crimes that go unpunished are just a few of the many benefits that can be reaped in when you shake hands and do business with the USofAIDS!
@@OtomoTenzi You upvoted your own comment lol Yeah just forget the massacres committed routinely by NVA/Vietcong because of something that you probably made up. Cocaine is grown in South America not Vietnam. They aren't going to sail to South America on the way back to the US from Vietnam.
I suggest covering Canada's Shell Lake Massacre, it is a really interesting read about a family massacre, with one survivor. My dad had grown up in the neighboring town and knew of the killer and the survivor. She (survivor) was at my dad's funeral, I may have met her without realizing.
It's also interesting to note that there were people in the United States who also wanted the bases gone after this tragedy, since there was (and still is) a problem with US soldiers doing heinous shit in Okinawa. Basically, they believed that soldiers shouldn't be there if they're going to abuse their stationing like that. Of course, though, the US wants a strong position against China and North Korea, so nothing came of it.
It’s more than that, but after ww2 the agreement for Japan to lay down it’s arms and surrender was made with the agreement that it would also give up its military. Japan no longer has a military, they only have a self defense force, so the question is how do they supplement their minimized forces? Part of the surrender conditions are that the US would help protect Japan. Of course the US also wants to project its power out to the east and use Japan and Korea as platforms for that. They are a close alli and I assure you all the other armed forces in Japan condemn actions of people like this marine. They make us look horrible and disgusting, and many of us work very hard to show them we’re not all the same.
@@benjaminghazi787 except you are all the same thousands of your soldiers commit war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and got medals for it and the people who expose them were labeled criminals instead
Calm down lol. There are a lot of counties worst than USA I mean North Korea China Africa and a lot of Muslims killing and oppressing women. Sorry America is great country and very diversity. A lot of legal immigrants coming here. Keep hating. We love you too
Thanks, Adrian. Weird how Japan threw the book at this guy, (he deserved it!) yet the four guys who kidnapped, tortured, sexually assaulted and eventually killed Junko Furuta over a 44 day period, got two years? Justice systems all over the world are effed. I know the four involved were legal minors at the time, but, please, in both cases, premeditation was involved. That should be very important.✌😸
@@Lenin941FN I’m sure if the boys who tortured and murdered Junko were not Japanese, they’d have been punished appropriately. It’s widely known that the boys had links to the yakuza and so they were barely punished at all.
I was based in Okinawa a few years after this. US military sexual assaults were still a real problem. That said, they (at least my battalion) made god damn sure you knew what to expect if there was even a whisper of you acting in a way you shouldn’t out in town. We were made aware of this case. Basically, our battalion was told of you fuck up, don’t expect support or shelter. Expect punishment to the fullest extent of the law, Japanese law and us military law. As a side note, we were also made clear on if we did have consensual sex, and got someone pregnant, when everybody else gets to go home, you would be kept on the island to figure out life with your new family. They were not about to let marines get someone preggers and run home. So watch where you put that dick fellas! Now go and enjoy that weekend liberty.
I was stationed at Kadena Air Base in the early 1990s and I don't blame the Okinawan people for wanting us Americans out. The only crime that happened there was from service members. Quite a few restaurants and night clubs would have signs posted stating "No Americans" because of the problems we caused. They think we are barbaric and I can't disagree with them.
That is completely bs. Then and now, Okinawans and visiting mainlanders commit more crimes per capita than service members. The spotlight is simply brighter on service members (as it should be), but let's not distort reality. Most of the rowdiness on the part of Americans that goes on is at foreigner owned bars and nightclubs due to the abundance of alcohol. Many of these more grimy establishments have already been shutdown. In the 90's it was certainly worse than it is now, but the constant restrictions, stricter rules, and national spotlight have really reduced the number of crimes committed by service members in Okinawa. If you ever actually mingled with the Okinawan population, you will realize that a good many Okinawans actually like our presence. We bring money and a different culture to their communities and businesses. The most distain comes from the very old and paid, "professional protesters" from the mainland. Much of the narrative around this topic actually comes from the mainland. You know why? Once bases start to close and land becomes available, wealthy Japanese real estate tycoons can swoop in and build vacation homes and tourist traps.
I lived in Japan as a civilian for a decade and when I moved there I was told over and over that each one of us individually is the representative of our home country. That anything we do will change Japanese perceptions on how our country is like and I took it to heart. I met a lot of soldiers while I lived there and I could tell so many of them felt like they were on vacation and could do what they wanted. It made me really mad not just for myself as someone being badly misrepresented by these people, but for the Japanese citizens around me having to deal with them. I really believe we need to lower the number of bases in Japan and enact harsher punishments for things because right now the situation isn’t good.
Do people in foreign countries just forget that their actions will represent the actions of their entire people (whether that is wrong or right). When I travel, I make sure I'm on my best behaviour cause I always feel like I am representing black men everywhere. This guy is an absolute embarrassment and worse....A monster.
This is so embarrassing and so sad too, I hope this doesn’t sound wrong of me to say that I’m sometimes embarrassed to be a black girl, plus I’m a marine who was stationed in Camp Schwab too
@@sanrevelle219 being embarrassed by what others do is noble but still not fair. Don't beat yourself over something that you can't control and don't condone.
I'm always disgusted by this shit. I'm a veteran and couldn't be more ashamed of our conduct overseas. There's dozens of stories of shit happening to innocent people while I was on deployment because some prick decided to get drunk and break into a stranger's home or something.
This is why I refuse to let others bully/pressure or shame me into automatically respecting/honoring every veteran who randomly tells me of their veteran status, some jobs have tried to pressure me into saying, "Thank you for your service" every time a veteran tells me of their status, and I've been treated like crap for trying to explain that it's against my spiritual beliefs to do such a thing, bc I have no way of knowing what any given military member might have actually done during their service... As long as there is still no end to cases like this, I'll be sticking by it too. Besides, IMO, true heroes don't gloat and make others be slavishly grateful to them...
@@kymo6343 I think the thanking them for their service came about after the troops came home from Vietnam and were disrespected, I agree with you that we don't know how any one individual has comported themselves overseas and thanking them blindly is misguided.
I was stationed in Okinawa as a U.S Marine from 2009-2011. The Marines were constantly under lockdown while I was there due to bad activities, and I'd hoped that they would have improved attitudes after I left. It looks like that didn't happen :( I'm sad to hear about this story.
Roid Rage Rapey marines can't control themselves. I think today there are more good than bad ones though ^_^ But the Okinawa situation is long. Most locals don't want them there anymore. noise pollution and other intrusive stuff
@@Kirby-Krios Hey, we're not all like that :( I spent the whole time there trying to aid in getting us a better reputation by learning the language, interacting with locals, and visiting (and respecting!) treasured locations like Shuri Castle. I had a few comrades who were happy to join me for such activities. I will agree that there were a LOT of bad apples though.
You are aware "military" and "police" have highest rates of domestic violence in USA, right? I know from personal experience there are worse things than death. And one of those is surviving a military spouse who uses military training on their spouse and children.
Me too! Excellent! And the pictures of the locations r very helpful too. Excellent well-researched stories & videos. Spam sushi? Never heard of it b4. No thx. 🤣
@@beverlycharles6534 It wasn't very well researched. The murderer was not in the Marines nor was he stationed on Okinawa. The man had been in the Marines previously and was working on Kadena Air Base as a civilian contractor. Furthermore, the US bases only take up about 15% of the landmass of Okinawa island. This narrator doesn't know what he's talking about.
@@andysloane79 He was indeed an Ex Marine at the time of the incident, Marines is what brought him there where he decided to stay -- met & married his wife. That was what was conveyed and is correct. He wasn't AT ALL saying anything negative about the Marines. I live not far from an ay base and some military decide to stay...lots of military get out & choose to stay. That's no surprise. Remember the case where the Uber driver killed people and picked up a passenger during his murder spree? The newspaper called him an Ex-Uber driver tho he clearly was an active driver at the time he acted....to me it consequential. Nobody stopped getting Ubers...or had fear it would happen again. Its clear this guy had issues BEFORE the Marines, but obviously even Marines can be bad seeds. Just like Cops, Firemen, executives, shopkeepers, Marines & drivers
I remember another case when a 14 year old girl was raped and murdered by another marine on that base. The marines behaved liked drunken Barbarians and the Okinawans campaigned to have the bases shut down and the marines sent home. It happened in other parts of Japan too. They wanted rid of the drunken raping creeps.
right after that some officer got super drunk, went to the person who lived next door, and beat him up thinking he was in his house and the guy was a robber or something.
I was stationed in Okinawa in 2017 when another Marine took a gov’t vehicle at 5am and killed a elder local in a DUI. Whole island got locked down for military personnel. Interestingly, local businesses were hurting badly because the military contributes heavily to the economy. The Marine got sentenced in Japanese court, and when that sentence is up, he will have to serve time for breaking UCMJ law too.
Re-commented from last video: I would highly recommend covering the case of Bernadette Walker, case from Peterborough UK in summer 2020, whereby a 17 year old girl was initially reported missing by her parents, but when the investigation was handed to a new officer after a few days of being open, all was not as it first seemed. Its a heartbreaking but fascinating case, and a surprising amount of information about this case is on the Internet. Really think it would be a great case to cover.
As someone who was Marine, I am often disgusted by some of the stories I hear about other service members. It breaks my heart to know people like this exist in all aspects of life but it hurts even more when it is someone who is supposed to serve the public of not just the US but anywhere they are needed. Life in prison is more than generous for this guy, he forfeited his right to life. I only hope others in Japan know that we are not all like this and I have nothing but love and respect for my fellow humans. As ironic as that can sound for someone who served, I mean it with all my heart.
The sentiment in every country with US soldiers are they are there because they are too stupid to get a job or go to college. My friends told me so many stories about how creepy they are and stupid they act in Itaewon in Korea lol
I've never seen or spoken to a marine that claims to be a "former marine" or someone that "was a marine". "once a marine, always a marine." is what I've always heard.
Having lived in Okinawa, the people there are some of the most wonderful human beings I’ve ever met. They are very friendly and kind. I loved the food and going up to Nago to see the aquarium, or even just vegging out on the beautiful beaches there. Most of the military personnel are good people. It’s sad that one man caused so much damage to both communities. The anger Okinawan’s felt is beyond justified, and the death penalty was definitely merited in this case. The death penalty in Japan is far more harrowing than the death penalty in the US. This is because there is no execution date given. The date of the execution is going to happen at random, early in the morning, and the individual is then hanged. The psychological anxiety leading up to their execution is considered to be hell itself, and just for the evil acts carried out on their victims. Prayers to the victims of this horrible crime.
See I agree with this. The death penalty should be taken extremely seriously, but not completely abolished, IMO. It should be reserved for murder cases when there is overwhelming evidence, or overwhelming evidence of S/A against a child under 12. Either of these crimes would be justifiably punished with the DP. And if strong enough evidence of such a crime is present, they shouldn't get to live 20+ years and then have a relatively comfortable death by injection. This is exactly how it should happen, though only when it absolutely needs to happen...
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@@kymo6343 you know lethal injection is in fact the complete opposite of "comfortable" and rather quite inhumane right? It paralyzes you first and then shoots flames throughout your body, and that's if you're lucky enough to die quickly. Sometimes the intended dosage fails and inmates go through the procedure repeatedly. It's hard to determine what the most "humane" way of killing someone is, but if one thing's for sure it's not lethal injection.
This is awful. I feel that we need better psychological screening before accepting people into the military. I know there are a lot of good service people. And we shouldn't be letting the bad ones in with them. We should be activly trying to prevent psychopaths from getting into positions of power.
Agreed! As much as people say 'there were no signs' surely people close to them may sometimes have a clue, odd feeling or have heard creepy comments etc.
Yes. And it doesn’t help that that a lot of courts have given young guys that get into trouble with the law the option of going to jail or joining the military. I honestly don’t know how prevalent that is, but I have heard of it.
Why do you think only .067% of the US population can cut it as a Marine? It takes a very specific kind of person to cut it. There are so many people here complaining about us being drunkards and loud but no one points out that when fighting a war we are the ones you all want. We are the most effective fighting force and honesty if we all where as violent and uncontrollable as some people are saying then this issue would be a hell of alot worse. This man is a pos. Painting him as hes a pos because hes a Marine is bullshit, he was a pos long before this.
@@judymurray191 I’ve been in the Army for 20 years and did time as a recruiter….there’s no such thing as “join the military or go to jail”. Also, as long as you don’t have major law violations, meet medical & educational requirements, you’re eligible to serve. Now days they do extensive medical background checks and if you’ve seen mental health specialists, you’ll be highly scrutinized and even disqualified for specific mental health issues.
I was stationed in MCAS Futenma when this happened. I remember the consequences that followed upon the news. It’s incredibly how terrible humans can be sometimes, and it’s even worse when it’s if a person who is expected to hold themselves to the big three: Honor, Courage, Commitment. I didn’t hear much BEYOND the CO telling us what happened, but this brings the closure I needed. Thank you for this post.
I am a Japanese. And I’m proud of American military personnel. 🇯🇵🇺🇸 Together we defend our most important value system, i.e., freedom, from tyranny and authoritarian regimes. At the same time we should deal with, or eliminate, evil in us and among us as of early stages as possible to prevent misdeeds. The spirit of democracy will live on despite the opposition from CCP, Russia and other rogue states. We the nations of democracy will defeat Chinese Communist Party and Putin’s Russia. 🇯🇵🇺🇦🇹🇼🇱🇹🇨🇦🇺🇸🇯🇵
My father met my mother while stationed in Okinawa during the 90s, he loved Okinawa and only spoke fondly of his time there. This case broke my heart :(
Jacqueline: I met my wife at Kadena,Air base Okinawa in the mid 80's. We lived in the first co-ed dorms on base and met there. We eventually got married in the capital city of Naha,Okinawa. I don't recall anything like this happening while we were there,as a matter of fact we weren't viewed as "the conquering hoarde"and the locals were all very welcoming.
@@ebayerr I think in any place you’re gonna be treated well as long as you are respectful to the locals. If you want them to be racist to you it’s quite simple: be rude to them and hurt their interests.
@@1mol831 : Agreed.And it helps if you learn the local language and try to speak it as often as possible. My wife and I took a Japanese language course taught by an Okinawan and practiced it whenever we went out.
As an American, I’m appalled!!! I have close relatives in the US Military, 2 of which are Marines. This is unacceptable on so many levels ! My prayers are with the family and friends of the victim. Great work Adrian …. The only way these kind of issues can be made better is for people to know about them. Thank you for covering this case. Love to all from Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
Instead of prayers that help no one, maybe you and your relatives should start a campaign to have often psych evaluation for marines? I mean actually do something?
I am a relatively new subscriber to your channel, but am always floored by the length to which you go to look at the entire picture and present the facts… appreciate your effort and level of professionalism.
I am so in awe of how quickly the Okinawa police acted! In America: "Missing? They probably ran away. Come back in a month and we'll tell you the same thing."
@@MarkTulloch murders, no but no can tell you as someone who lives in Japan, people go missing all the time. They do the same as the US but in a shorter time (the police would say wait 36 hours and if they don’t return, make a formal report for investigation). 80% they come back home or are found in a neighboring prefecture by family or friends/acquaintances before the 36 hours is up.
Uhm no, missing cases are taken serious by the police in the US as well. Stop believing what social media says, smh. Also the reason why missing cases take longer in the US is because if you have used that tiny brain of yours you would have known by now that the US isn't a tiny island like Okinawa, in fact is the 3rd largest country on the planet with 50 states to count.
This reminds me of the murder of Jennifer Laude by Joseph Scott Pemberton, another US Marine stationed in the Philippines. Both extremely sad and disturbing. Pemberton was given presidential pardon in 2020 and sparked a national outrage.
Just read that in that case the 'trans panic' defense was used which is effed up - you don't get to assault or kill someone because something about them surprised you! Disgusting. Too much transphobia and homophobia around too
I never understood why people in other countries hated Americans. When I started paying attention to politics & the crap the government has done. I could see why. We've been lied to over & over. Just like people in other countries were lied to by their governments. The sad part is, none of us have a say in what their government does, any more than other people do with their government in other countries. But people like this pos murderer, make us look even worse. They should have let the people do what they wanted to him.
YOOOO, I lived on the island on one of the military bases when this murder happened, and to say that the locals were outraged was to put it lightly. The Marines had a bad reputation amongst the other bases due to many fatal drunk driving accidents but this was one of those situations that completely crossed the line. At many times, the locals would protest outside the gates to the base, calling for us to leave the island officially, to a point where we weren't allowed to leave the base so that no trouble would occur. This case unfortunately set back the good relationship between us Americans and the locals, and the Marines were given heavy restrictions also.
@@ot7stan207 The military isn't a prison. You lack the education what military personnel go thru. Civilian murders outweigh all military on the planet. Should civilians go to work and stay home? Your comment is so stupid.
Cases of murder, rape and assault committed by those serving in the US military are actually extremely common in communities which are forced to host US military bases, but this is particularly common in Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. Unfortunately, corruption is notoriously rife within the US military at every level, so these cases are often not prosecuted in the same way as if they had been committed by anyone else.
I remember this case. My brother was stationed in Japan at the time and all the bases went into lockdown. They couldn't go anywhere. I thought it so sad because my thought was in such a welcoming country, American service men are always fucking it up.
And this is why US should not built their bases in other countries thinking they own that country and can do whatever they want. This is not the first time. It happen in several other countries. Be it experimenting biological virus etc or crimes committed by US armies. There is nothing that country can do.
We don't send our best to the military. Its very sad and I wished it never happened plus think of his poor son. Growing up with this over his head its a tragedy for all.
I was living in Okinawa when it happened. I worked at the child care center on Kadena and my supervisor told me she had to talk to me (I was dropping off some papers at the front desk and thought I was in trouble) She said she had to read me something, I don't remember all the details but one thing was "avoid mentioning certain topics on social media" I texted my husband asking what happened and he told me. Awful situation, that poor girl
I was stationed at Kadena AB in the air force when this happened. Everyone was on dry orders (no alcohol) after that crime. Says how bad it was when all branches of the military got punished for an individual’s crime.
I was attached to the LSSS on Camp Foster in Okinawa a few months after what Kenneth did and we almost never took cases where the victim was a local national of Japan, we gave those personnel over to the Japanese court system
Im actually a marine stationed at Okinawa right now. Hearing this story just makes me feel ashamed. Luckily it's gotten alot better with how the Okinawan's view us and vice versa. thanks for covering this story and have a great day!
@@sumfagola pretty good now. Local Japanese and Okinawan’s depend on us for business and we depend on them for services. My girlfriend is a local and I like to help her family get stuff from the base stores. Like jasmine rice or soaps.
@@addie_is_me yes. I'm also stationed here but in north Japan. Majority of the base population is VERY respectful to the culture. You'll always have that unfortunate few that suck. But not all japanese people are nice to foreigners either. You here a lot of stories about being followed, cussed at, photos being taken of you. Can be uncomfortable at times 😞
I was stationed in hawaii during this and remember it vividly. Not too long after this stories started breaking in hawaii about military personnel committing similar crimes against locals and people started worrying that restrictions would start hitting hawaii as hard as they hit Japan. It’s fucking sad that some people are just incapable of not doing terrible things to others.
@@Elyseon Why's it funny? do you want your wars fought by wieners who can't even read a comment on the net without getting butthurt about it? I think it makes perfect sense that those who seek violence join the military. To the inevitable Wieners: I'm not saying being in the service makes you a crazy lunatic, I'm saying it's perfectly natural that crazy lunatics are drawn to the profession.
Oh no, this is so sad... and even though I'm not American, I feel ashamed. I completely understand the Japanese protesting the Americans' presence. Also the case you mentioned of the soldiers assaulting a 12 year old girl is terrible. RIP Rina 💚
Why would anyone ever feel shame for a complete different and unknown individual is beyond me. But I do agree this is tragic, of course. I understand why the Okinawaians want the American soldiers out, but it's not that easy either.
Honstly American marines are so crazy the marines in general not all but there's some deep psychological issues with them it's scary had a normal friend who was your typical high school foot ball jock and then went to military after high school and had him come to are college party and became batsh!!!t crazy !
I was stationed in Okinawa from 2010-2012. I worked as a Brig Guard and was in charge of watching over a murderer for the last year of my time on the island. If Coffeehouse Crime is interested in covering another Okinawa case, I'd be happy to tell him about my time with them and what they told me while being in pre-trial confinement.
Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995. And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa
I was stationed in Okinawa for four years. Always heard about this story while living there. A lot of the older generation didn't like the military there, and always held protests outside the main gate of our base. Loved the island and culture but some people ruined it for us all.
Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995. And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa.
Then get your s*** together and remove your bases. Eastern Asia’s internal affair is none of your country’s business. World need a new order. China❤ will institute it. Wait and see. Prepare tissue in case you drool.
I am a Japanese. And I’m proud of American military personnel. 🇯🇵🇺🇸 Together we defend our most important value system, i.e., freedom, from tyranny and authoritarian regimes. At the same time we should deal with, or eliminate, evil in us and among us as of early stages as possible to prevent misdeeds. The spirit of democracy will live on despite the opposition from CCP, Russia and other rogue states. We the nations of democracy will defeat Chinese Communist Party and Putin’s Russia. 🇯🇵🇺🇦🇹🇼🇱🇹🇨🇦🇺🇸🇯🇵
As someone in a country with US military presence and have experienced the same this is truly disgusting. Sadly, a lot of the troops think they are badasses and can do anything they want and wont be punished for it. I mean, they are even glorified after their “service” which makes sense why a lot ends up being entitled. I’m sorry, this is not just a case of “there are just some bad apples”, it just happens too much in every country they are based in and I hope the US does not ignore this!
Hey Adrian, you should look into the case of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino transwoman who was also killed by US soldiers stationed here in the Philippines. It's a case similar to the one today. The worst part about her case is that her killer got fully pardoned by our current president Duterte. She was killed because she was transgender, and her killer even made his defense about trans panic. Her story is one that needs to still be heard, especially since he evaded justice for his crimes
As a trans woman these cases are so under reported. I would like to see one or two on the troubles lgbt people face and their killers getting away with too many things
I was saving this one for a day I was ready for such a story…after watching it but especially after you mentioned the case in the 90s of the 12 year old girl I had to look into it then I needed a break to process that all before I could even react in comments. It’s been over a week since I processed it. Hard to find the words to express. One of the perps in the 90s case you mention at the end actually had the audacity to complain about the prison labor for the measly 6 years he spent and the other perp ended up committing murder-suicide…not much about the “main” perp…perhaps a case you should consider covering as I didn’t have time to look into all of it myself
Glad its now former, people with your shitty attitude. Are everthing wrong with the VA system. If you got fired and a bad SF-50 I would not be shocked.
Having grown up in Okinawa (specifically on Camp Lester) this is absolutely heartbreaking. To hear about these awful things happening at the hands of servicemen is nothing short of infuriating. Never once had I ever been treated with any sort of disrespect from a native while living there. Even at their protest, the respect that they have for us despite what one of our servicemen did leaves me speechless.
These happen rather quite often ! American soldiers commit crimes and run back to the base were Japanese police "HAS NO JURISDICTION" due to the base being considered American soil . Hence they get away with it 98% of the time . And these is not only in Okinawa but in a lot others cities in Japan were US has a military base .
they should withdraw all their presence from Japan tbh. ww2 is long gone and they have nothing to do there anymore except flaunting their imperialistic tendencies.
@@Sargassian Yeah, let Japan deal with their own nonsense. America needs to start putting Americans first rather than protecting others. No need to protect Taiwan or Korea as well. America should stay out of other nations and build our country and our surrounding neighbors
I love that you give a backstory to the victims and killers. It gives the situation so much more meaning and the reality behind it. Keep up the good work!
My mother was stationed in Okinawa before I was born, and even back then (by her own admission) there were many problematic interactions between American servicemen and locals. This has been an ongoing issue since the 1960s, possibly longer.
@@MeleeStormbringer That is because the lowest uneducated futureless men are the ones to join the military. So it's no surprise you get the worst that humanity has to offer deployed in a peaceful island committing crimes like this.
I served in the Air Force from 1981 - 90. My first duty assignment was Kadena AFB, Okinawa and I loved the place and the people. It was my first time being off the east coast of the U.S. and I was completely enchanted. That said, there had always been trouble, especially from the Marines, from people stationed there. In the last few months of my tour, two Marines had murdered an Okinawan taxi driver. When asked why they had done it, they said that they wanted to know what it was like to kill somebody.
Two years ago, my university hosted students from the debate society in Saga, Japan. The topic was the termination of U.S. Military presence in Japan. The debate team for the motion used the violent crimes committed by U.S. military personnel (this case being one of them) as part of their reason. It is absolutely horrific and sad that this young woman's life was taken from her and that this type of thing is not the first time it has happened in Okinawa. I hope my country can straighten themselves out and maintain a long and meaningful cooperation and friendship with Japan.
I too served in Okinawa between 1989-1991 and I quickly learned the Okinawans are truly some of the kindest people you'll ever meet. Our military needs to do a better job in recruiting our personnel to serve and represent us as Americans. RIP Ms. Shimabukuro.
Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995. And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa
@@DardanellesBy108 Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995. And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa
Joining the military is basically getting on a plane and traveling to the other side of the world, to kill people for money. And you're surprised that they don't hire the "best" people for this job?
To clarify, he got out of the Marine Corps, and was working as a contractor at the time. I was there during this time and remember this case. It’s not the many that go around doing terrible things. However, the few that do leave a major impact on everyone. It only takes one incident of drinking and driving to cause problems and tensions for everyone. These aren’t centric to the Marines either, the Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen stationed there have had incidents of their own. I think the big take away is that the actions you take can affect more than you can even understand.
These horrible things seem pretty common to them. Plus the countries military constantly commits war crimes feeling protected by the The Hague act which states that the US will attack the international crime court if it tried to put any of them on trial. Disgusting.
@@bababababababa6124 I do think it's important to remember that this is the minority committing the crimes. More often than not people now assume all priests are pedophiles, all cops beat their wives and anyone in the military is often looked at as a criminal due to the crimes of people they have never had anything to do with. No crime should ever happen. But the fact is that bad apples are anywhere. It's easy to make a big deal out of certain individuals and raise a stigma with on specific targeted groups (often the above mentioned professions in our western society for example). We know that child abuse is rampant in all layers of our society, yet most of it goes unnoticed or unreported because the people committing the crime don't fit in the mental picture people have of child abusers. Priests and teachers are a perfect example of this. The moment that anyone claims to have been abused by a priest people lose it without there being any sort of prove yet. But the moment a teacher gets arrested for abuse of its underlings it will be forgotten within a week! Not to mention that teachers will get away with this stuff because 'kids make stuff up to get attention', and reports don't get taken seriously! We know that domestic violence is a very serious issue as well, and many people will never believe your next-door helpful neighbor Joe is beating his wife and kids when he flies in a rage because 'he's a doctor he wouldn't do such a thing'. I don't mean to say that issues are not more or less likely to present in certain groups of people. My point is that the magnifying glass we put on individuals to create a certain mental image can be very dangerous, does not do justice to the mass and worse, often leaves other people that don't fit that picture out of the spotlight. None of this should ever happen in an ideal world. Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world but it is important to remember that most people are very decent, nice and helpful. You don't kill all your life-stock because one of them is extremely ill. So yeah, remembering the minority is doing this matters a lot in my opinion.
@@bababababababa6124 the thing is every group, race, and country have their own bad and horrible thing happened. Yeah! It is in minority, but there is nothing you can do about it because humans will always be like that. Rule and law will help, but will not get rid of it permanently.
I met this girl when she was in the US as an exchange student, we got very close and when she had to go back we did our best to stay in contact. Time went by and she stayed strong, we lost contact after a while and years later we started talking again, at this time I joined the military. She was so excited to talk to me again, as was I. We shared pictures, I finally showed her I was in the military and shortly after she stopped talking to me. I was so confused everything was going so well, watching this I finally understand what might have caused this....
Hey Adrian. Just wanted to share that you are my absolute favourite channel. I often rewatch videos while working out and before going to sleep. I am obsessed
He does such an amazing job bringing humanity to the victims. I deeply appreciate the care shown to the victims families and their lives before tragedy struck them. Phenomenal story teller.😃👍
sad....it hurts my heart to watch this video but that is what I do and I hurt with them and then pray, sending peace love and light...thank you for coming to Earth💃💞
Hi Adrian and Coffeehouse Crime family. It's an extremely difficult day for me today, as it's the anniversary of loosing my amazing Mom to breast cancer. Just hearing the little 'jingle' of the Coffeehouse door and the calming voice that followed was enough to take my mind off of things for a while. I very rarely leave a comment but just in case you happen to read this, I want you to know that all of the hard work and dedication to your channel is VERY much appreciated. I always look forward to the days when I can 'pull up a chair' and enjoy a conversation with you and the Coffeehouse family. Thanks again and HELLO from Ontario, Canada! 🇨🇦🥰
Jenna, I am deeply sorry to hear that you lost your Mom. I’m sure many of us know the feeling, but when an anniversary, birthday or Mother’s Day comes up it hits really hard. I will keep you in my prayers and know that there are strangers who care. God bless
The circumstances and his disgusting behaviour of no self-control,yes. How vile and mindless. Didn't even think anything through just headlessly driving around and looking for any potential victims.I cannot believe sometimes thaf we walk on the same planet with these kind of beings.
I am the daughter of a sailor, navy brat- we lived in Yokohama, Nippon for all of my schooling years. I lived on base, and we were CONSTANTLY hearing horrors from Okinawa. As a military associated child many of us were so ashamed of the actions of our citizens, while our temporary (and very accommodating) home country was plagued with disturbed "representing" individuals. As a kid who is told to be proud of our family members fighting for our country, in such a peaceful beautiful place.. it became so very very difficult.
if it wasn't for your ancestor you would in japan but as a comfort women. Be proud of your family members fighting for your country. Don't let the actions of the few ruin the reputation of your pride. If your family member directly did some vile shit, fairplay for you to hate them but if not stop it.
So sad to see things like this, I was stationed in Okinawa for 3 years and I absolutely loved it. We had a violent murder in our squadron by a marine too. It was before my time there but the marine was sleeping with the victims wife and was coerced into murdering the Sgt by the wife so they could be together. Crazy world we’re living in
When I was stationed in South Korea there was a private who was new to the army. He went out into Itaewon a part of Seoul and rang up a 280 dollar tab at a bar. The guy had no money to pay it so he decided to light the bathroom on fire. Well the fire took off quicker and he thought and burned the building killing 4 or 5 if I remember correctly.
I dont blame koreans for hating the military presence in that area , im american and lived in korea and I could sense it was trouble whenever roudy young men came about the stores
@@flowerpower8722 North Korea is backed by China, South Korea and North Korea are enemies, they would absolutely get taken over or at least they’d get bombed really bad.
I appreciate how your videos focus more on the sadness of the case and the victim and their family rather than all the gruesome details and the murderer’s spotlight. You provide in a way, a “moment of silence” to honor the victim and that’s what we need more of. We don’t need all of these twisted killer accounts, we need people like you to share a voice for those who can no longer speak for themselves. Thank you, stay well. 🤗
I really like you ahead of these other people. You don’t make jokes and you are straight to the point. Always my favorite when I get off work and see a new video
Guys like this make life difficult at times for us foreigners here in Japan. Unfortunately there are many from the military/naval bases that don’t respect the surrounding people and culture.
I remember this case all to well. I just graduated SOI and been in the fleet for a few weeks before we had to set out for Arizona for training. It was just before we left that they gathered the entire battalion and briefed us on this incident. I didn’t think much of at the time since I was a fresh boot, but little did I know I would be hearing the full extent of the impact the case had and its lasting effects when I was stationed there 2 years later. A whole new set of regs were placed because of this along with a curfew and in detail what’s going to happen if you fuck up. In short if ur caught doing some dumb shit in Oki. its your ass.
Okinawa is the greatest place I’ve ever been to and if I could live anywhere, it would be there. I loved my time there, the food, the weather and most of all…the people. I will always have a special place in my heart for Okinawa.
Hi Adrian, thank you for your presentation of this case. It broke my heart. If you are going to be covering more Japanese cases, my only suggestion would be to be very mindful of language that constructs the Japanese people as the racialised ‘Other’. I am referring to you using the words “the Japanese natives” when referring to who visits the island. Further, “the Japanese natives” could also be racialised slang (and not ok to use) for the Indigenous peoples of Hokkaido, an island that makes up a part of ‘Japan’. I love your channel. You produce such a high standard of work, I think you are a gem. 💎
Welcome back to Coffeehouse Crime! This case really shook the island of Okinawa. It’s an island with a unique partnership to the U.S., events like these really do strain relationships between the island’s residents and military guests. What’re your thoughts on the case of Rina Shimabukuro and Kenneth Shinzato? Please let me down below.
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Love the new background
Looking forward to this case!
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Thank you for making my work from home job bearable Adrian! I look forward to my week thanks to your videos 😊
Good Evening, Adrian please do the kidnapping of Zephany Nurse, It's an South African case but very interesting.
This guy had everything a job a wife a kid, and he lived in a beautiful country like Japan. He took it all for granted and ruined so many lives for a disgusting sicko fantasy. I don’t understand people like this.
Well where do you think the fantasies came from?
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 your mom
Fantasies of brutalizing women and his own mother. Big red flag.
he shouldve been in prison as a kid
The voices in his head told him to do it... 😈😈😈
the guy had the greatest life a marine ever could get, getting stationed in a tropical paradise, having a good family, all he had to do was not screwing it up.
deep down he knew, he was undeserving of all of this.
Yeah he was/is a total looser
@@fritzkuhne2055 I mean not necessarily true at first at least...? He didn't HAVE to let his mommy issues and sicko fantasies take control of his actions, he didn't have to take advantage of a poor girl in the wrong spot. Until he did that he hadn't done anything undeserving and if he had taken those dark thoughts to therapy instead of acting on them maybe he'd still have his perfect life and better yet Rina could have had hers too... Men if you have such thoughts do NOT think it is normal or healthy just bc you are a man or bc you get sexual gratification from it! Go to a dang SHRINK!
Hope the japanese guys have there way with him he wont be assaulting anyone in there without retribution and the lack of black people in japanese prisons will make his life hell
He was actually a civilian working as a satellite and cable installer on Kadena Air Force Base at the time of the murder.
I gotta say, I found it so satisfying to know that he tried to take his own life unsuccessfully twice. I loathe it when people go on killing sprees or whatnot, only to take their own life before facing justice. It's such a cowardly thing to do, and such a painful final blow to those they hurt who are left to pick up the pieces. It really feels good to know that life denied him going out on his own terms.
but life in prison is better punishment. death takes a few seconds but life in prison much worse than death. He needs to suffer.
The fact he failed twice made me smirk. Allah intervened right there
@@KatherineLaura6564 And sometimes they get let back out to keep murdering.
@@Android-dd7if even more fun than becoming a Park Ranger?
@@kaidorade1317 Being a park ranger in itself wouldn’t be fun. The things you can get away with by being a park ranger would be fucking exhilarating.
I’m a Marine and I will say that unfortunately there’s a lot of bad people here, I didn’t know awful people were serving with me until I joined, Since I joined I had been sexually assaulted by another Marine and have overheard my coworkers talking about getting me and my other female co workers drunk to assault us. I don’t know why to this day the military won’t conduct psychological tests before and during service but it is much necessary. I know not all marines are bad people I’ve met some wonderful human beings here but we all feel terrible to share our title with despicable people who genuinely enjoy hurting others. I can’t wait for my contract to end and never associate with this place ever again… I hope her soul rests in peace she definitely didn’t deserve that, no one does. I hope he spends the rest of his days in prison or gets a death sentence. I don’t and will never blame other countries for not wanting our presence there…
I belive phycological Evans need to be done more and be kept on record. So people will be separated from the good. And also need be looked at for duty stations always. Om so sorry that happened to you and you deserve justice. In okinawa it's a beautiful but a beast .I don't know what it is. It just brings the worst out of alot people. I saw females just cracking not wanting to be there and men acting like animals. It was grate I loved every second of it. I .it's my friends over there
@@arthurgirdwood3466 I agree, it sucks that they won't hesitate on kicking out the members who reach out for mental help when they are dealing with depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, etc but let it not be the douchebags because they will protect those and keep them in with clean record and honors
I am sorry you had to go through this. I have watched a couple of crime channels coverings these acts and it's despicable. There seems to be no system in place to control these acts by military men.
Thank you for your service and sorry for what happened but is it the right place for women to be? When the Iranians took over an American military boat under Obama the 1st thing the Iranians did was separate the women and threaten to rape them which made it harder for the Americans to deal with. When a woman or child's life is threatened it's not the same as a man's and in a sense makes everyone else more vulnerable.
wishing you nothing but safety and i hope you get out of there when that contract ends ! i'm a female and the marines interest me but i don't think i'd ever have the balls too due to the fact that i know there are a few sickos stationed in there just trying to make background story like dahmer personally.
As a veteran, I was stationed there for two years and fell in love with the culture. I even asked my superiors to have my stay extended but it did not happen. Visited Tokyo and had a great time there. Sadly, service menbers like him tarnish the military presence there. He is a POS and gets what he deserves. Lastly, prayers for the family who lost their daughter.
The murderer was not in the military. He was a civilian contractor working on Kadena Air Base.
@@andysloane79 The locals don't see it like that though. They figured he was military.
@@andysloane79 try to convince them, no matter what you are, once they see you either you wear camouflage suit or from the base, they think your military
@@andysloane79 There are articles literally saying he is an ex U.S Marine. He just turned contractor to stay there.
@@systemoperator7792 exactly
My jaw dropped when you said you’ve only been doing this ~1.5 years. You narrate these stories so well and have lots of empathy for the victims. My heart goes out to Rina’s bf and family.
Boom! 😉
You are so right. Love Adrian
Same, my mind was blown way.
That surprised me too.
Love his accent too 😊
I spent four years in Afghanistan working with the American military and some NATO members. I was horrified by these soldiers expressing outrages and despicable acts they wanted to do to Afghan women and children. It was horrific and unbearable sometimes being with them.
Barbarism
Nothing new. Western or NATO soldiers targeting and killing civilians has been going on since forever.
Just the math of bombing 9 children to kill 1 suspected terrorist (who turned out to be a charity worker). Wonder what is hidden.
You’ve got to be insane to justify this. And the so called “good people” should not be covering this stuff up.
The USA and the West has always appeased and even collaborated with fascists, German and Japanese. Their image of freedom and democracy is but a trick.
Yeah, and aren't these animals that are regarded as "Fighters of freedom" or "Heros protecting their country"?
@@dorimeameno5514 there are bad people in most sects of life
I served in the Marine Corps for 13 years and remember when this hit the news. I made wonderful friends from many countries during my time overseas. It's absolutely atrocious the actions of a few will stain the reputation of the many. Rest in peace Rina, you did not deserve your beautiful spirit to be taken away so soon.
I am a US Army vet with 2 brothers who were in the Corps, so I can't help but wonder how this piece of sh** could get accepted into the Corps, anyway?
Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995.
And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa
@TH-cam blows A lot no even worse Americans
Honestly as a Marine rn I don’t know how to feel abt this place, I know not everyone here is bad but I have met some awful human beings here, I just wanna finish my contract and never associate to this place ever again :( idk how you did it for 13 years, my mental health can’t take it anymore
@@ravenmadison2206 I honestly don't know how I did 13 years either since there were plenty of lows with the highs while serving. I was fortunate to have great people to serve alongside of which made the time go by easier. I hope the rest of your contract goes seamlessly for you before you EAS. Semper Fi.
Her poor parents. Cant even imagine the grief of losing their only child let alone the devastation over the violent and sick way she was taken.
I wish we could rewind time and bring her back.
Awful really
I wish libs were as concerned for the 10s of thousands of white women in the US who deal with this crap.
@@quesocoatl21 oh, a troll. Yawn
@@raerae6422 The exact amount of interest I'd expect from a lib about the suffering of whites.
It's so sad
I'm a born and bred Okinawan who lives on this beautiful island. Nearly pooped my pants this morning to see that you actually covered a case from our island. I didn't know Rina personally, but I've known people who knew both Rina and Kenneth. Really tragic stuff. I would like to propose a case - the case of Kelli Cribbs Abad. She was a military wife stationed here with her husband who disappeared mysteriously back in 2011. Left her house with her young kids inside in the night, never to be heard from again. Her mother is still trying to find her to this day.
There's also the case of Eddie Allshouse who was a teenager murdered with a samurai sword back in 2011. That news shocked a lot of us. I only knew of Eddie in passing because he was a few years younger than me, but so many of my friends knew him personally.
Thank you for covering this case, especially from such an unknown little island like Okinawa!
Damn, I am currently station on the island and have not heard of those incidents before. Gotta really have street smart no matter where you are in the world. I do love Okinawa and the locals.
@@Obi7Haki A lot of Japanese crimes tend to be pretty personal. Like revenge or domestic abuse. It's pretty safe here to a point I feel comfortable walking down the street at night by myself as a woman, BUT it always doesn't hurt to be cautious no matter where you go.
Welcome to Okinawa!
I was shocked myself when i saw this. I'm half okinawan and have been living here for nearly 20yrs. Wife is okinawan and we remember when this happened.
I remember Eddie. Great kid. We were both in the live circuit, always asked for advice about music. Broke my heart when he was murdered. I miss him dearly.
@@WoELGPaul Everyone always speaks so highly of Eddie. Wish I had a chance to have met him.
Calm down.
I was stationed in Sasebo when this happened. Sadly it wasn’t the only case but it started a domino effect. The Japanese were always welcoming and kind in my experiences, and after all the incidents you could start too see the locals lose confidence in us.
I kind of understand their feelings too. Welcome someone with love, only to punch you on your stomach and then saying hi.
Nah, the Japanese have always been xenophobic and racist. Just look at all the war crimes they have committed.
It's the same sentiment why the Philippines denied Subic Bay port and Clark airforce base extension.
@@benfrank9622 We did the same in WW2 and well we know how that happened. Now we will permanently be in Japan for the Japanese consequences.
They had all the right to be. Who would want foreign soldiers in their land raping and killing their women.
I spent six month in Okinawa. I loved how beautiful it was there. 90% of the locals are really friendly
I plan on going to Okinawa when I got to Japan for Karate and maybe, some swordsmanship/kendo.
I am looking for other alternatives because my gyms main trip is already going to be expensive.
Are you in the service?
@@georgeweberv6264 Marine Corps, 1998-2013. Stationed there 99-00
@@halosandheroes Thank you for your service, and thank you for being a good ambassador to Japan.
@@georgeweberv6264 Okinawa always gets treated like the tourist/us military extension. The people, the culture, and the lesser known areas of Okinawa are amazing and beautiful.
I lived in Japan right after both of these events happened from 2015 to 2019. I completely understand and sympathize with the Japanese people for how they feel about US military personnel in their country. What those Marines did to that 12 year old girl was disgusting and because of that they have a curfew for lower ranking servicemen. This whole case was so bizarre because he had zero connection to Rina. She was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s heartbreaking honestly.
Its not bizarre if you think about it. You're expecting that murders happen when someone know someone. Jeanne bennette Ramsey's death was blamed on the family members and media still spins this narrative. Everyone looks at the closest and easiest connections like a family member or a neighbor. Its just naturally easier to assume someone knows them. But it is not always the case. It's just easier to look that direction first. Most unsolved cases are however of strangers. Why? The murderer knows that they can get away with it. Why? Becos nobody would suspect them or know who they are or where to look. For the murderer its not just "chance." He scouts his victims or someone similar or an area that he knows well and look for the most earnest opportunity. There is a saying, "courage and integrity is knowing and doing the right thing when no one is looking." For criminals, they don't have neither and they're cowards. They pick on the easy and readily available, unsuspecting victim.
Americans r nuts,remember iraq genocide
Are you talking about a different case?
@@JuliusCeaser_ yes he is talking about the 1995 case
I have had a lot of relatives who were stationed in Okinawa over the years. It's unnerving hearing about people who enlist with the express purpose of being allowed to kill people with no perceived consequences. I really don't blame the citizens for wanting the bases gone, especially after hearing about places like Fort Hood in the States.
What happened at Ft. Hood was basically what happens when domestic violence goes unchecked. Chances are Vanessa Gullem's boyfriend had been abusive in the past and either she never bought it up or nothing was done about it. Sadly men and women killed by their spouses or boyfriends or girlfriends is common
Its either that, Or face being occupied by the Chinese, who would do far worse things.
@@rotarydude9737 Very, very good point. ESPECIALLY with how uppity China is becoming.
Plus- the United States has every right to remain stationed there because of the Japanese atrocities of the Second World War
Same goes for Germany. Exactly the same. Tens of thousands are stationed there as well. Technically, I believe that it has something to do with not allowing these countries to build massive militaries again ever again.
@@Afmedic85 you mean what happens there. there are constant murders or "suicides", sexual assault, etc
Ft. Hood seams to be the murder military base of the US.
Same here in Philippines. There's a US Marine who outrage my whole country, and his name is Scott Pemberton.
@@user-mAfuNqrSe020x Would Chinese and North Koreans be any better? It's all check and balances. America is helping them
@@cr8zy8killa4 nice try i am atheist.
I support kalergi plan though
@@cr8zy8killa4helping? You sure? Blegh. Get away from our countries. Stay in yours. Why do you keep trying to encroach on everyone and never taking responsibility. You’d rather fund a genocide than lose control
@@cr8zy8killa4The US’ days are numbered as the political/social climate continues to polarize.
This was a really sad and disturbing case. I think most of us have read about and watched most true crime documentaries from the uk/America and it’s refreshing to hear about cases that happen more internationally
Except an American did this nasty, vile murder. As an American, I have to wonder why our military can’t do a better vetting job…this guy had a record showing his bad character. I suggest the military these days is so woke they don’t dare reject a “person of color.” I feel so sad this young woman died at the hands of an American serviceman…the military are supposed to be protectors, not destroyers. He should NEVER have been in the armed forces. Waste of space.
I would garner to guess that most people who are watching this channel have a light interest in true crime and are minimally invested. They are short summaries of events, and it is a great introductory channel to the genre. It covers a wide range of cases superficially so it is easily digestible and can peak interest.
I mean if you want to learn about international crimes and cases all you gotta do is put effort and look things up..you know.... research
@@lissaylissean9940 That's great and everything but what is your point
Sadly, this is a story about America spreading it's tentacles overseas, and instead of spreading democracy and freedom, it's spreading a growing hate for America. Close the U.S. military camps that aren't in the U.S., down. Shut them down.
I was a Marine stationed in Japan from 2007-2010 and a Navy guy raped a woman, another Marine killed a taxi driver. This caused so much tension with the locals and we were quarantined on base for months on end. For a couple of weeks we had protestors with mega-phones screaming 24/7 right outside the fence and gate which was where my barracks was located.
I am sure they think they want the US out until the US actually leaves. Then they'll be swiftly reminded why we are there.
Yeargh, well can'tcha see what's goin' on? It's Vietnam ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
@@OtomoTenzi
Myth: The US military routinely used inhumane tactics on the people, while the VC were benefactors
Fact: This is one of the most scurrilous accusations of the war. It is completely and provably false.
No one has ever found a single document stating that it was US policy to commit atrocities.
Numerous documents exist proving that it was official policy of the North Vietnamese government to commit atrocities.
The worst known incident from the Vietnam War of atrocities committed by American troops was the My Lai massacre - 504 were murdered.
The worst known incident from the Vietnam War of atrocities committed by the communists was the Tet massacre in Hue - more than 5000 were murdered.
Critics point to US bombing as evidence of atrocities, however, the location and impact of those bombs is never discussed.
The rules of engagement for Vietnam were so crazy that President Johnson once boasted that the Air Force "couldn't hit an outhouse without [his] permission".
Myth: Almost all US troops committed atrocities against civilians.
Fact: Atrocities were rare and punishable offenses. The vast majority of troops acted honorably and professionally.
This lie has been told repeatedly, most recently in Nick Turse's Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam.
Turse's book is filled with inaccuracies, flawed assumptions and gross generalizations as well as communist agitprop typical of the NVA.
The lie is based on three things; the US dropped a lot of bombs in Vietnam, artillery was used extensively and that the military was reluctant to report atrocities like My Lai.
Although a lot of ordnance was expended in Vietnam, the vast majority of it was spent in the sparsely populated northern provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien and northwest of Saigon, where the heaviest concentrations of communist forces were.
The Rules of Engagement for artillery use were very strict and required the approval of South Vietnamese officials in every case except confirmed active combat operations.
Bombing and artillery were not allowed in populated areas unless troops were directly engaged in combat. Even then approval from above was required except in extreme circumstances.
Throughout the war three major incidents were confirmed by investigators; My Lai, Son Thang and the Tiger Force operations.
Approximately 2.6 million personnel served in Vietnam. If each of the 320 documented incidents involved an average of a company of 350 men, 4.3% of American personnel were confirmed as involved in or at least aware of atrocities.
Investigations found enough evidence to formally charge 203 men with crimes. 57 were court-martialed, and 23 were convicted.
The worst known atrocity, My Lai, involved a company of 350 men. 26 were charged with crimes. Between 350 and 520 civlians died.
The only reason we know about atrocities committed in Vietnam is because eyewitness servicemen reported it and the military investigated.
Total civilian mortality attributable to American operations in Vietnam is estimated to be about 70,000 people, of which 1500 were attributable to crimes.
Many atrocity stories were told by soldiers who either never even set foot in Vietnam or never saw any combat.
To put these in perspective, North Vietnam killed more civilians in the North alone during the "land reform" massacres of the 50's and 60's than the American military did during the entire war.
@@cyclone8974 OK, but what about the special US-Vietnam relations policy set forth by the Nixon Administration? You know, the one that allowed for at least 10-20 kilos of cocaine to be smuggled back to the US with each dead American soldiers' casket? Rapes, murders, plundering, coke-smuggling, and various other war crimes that go unpunished are just a few of the many benefits that can be reaped in when you shake hands and do business with the USofAIDS!
@@OtomoTenzi You upvoted your own comment lol
Yeah just forget the massacres committed routinely by NVA/Vietcong because of something that you probably made up.
Cocaine is grown in South America not Vietnam. They aren't going to sail to South America on the way back to the US from Vietnam.
I suggest covering Canada's Shell Lake Massacre, it is a really interesting read about a family massacre, with one survivor. My dad had grown up in the neighboring town and knew of the killer and the survivor. She (survivor) was at my dad's funeral, I may have met her without realizing.
This one!!!
as a canadian i agree
I did a re search paper on this case,and this would be an amazing case to do.!!
Had never heard of this one, shocked by what I am hearing about it I would love a much more in depth of it.. Just a Horribly crazy story for sure..
It's heavily covered already but I'm sure Adrian could add something different to it lol
It's also interesting to note that there were people in the United States who also wanted the bases gone after this tragedy, since there was (and still is) a problem with US soldiers doing heinous shit in Okinawa. Basically, they believed that soldiers shouldn't be there if they're going to abuse their stationing like that.
Of course, though, the US wants a strong position against China and North Korea, so nothing came of it.
It’s more than that, but after ww2 the agreement for Japan to lay down it’s arms and surrender was made with the agreement that it would also give up its military. Japan no longer has a military, they only have a self defense force, so the question is how do they supplement their minimized forces? Part of the surrender conditions are that the US would help protect Japan. Of course the US also wants to project its power out to the east and use Japan and Korea as platforms for that. They are a close alli and I assure you all the other armed forces in Japan condemn actions of people like this marine. They make us look horrible and disgusting, and many of us work very hard to show them we’re not all the same.
@@benjaminghazi787 except you are all the same thousands of your soldiers commit war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and got medals for it and the people who expose them were labeled criminals instead
Calm down lol. There are a lot of counties worst than USA I mean North Korea China Africa and a lot of Muslims killing and oppressing women. Sorry America is great country and very diversity. A lot of legal immigrants coming here. Keep hating. We love you too
@mea
@@mealovesyu oh, a pinkie
Thanks, Adrian. Weird how Japan threw the book at this guy, (he deserved it!) yet the four guys who kidnapped, tortured, sexually assaulted and eventually killed Junko Furuta over a 44 day period, got two years? Justice systems all over the world are effed. I know the four involved were legal minors at the time, but, please, in both cases, premeditation was involved. That should be very important.✌😸
Junkos case broke me. I can never finish any video on her 💔🙏🏿 the sentences were appalling.
You're also forgetting that case happened 40+ years ago. Justice system was different back then
Protecting their own
@@cakes3958 care to explain what you mean by that?
@@Lenin941FN I’m sure if the boys who tortured and murdered Junko were not Japanese, they’d have been punished appropriately. It’s widely known that the boys had links to the yakuza and so they were barely punished at all.
I was based in Okinawa a few years after this. US military sexual assaults were still a real problem. That said, they (at least my battalion) made god damn sure you knew what to expect if there was even a whisper of you acting in a way you shouldn’t out in town. We were made aware of this case. Basically, our battalion was told of you fuck up, don’t expect support or shelter. Expect punishment to the fullest extent of the law, Japanese law and us military law.
As a side note, we were also made clear on if we did have consensual sex, and got someone pregnant, when everybody else gets to go home, you would be kept on the island to figure out life with your new family. They were not about to let marines get someone preggers and run home. So watch where you put that dick fellas! Now go and enjoy that weekend liberty.
punishment by US military is basically sending the soldier back home. Not even a slap in the wrist
Why doesn't Japan do anything to remove these violent U.S military from their homelands?
@@goodbad-boy Not true in the slightest, and the phrase is a slap on the wrist.
@@Wanoiyori 🤡🤡🤡
@@goodbad-boy Have you been in the US Military?? BC from my experience it was the EXACT opposite...
I was stationed at Kadena Air Base in the early 1990s and I don't blame the Okinawan people for wanting us Americans out. The only crime that happened there was from service members. Quite a few restaurants and night clubs would have signs posted stating "No Americans" because of the problems we caused. They think we are barbaric and I can't disagree with them.
US has no business having a military base in Japan. America thinks they own the world.
It's because you Americans take mental people in your arms forces constantly
That is completely bs. Then and now, Okinawans and visiting mainlanders commit more crimes per capita than service members. The spotlight is simply brighter on service members (as it should be), but let's not distort reality. Most of the rowdiness on the part of Americans that goes on is at foreigner owned bars and nightclubs due to the abundance of alcohol. Many of these more grimy establishments have already been shutdown. In the 90's it was certainly worse than it is now, but the constant restrictions, stricter rules, and national spotlight have really reduced the number of crimes committed by service members in Okinawa. If you ever actually mingled with the Okinawan population, you will realize that a good many Okinawans actually like our presence. We bring money and a different culture to their communities and businesses. The most distain comes from the very old and paid, "professional protesters" from the mainland. Much of the narrative around this topic actually comes from the mainland. You know why? Once bases start to close and land becomes available, wealthy Japanese real estate tycoons can swoop in and build vacation homes and tourist traps.
@@friedenstone9779 you good?
US military should go back to where they belong, not on other people's lands. If the tables were turned they would call them terrorists. 🤷
I lived in Japan as a civilian for a decade and when I moved there I was told over and over that each one of us individually is the representative of our home country. That anything we do will change Japanese perceptions on how our country is like and I took it to heart. I met a lot of soldiers while I lived there and I could tell so many of them felt like they were on vacation and could do what they wanted. It made me really mad not just for myself as someone being badly misrepresented by these people, but for the Japanese citizens around me having to deal with them. I really believe we need to lower the number of bases in Japan and enact harsher punishments for things because right now the situation isn’t good.
Do people in foreign countries just forget that their actions will represent the actions of their entire people (whether that is wrong or right). When I travel, I make sure I'm on my best behaviour cause I always feel like I am representing black men everywhere. This guy is an absolute embarrassment and worse....A monster.
Some people don't care. After all, they're criminals. If they did care they would be like you, making sure they're on their best behavior.
This is so embarrassing and so sad too, I hope this doesn’t sound wrong of me to say that I’m sometimes embarrassed to be a black girl, plus I’m a marine who was stationed in Camp Schwab too
No most people don’t forget and aren’t monsters
Considering he is a murderer and joined the US military to push that intent, I don't think he cared what he represented
@@sanrevelle219 being embarrassed by what others do is noble but still not fair. Don't beat yourself over something that you can't control and don't condone.
I'm always disgusted by this shit. I'm a veteran and couldn't be more ashamed of our conduct overseas. There's dozens of stories of shit happening to innocent people while I was on deployment because some prick decided to get drunk and break into a stranger's home or something.
Thats not our fault thats a sole individuals choice
This is why I refuse to let others bully/pressure or shame me into automatically respecting/honoring every veteran who randomly tells me of their veteran status, some jobs have tried to pressure me into saying, "Thank you for your service" every time a veteran tells me of their status, and I've been treated like crap for trying to explain that it's against my spiritual beliefs to do such a thing, bc I have no way of knowing what any given military member might have actually done during their service... As long as there is still no end to cases like this, I'll be sticking by it too. Besides, IMO, true heroes don't gloat and make others be slavishly grateful to them...
@@kymo6343 I think the thanking them for their service came about after the troops came home from Vietnam and were disrespected, I agree with you that we don't know how any one individual has comported themselves overseas and thanking them blindly is misguided.
I was stationed in Okinawa as a U.S Marine from 2009-2011. The Marines were constantly under lockdown while I was there due to bad activities, and I'd hoped that they would have improved attitudes after I left. It looks like that didn't happen :( I'm sad to hear about this story.
US has no business having a military base in Japan.
Roid Rage Rapey marines can't control themselves. I think today there are more good than bad ones though ^_^
But the Okinawa situation is long. Most locals don't want them there anymore. noise pollution and other intrusive stuff
@@Kirby-Krios Hey, we're not all like that :( I spent the whole time there trying to aid in getting us a better reputation by learning the language, interacting with locals, and visiting (and respecting!) treasured locations like Shuri Castle. I had a few comrades who were happy to join me for such activities.
I will agree that there were a LOT of bad apples though.
@@tsuyunoinochikoukyo4062 unfortunately it’s the bad apples that ruin it for everyone else, though
You are aware "military" and "police" have highest rates of domestic violence in USA, right? I know from personal experience there are worse things than death. And one of those is surviving a military spouse who uses military training on their spouse and children.
I love the detail to the background information you provide in each case
Me too! Excellent! And the pictures of the locations r very helpful too. Excellent well-researched stories & videos.
Spam sushi? Never heard of it b4. No thx. 🤣
@@beverlycharles6534 It wasn't very well researched. The murderer was not in the Marines nor was he stationed on Okinawa. The man had been in the Marines previously and was working on Kadena Air Base as a civilian contractor. Furthermore, the US bases only take up about 15% of the landmass of Okinawa island. This narrator doesn't know what he's talking about.
@@andysloane79 He was indeed an Ex Marine at the time of the incident, Marines is what brought him there where he decided to stay -- met & married his wife. That was what was conveyed and is correct. He wasn't AT ALL saying anything negative about the Marines. I live not far from an ay base and some military decide to stay...lots of military get out & choose to stay. That's no surprise.
Remember the case where the Uber driver killed people and picked up a passenger during his murder spree? The newspaper called him an Ex-Uber driver tho he clearly was an active driver at the time he acted....to me it consequential. Nobody stopped getting Ubers...or had fear it would happen again. Its clear this guy had issues BEFORE the Marines, but obviously even Marines can be bad seeds. Just like Cops, Firemen, executives, shopkeepers, Marines & drivers
Thank you for your service 🎖️
I remember another case when a 14 year old girl was raped and murdered by another marine on that base. The marines behaved liked drunken Barbarians and the Okinawans campaigned to have the bases shut down and the marines sent home. It happened in other parts of Japan too. They wanted rid of the drunken raping creeps.
right after that some officer got super drunk, went to the person who lived next door, and beat him up thinking he was in his house and the guy was a robber or something.
@@spacerat111 sounds like the Amber Guyger case, the policewoman who entered the wrong apartment, thinking it was hers, and killed the occupant
@@gordonaliasme1104
Oh yes! I saw that story here on YT about two weeks ago. She was too trigger happy, as well as blind.
Drunken raping creeps. Nice. Awful thing to say about people putting there minds, bodies, and lifes on the line for there country.... but nice
Our military has been compromised long ago at the top. Our military recruits just about any pos as long as they kill when told to.
I was stationed in Okinawa in 2017 when another Marine took a gov’t vehicle at 5am and killed a elder local in a DUI. Whole island got locked down for military personnel. Interestingly, local businesses were hurting badly because the military contributes heavily to the economy. The Marine got sentenced in Japanese court, and when that sentence is up, he will have to serve time for breaking UCMJ law too.
Yup drunk mf with a 7 ton
Hope they throw the book at him
From my experience putting everyone on lockdown gets you your ass kicked
@@joseolivarra7791 well.... yes.
I left my UDP the day after that happened. Didn’t get to face the consequences for that but the UNIT we were slapping hands with did. SMH
Re-commented from last video:
I would highly recommend covering the case of Bernadette Walker, case from Peterborough UK in summer 2020, whereby a 17 year old girl was initially reported missing by her parents, but when the investigation was handed to a new officer after a few days of being open, all was not as it first seemed. Its a heartbreaking but fascinating case, and a surprising amount of information about this case is on the Internet. Really think it would be a great case to cover.
I am sure it would be but next time dont give us the entire scenario first 🤣🤣🤣 just teasing you
Don’t recall this one, living in Norfolk so on East coast, but stopped watching almost all main news media in UK 3-4 years ago.
@@cats.addict6457 this isn't netflix, these are real people
This mans content is phenomenal
As someone who was Marine, I am often disgusted by some of the stories I hear about other service members. It breaks my heart to know people like this exist in all aspects of life but it hurts even more when it is someone who is supposed to serve the public of not just the US but anywhere they are needed. Life in prison is more than generous for this guy, he forfeited his right to life. I only hope others in Japan know that we are not all like this and I have nothing but love and respect for my fellow humans. As ironic as that can sound for someone who served, I mean it with all my heart.
God bless you💓
Devil, its not ironic. We fight the enemy. That doesn't mean we hate anyone.
The sentiment in every country with US soldiers are they are there because they are too stupid to get a job or go to college. My friends told me so many stories about how creepy they are and stupid they act in Itaewon in Korea lol
When okinawa local become second rate citizen in their own land. The irony
I've never seen or spoken to a marine that claims to be a "former marine" or someone that "was a marine".
"once a marine, always a marine." is what I've always heard.
Having lived in Okinawa, the people there are some of the most wonderful human beings I’ve ever met. They are very friendly and kind. I loved the food and going up to Nago to see the aquarium, or even just vegging out on the beautiful beaches there. Most of the military personnel are good people. It’s sad that one man caused so much damage to both communities. The anger Okinawan’s felt is beyond justified, and the death penalty was definitely merited in this case. The death penalty in Japan is far more harrowing than the death penalty in the US. This is because there is no execution date given. The date of the execution is going to happen at random, early in the morning, and the individual is then hanged. The psychological anxiety leading up to their execution is considered to be hell itself, and just for the evil acts carried out on their victims. Prayers to the victims of this horrible crime.
See I agree with this. The death penalty should be taken extremely seriously, but not completely abolished, IMO. It should be reserved for murder cases when there is overwhelming evidence, or overwhelming evidence of S/A against a child under 12. Either of these crimes would be justifiably punished with the DP. And if strong enough evidence of such a crime is present, they shouldn't get to live 20+ years and then have a relatively comfortable death by injection. This is exactly how it should happen, though only when it absolutely needs to happen...
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@@kymo6343 you know lethal injection is in fact the complete opposite of "comfortable" and rather quite inhumane right? It paralyzes you first and then shoots flames throughout your body, and that's if you're lucky enough to die quickly. Sometimes the intended dosage fails and inmates go through the procedure repeatedly. It's hard to determine what the most "humane" way of killing someone is, but if one thing's for sure it's not lethal injection.
This is awful. I feel that we need better psychological screening before accepting people into the military. I know there are a lot of good service people. And we shouldn't be letting the bad ones in with them. We should be activly trying to prevent psychopaths from getting into positions of power.
Agreed! As much as people say 'there were no signs' surely people close to them may sometimes have a clue, odd feeling or have heard creepy comments etc.
Yes. And it doesn’t help that that a lot of courts have given young guys that get into trouble with the law the option of going to jail or joining the military. I honestly don’t know how prevalent that is, but I have heard of it.
Why do you think only .067% of the US population can cut it as a Marine? It takes a very specific kind of person to cut it. There are so many people here complaining about us being drunkards and loud but no one points out that when fighting a war we are the ones you all want. We are the most effective fighting force and honesty if we all where as violent and uncontrollable as some people are saying then this issue would be a hell of alot worse. This man is a pos. Painting him as hes a pos because hes a Marine is bullshit, he was a pos long before this.
@@judymurray191 I’ve been in the Army for 20 years and did time as a recruiter….there’s no such thing as “join the military or go to jail”. Also, as long as you don’t have major law violations, meet medical & educational requirements, you’re eligible to serve. Now days they do extensive medical background checks and if you’ve seen mental health specialists, you’ll be highly scrutinized and even disqualified for specific mental health issues.
Hahaha - we would not have a military if we were more strict.
I was stationed in MCAS Futenma when this happened. I remember the consequences that followed upon the news. It’s incredibly how terrible humans can be sometimes, and it’s even worse when it’s if a person who is expected to hold themselves to the big three: Honor, Courage, Commitment. I didn’t hear much BEYOND the CO telling us what happened, but this brings the closure I needed. Thank you for this post.
There is no honor and courage in the military of an blood thirsty empire
@@shinyamada488 HONOR, COURAGE, COMMITMENT are the core values of Marine Corps. I never said the COUNTRY had those values.
@@usmcnguyentrw+ And I was referring to the Imperial Military. Genocide is it's foundation
@@shinyamada488 THAT makes more sense now. I appreciate the clarification.
I am a Japanese. And I’m proud of American military personnel.
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Together we defend our most important value system, i.e., freedom, from tyranny and authoritarian regimes.
At the same time we should deal with, or eliminate, evil in us and among us as of early stages as possible to prevent misdeeds.
The spirit of democracy will live on despite the opposition from CCP, Russia and other rogue states.
We the nations of democracy will defeat Chinese Communist Party and Putin’s Russia.
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I always love your kindness and respect towards the victims and the victim's families. Cheers!
My father met my mother while stationed in Okinawa during the 90s, he loved Okinawa and only spoke fondly of his time there. This case broke my heart :(
Jacqueline: I met my wife at Kadena,Air base Okinawa in the mid 80's.
We lived in the first co-ed dorms on base and met there.
We eventually got married in the capital city of Naha,Okinawa.
I don't recall anything like this happening while we were there,as a matter of fact we weren't viewed as "the conquering hoarde"and the locals were all very welcoming.
No.
This case broke His heart 💜
The subject was your father.
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@@ebayerr I think in any place you’re gonna be treated well as long as you are respectful to the locals. If you want them to be racist to you it’s quite simple: be rude to them and hurt their interests.
@@1mol831 : Agreed.And it helps if you learn the local language and try to speak it as often as possible.
My wife and I took a Japanese language course taught by an Okinawan and practiced it whenever we went out.
As an American, I’m appalled!!! I have close relatives in the US Military, 2 of which are Marines. This is unacceptable on so many levels ! My prayers are with the family and friends of the victim.
Great work Adrian …. The only way these kind of issues can be made better is for people to know about them. Thank you for covering this case. Love to all from Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
This was in 2016
As an American, I'm proud!!!
Instead of prayers that help no one, maybe you and your relatives should start a campaign to have often psych evaluation for marines? I mean actually do something?
I am a relatively new subscriber to your channel, but am always floored by the length to which you go to look at the entire picture and present the facts… appreciate your effort and level of professionalism.
I am so in awe of how quickly the Okinawa police acted! In America: "Missing? They probably ran away. Come back in a month and we'll tell you the same thing."
Murders nd missing people don't happen that often in a lot of countries like Japan.
@@MarkTulloch murders, no but no can tell you as someone who lives in Japan, people go missing all the time. They do the same as the US but in a shorter time (the police would say wait 36 hours and if they don’t return, make a formal report for investigation).
80% they come back home or are found in a neighboring prefecture by family or friends/acquaintances before the 36 hours is up.
Uhm no, missing cases are taken serious by the police in the US as well. Stop believing what social media says, smh. Also the reason why missing cases take longer in the US is because if you have used that tiny brain of yours you would have known by now that the US isn't a tiny island like Okinawa, in fact is the 3rd largest country on the planet with 50 states to count.
Bro you could say the same thing in Korea.
It's 72 hours for ADULTS and with Children LE acts immediately (AKA Amber Alerts) ... law enforcement has progressed since the 80s lmao
This reminds me of the murder of Jennifer Laude by Joseph Scott Pemberton, another US Marine stationed in the Philippines. Both extremely sad and disturbing. Pemberton was given presidential pardon in 2020 and sparked a national outrage.
What! Going to look this one up, why was there a pardon? Ugh
Just read that in that case the 'trans panic' defense was used which is effed up - you don't get to assault or kill someone because something about them surprised you! Disgusting. Too much transphobia and homophobia around too
@@nizdolls the family accepted the blood money. He was in rage after learning the victims gender.
This is exactly what I thought. And the way our president dealt with the situation really angered me.
I never understood why people in other countries hated Americans. When I started paying attention to politics & the crap the government has done. I could see why. We've been lied to over & over. Just like people in other countries were lied to by their governments.
The sad part is, none of us have a say in what their government does, any more than other people do with their government in other countries.
But people like this pos murderer, make us look even worse. They should have let the people do what they wanted to him.
YOOOO, I lived on the island on one of the military bases when this murder happened, and to say that the locals were outraged was to put it lightly. The Marines had a bad reputation amongst the other bases due to many fatal drunk driving accidents but this was one of those situations that completely crossed the line. At many times, the locals would protest outside the gates to the base, calling for us to leave the island officially, to a point where we weren't allowed to leave the base so that no trouble would occur. This case unfortunately set back the good relationship between us Americans and the locals, and the Marines were given heavy restrictions also.
Im glad it was that strict. Why should you leave base, you're there to work
@@ot7stan207 i like sushi and playing soccer with the locals on my weekends off
Edit: not everyone is the same as the man in this video just an fyi.
@@ot7stan207 The military isn't a prison. You lack the education what military personnel go thru. Civilian murders outweigh all military on the planet. Should civilians go to work and stay home? Your comment is so stupid.
@@sebulba69 well you can eat sushi and play soccer when you get home. Those things are trivial compared to someone’s life
@@sebulba69 you Americans feel so entitled. Respect the country you are in. You are there for work not to have fun
Cases of murder, rape and assault committed by those serving in the US military are actually extremely common in communities which are forced to host US military bases, but this is particularly common in Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.
Unfortunately, corruption is notoriously rife within the US military at every level, so these cases are often not prosecuted in the same way as if they had been committed by anyone else.
This is one of few cases that americans weren't able to hide
I remember this case. My brother was stationed in Japan at the time and all the bases went into lockdown. They couldn't go anywhere. I thought it so sad because my thought was in such a welcoming country, American service men are always fucking it up.
That's why were are the USofAIDS...
And this is why US should not built their bases in other countries thinking they own that country and can do whatever they want.
This is not the first time. It happen in several other countries. Be it experimenting biological virus etc or crimes committed by US armies. There is nothing that country can do.
Arm Forces doesn’t go through background investigation when they enlist, so u get the worst type of people.
We don't send our best to the military. Its very sad and I wished it never happened plus think of his poor son. Growing up with this over his head its a tragedy for all.
Some of our best ARE military. It takes one bad apple to ruin everything. As with any group, there will always be bad ones.
I was living in Okinawa when it happened. I worked at the child care center on Kadena and my supervisor told me she had to talk to me (I was dropping off some papers at the front desk and thought I was in trouble) She said she had to read me something, I don't remember all the details but one thing was "avoid mentioning certain topics on social media" I texted my husband asking what happened and he told me. Awful situation, that poor girl
I was stationed at Kadena AB in the air force when this happened. Everyone was on dry orders (no alcohol) after that crime. Says how bad it was when all branches of the military got punished for an individual’s crime.
It is easy to resolve Tony - these boys should use their d***s only to pee.
Especially given this sicko was a civilian contractor, he never got enlisted in the Marines.
You demons commit a lot crimes! Wherever you go death follows closely
no alcohol = punishment LOL
@@125discipline2 alcohol is a coping mechanism for a lot of military and it affected EVERY base in all of Japan. Every branch.
I was attached to the LSSS on Camp Foster in Okinawa a few months after what Kenneth did and we almost never took cases where the victim was a local national of Japan, we gave those personnel over to the Japanese court system
Im actually a marine stationed at Okinawa right now. Hearing this story just makes me feel ashamed. Luckily it's gotten alot better with how the Okinawan's view us and vice versa. thanks for covering this story and have a great day!
How are things now?
@@sumfagola pretty good now. Local Japanese and Okinawan’s depend on us for business and we depend on them for services. My girlfriend is a local and I like to help her family get stuff from the base stores. Like jasmine rice or soaps.
back ur home coward , what u people doing there ??
Isn't it very few who act like barbarians? It is always the minority that gives a group a bad rep.
@@addie_is_me yes. I'm also stationed here but in north Japan. Majority of the base population is VERY respectful to the culture. You'll always have that unfortunate few that suck. But not all japanese people are nice to foreigners either. You here a lot of stories about being followed, cussed at, photos being taken of you. Can be uncomfortable at times 😞
I was stationed in hawaii during this and remember it vividly. Not too long after this stories started breaking in hawaii about military personnel committing similar crimes against locals and people started worrying that restrictions would start hitting hawaii as hard as they hit Japan. It’s fucking sad that some people are just incapable of not doing terrible things to others.
Funny how many such people end up in the military or law enforcement too.
F Hawaii!
@@Elyseon Why's it funny? do you want your wars fought by wieners who can't even read a comment on the net without getting butthurt about it? I think it makes perfect sense that those who seek violence join the military.
To the inevitable Wieners: I'm not saying being in the service makes you a crazy lunatic, I'm saying it's perfectly natural that crazy lunatics are drawn to the profession.
Oh no, this is so sad... and even though I'm not American, I feel ashamed. I completely understand the Japanese protesting the Americans' presence. Also the case you mentioned of the soldiers assaulting a 12 year old girl is terrible. RIP Rina 💚
I’m from the UK 🇬🇧 and I feel ashamed to 😔😢😭
Good to know I'm not alone in feeling my nation's misery.
Why would anyone ever feel shame for a complete different and unknown individual is beyond me. But I do agree this is tragic, of course. I understand why the Okinawaians want the American soldiers out, but it's not that easy either.
Maybe she deserved it
Honstly American marines are so crazy the marines in general not all but there's some deep psychological issues with them it's scary had a normal friend who was your typical high school foot ball jock and then went to military after high school and had him come to are college party and became batsh!!!t crazy !
Such an innocent woman ,
Murdered brutally 😭
Rest in peace Rina-chan 💔
Adrian continues to flex on us with his impeccable pronunciation of names, it doesn't go unnoticed and is greatly appreciated!!!! 🤗🤗🤗
ikr
lol no
I was stationed in Okinawa from 2010-2012. I worked as a Brig Guard and was in charge of watching over a murderer for the last year of my time on the island. If Coffeehouse Crime is interested in covering another Okinawa case, I'd be happy to tell him about my time with them and what they told me while being in pre-trial confinement.
Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995.
And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa
@@pp3k3jamail ya'll?
Guess your just like every other black person then too huh?
What an ignorant thing to say.
there is another okinawa case the kelsey briggs disappearance.
I was stationed in Okinawa for four years. Always heard about this story while living there. A lot of the older generation didn't like the military there, and always held protests outside the main gate of our base. Loved the island and culture but some people ruined it for us all.
Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995.
And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa.
Then get your s*** together and remove your bases. Eastern Asia’s internal affair is none of your country’s business.
World need a new order. China❤ will institute it. Wait and see.
Prepare tissue in case you drool.
I am a Japanese. And I’m proud of American military personnel.
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Together we defend our most important value system, i.e., freedom, from tyranny and authoritarian regimes.
At the same time we should deal with, or eliminate, evil in us and among us as of early stages as possible to prevent misdeeds.
The spirit of democracy will live on despite the opposition from CCP, Russia and other rogue states.
We the nations of democracy will defeat Chinese Communist Party and Putin’s Russia.
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As someone in a country with US military presence and have experienced the same this is truly disgusting. Sadly, a lot of the troops think they are badasses and can do anything they want and wont be punished for it. I mean, they are even glorified after their “service” which makes sense why a lot ends up being entitled. I’m sorry, this is not just a case of “there are just some bad apples”, it just happens too much in every country they are based in and I hope the US does not ignore this!
What poor Rina must have felt in those moments, it must have been horrifying. May she rest in peace.
I was having a rough day. And you just made my day. Look forward to watching with my coffee. Thank you.
Truro Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦 ❤
Thanks Tracy! I hope your day picks up ☕
Congrats on 1 mil subs! Love how respectful you are in the way you present these cases ❤️
I love your videos!
Can we take a moment to praise Adrian on his impeccable pronunciations!
Hey Adrian, you should look into the case of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino transwoman who was also killed by US soldiers stationed here in the Philippines. It's a case similar to the one today. The worst part about her case is that her killer got fully pardoned by our current president Duterte. She was killed because she was transgender, and her killer even made his defense about trans panic. Her story is one that needs to still be heard, especially since he evaded justice for his crimes
That's incredibly sad
nah
Hold on, he was pardoned?? That pisses me off
As a trans woman these cases are so under reported. I would like to see one or two on the troubles lgbt people face and their killers getting away with too many things
I see nothing wrong with a rape victim killing their rapist.
Very sorry to the people of Japan and the family and friends of their loss of Rina. 🙏🏾🙇🏾
I was saving this one for a day I was ready for such a story…after watching it but especially after you mentioned the case in the 90s of the 12 year old girl I had to look into it then I needed a break to process that all before I could even react in comments. It’s been over a week since I processed it. Hard to find the words to express. One of the perps in the 90s case you mention at the end actually had the audacity to complain about the prison labor for the measly 6 years he spent and the other perp ended up committing murder-suicide…not much about the “main” perp…perhaps a case you should consider covering as I didn’t have time to look into all of it myself
I used to work for the VA as a nurse, and would often ask myself how the military even enlisted some of these people.
Just like we asked ourselves how you became a nurse…
Right?
@@ThuyPham-lr5dc touché…now how are you pretending to be a human being?
Glad its now former, people with your shitty attitude. Are everthing wrong with the VA system. If you got fired and a bad SF-50 I would not be shocked.
Sometimes it’s just impossible to predict what someone will become.
Sweet girl, more valuable to this world than anyone will ever realize.
Love how well researched your videos are. My heart breaks for Rina
Having grown up in Okinawa (specifically on Camp Lester) this is absolutely heartbreaking. To hear about these awful things happening at the hands of servicemen is nothing short of infuriating. Never once had I ever been treated with any sort of disrespect from a native while living there.
Even at their protest, the respect that they have for us despite what one of our servicemen did leaves me speechless.
These happen rather quite often ! American soldiers commit crimes and run back to the base were Japanese police "HAS NO JURISDICTION" due to the base being considered American soil . Hence they get away with it 98% of the time . And these is not only in Okinawa but in a lot others cities in Japan were US has a military base .
they should withdraw all their presence from Japan tbh. ww2 is long gone and they have nothing to do there anymore except flaunting their imperialistic tendencies.
@@Sargassian Yeah, let Japan deal with their own nonsense. America needs to start putting Americans first rather than protecting others. No need to protect Taiwan or Korea as well. America should stay out of other nations and build our country and our surrounding neighbors
@@Sargassian And let China in instead? The Japanese government at large wants no part of that.
@@JourneyDestination i agree go back in america let us trade with china and build influence with india or russia to fix our own problem
Wow thats crazy to hear
I love that you give a backstory to the victims and killers. It gives the situation so much more meaning and the reality behind it. Keep up the good work!
My mother was stationed in Okinawa before I was born, and even back then (by her own admission) there were many problematic interactions between American servicemen and locals. This has been an ongoing issue since the 1960s, possibly longer.
Problems there have been happening since the 1950's.
« Problematic interactions ».. No, it’s more psychopathic and criminal behaviour from Us military men
@@clarissearmitage1042 you're not wrong. I was trying to be diplomatic. But let's call it what it is, and that is EXACTLY what it is
@@MeleeStormbringer 👍🏼👍🏼
@@MeleeStormbringer That is because the lowest uneducated futureless men are the ones to join the military. So it's no surprise you get the worst that humanity has to offer deployed in a peaceful island committing crimes like this.
I served in the Air Force from 1981 - 90. My first duty assignment was Kadena AFB, Okinawa and I loved the place and the people. It was my first time being off the east coast of the U.S. and I was completely enchanted. That said, there had always been trouble, especially from the Marines, from people stationed there. In the last few months of my tour, two Marines had murdered an Okinawan taxi driver. When asked why they had done it, they said that they wanted to know what it was like to kill somebody.
Two years ago, my university hosted students from the debate society in Saga, Japan. The topic was the termination of U.S. Military presence in Japan. The debate team for the motion used the violent crimes committed by U.S. military personnel (this case being one of them) as part of their reason. It is absolutely horrific and sad that this young woman's life was taken from her and that this type of thing is not the first time it has happened in Okinawa. I hope my country can straighten themselves out and maintain a long and meaningful cooperation and friendship with Japan.
Forget the past.
You’ll be kicked out in the next 15 years.
@@mealovesyu No we won't . . . Japan won't let us leave bc of tensions with China.
@@mealovesyu America created Japan, they can’t kick them out.
@@joebungus3447 you didn’t create them. You only made them more defenceless than they should be.
I too served in Okinawa between 1989-1991 and I quickly learned the Okinawans are truly some of the kindest people you'll ever meet. Our military needs to do a better job in recruiting our personnel to serve and represent us as Americans. RIP Ms. Shimabukuro.
Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995.
And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa
@@DardanellesBy108 Yeah I heard a lot of y'all US military guys have a habit of raping Japanese women over there in Okinawa. I was reading up on this case they were three us military dudes rape a Japanese girl in 1995.
And not that long ago some U.S. Seman named Juan castellanos rape a Japanese female in Okinawa
Joining the military is basically getting on a plane and traveling to the other side of the world, to kill people for money. And you're surprised that they don't hire the "best" people for this job?
Just come to Continental Asia and help prosper our nations.
Japan, S.Korea, Taiwan had enough support at this point.
To clarify, he got out of the Marine Corps, and was working as a contractor at the time. I was there during this time and remember this case. It’s not the many that go around doing terrible things. However, the few that do leave a major impact on everyone. It only takes one incident of drinking and driving to cause problems and tensions for everyone. These aren’t centric to the Marines either, the Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen stationed there have had incidents of their own. I think the big take away is that the actions you take can affect more than you can even understand.
These horrible things seem pretty common to them. Plus the countries military constantly commits war crimes feeling protected by the The Hague act which states that the US will attack the international crime court if it tried to put any of them on trial.
Disgusting.
To be honest, I dont think it matters too much if these cases are in the minority like you say, as they shouldn't be happening period.
Japan is very xenophobic so of course they'd blow it out proportion that americans are just brutes
@@bababababababa6124 I do think it's important to remember that this is the minority committing the crimes. More often than not people now assume all priests are pedophiles, all cops beat their wives and anyone in the military is often looked at as a criminal due to the crimes of people they have never had anything to do with.
No crime should ever happen. But the fact is that bad apples are anywhere. It's easy to make a big deal out of certain individuals and raise a stigma with on specific targeted groups (often the above mentioned professions in our western society for example).
We know that child abuse is rampant in all layers of our society, yet most of it goes unnoticed or unreported because the people committing the crime don't fit in the mental picture people have of child abusers. Priests and teachers are a perfect example of this. The moment that anyone claims to have been abused by a priest people lose it without there being any sort of prove yet. But the moment a teacher gets arrested for abuse of its underlings it will be forgotten within a week! Not to mention that teachers will get away with this stuff because 'kids make stuff up to get attention', and reports don't get taken seriously!
We know that domestic violence is a very serious issue as well, and many people will never believe your next-door helpful neighbor Joe is beating his wife and kids when he flies in a rage because 'he's a doctor he wouldn't do such a thing'.
I don't mean to say that issues are not more or less likely to present in certain groups of people.
My point is that the magnifying glass we put on individuals to create a certain mental image can be very dangerous, does not do justice to the mass and worse, often leaves other people that don't fit that picture out of the spotlight.
None of this should ever happen in an ideal world. Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world but it is important to remember that most people are very decent, nice and helpful.
You don't kill all your life-stock because one of them is extremely ill.
So yeah, remembering the minority is doing this matters a lot in my opinion.
@@bababababababa6124 the thing is every group, race, and country have their own bad and horrible thing happened. Yeah! It is in minority, but there is nothing you can do about it because humans will always be like that. Rule and law will help, but will not get rid of it permanently.
I met this girl when she was in the US as an exchange student, we got very close and when she had to go back we did our best to stay in contact. Time went by and she stayed strong, we lost contact after a while and years later we started talking again, at this time I joined the military. She was so excited to talk to me again, as was I. We shared pictures, I finally showed her I was in the military and shortly after she stopped talking to me. I was so confused everything was going so well, watching this I finally understand what might have caused this....
You mean Rina?
B😅ill shiiiit
what a load o' 🐂💩
Another case from Japan? Thanks for all these uploads, Adrian!
It's always the psychotic weebs...
@@GewoonNee Hmm yes, because anything Japanese is anime related.
Almost as if generalizing an entire culture with one aspect is a form of racism.
@@GewoonNee Bruh, since when is Kenneth Gadson a weeb?
Hey Adrian. Just wanted to share that you are my absolute favourite channel. I often rewatch videos while working out and before going to sleep. I am obsessed
I thought I was the only one😂❤️
Thank you so much! I couldn’t imagine listening to myself more than once… haha!
He does such an amazing job bringing humanity to the victims. I deeply appreciate the care shown to the victims families and their lives before tragedy struck them. Phenomenal story teller.😃👍
sad....it hurts my heart to watch this video but that is what I do and I hurt with them and then pray, sending peace love and light...thank you for coming to Earth💃💞
Hi Adrian and Coffeehouse Crime family. It's an extremely difficult day for me today, as it's the anniversary of loosing my amazing Mom to breast cancer.
Just hearing the little 'jingle' of the Coffeehouse door and the calming voice that followed was enough to take my mind off of things for a while.
I very rarely leave a comment but just in case you happen to read this, I want you to know that all of the hard work and dedication to your channel is VERY much appreciated. I always look forward to the days when I can 'pull up a chair' and enjoy a conversation with you and the Coffeehouse family. Thanks again and HELLO from Ontario, Canada! 🇨🇦🥰
Jenna, I am deeply sorry to hear that you lost your Mom. I’m sure many of us know the feeling, but when an anniversary, birthday or Mother’s Day comes up it hits really hard.
I will keep you in my prayers and know that there are strangers who care. God bless
This one broke my heart. I am fascinated with Japan, go ahead and cover more. I love your work.
Thanks
" what led him to choose her " i feel like you mentioned the answer earlier my friend. It was just perfect timing on his part and he had an impulse.
The circumstances and his disgusting behaviour of no self-control,yes. How vile and mindless. Didn't even think anything through just headlessly driving around and looking for any potential victims.I cannot believe sometimes thaf we walk on the same planet with these kind of beings.
Wrong place wrong time that's all, could have been anyone walking in the area at that time...
I am the daughter of a sailor, navy brat- we lived in Yokohama, Nippon for all of my schooling years. I lived on base, and we were CONSTANTLY hearing horrors from Okinawa. As a military associated child many of us were so ashamed of the actions of our citizens, while our temporary (and very accommodating) home country was plagued with disturbed "representing" individuals. As a kid who is told to be proud of our family members fighting for our country, in such a peaceful beautiful place.. it became so very very difficult.
if it wasn't for your ancestor you would in japan but as a comfort women. Be proud of your family members fighting for your country. Don't let the actions of the few ruin the reputation of your pride. If your family member directly did some vile shit, fairplay for you to hate them but if not stop it.
I lived in Okinawa when this happened. I’m glad to know the full story now. Thank you.
So sad to see things like this, I was stationed in Okinawa for 3 years and I absolutely loved it. We had a violent murder in our squadron by a marine too. It was before my time there but the marine was sleeping with the victims wife and was coerced into murdering the Sgt by the wife so they could be together. Crazy world we’re living in
When I was stationed in South Korea there was a private who was new to the army. He went out into Itaewon a part of Seoul and rang up a 280 dollar tab at a bar. The guy had no money to pay it so he decided to light the bathroom on fire. Well the fire took off quicker and he thought and burned the building killing 4 or 5 if I remember correctly.
I dont blame koreans for hating the military presence in that area , im american and lived in korea and I could sense it was trouble whenever roudy young men came about the stores
Did he get UCMJ?
@@ot7stan207 Koreans can’t hate America😂 they’ll literally get taken over in less than a week if America leaves them.
Was he arrested and sentenced to life or death?
@@flowerpower8722 North Korea is backed by China, South Korea and North Korea are enemies, they would absolutely get taken over or at least they’d get bombed really bad.
I appreciate how your videos focus more on the sadness of the case and the victim and their family rather than all the gruesome details and the murderer’s spotlight. You provide in a way, a “moment of silence” to honor the victim and that’s what we need more of. We don’t need all of these twisted killer accounts, we need people like you to share a voice for those who can no longer speak for themselves. Thank you, stay well. 🤗
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I would love to hear more of Japanese crime, and possibly how certain cases have changed laws or had laws created because of what happened.
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Congratulations Adrian on hitting 1 Million subscribers continue this great channel 💞
I really like you ahead of these other people. You don’t make jokes and you are straight to the point. Always my favorite when I get off work and see a new video
Guys like this make life difficult at times for us foreigners here in Japan. Unfortunately there are many from the military/naval bases that don’t respect the surrounding people and culture.
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I remember this case all to well. I just graduated SOI and been in the fleet for a few weeks before we had to set out for Arizona for training. It was just before we left that they gathered the entire battalion and briefed us on this incident. I didn’t think much of at the time since I was a fresh boot, but little did I know I would be hearing the full extent of the impact the case had and its lasting effects when I was stationed there 2 years later. A whole new set of regs were placed because of this along with a curfew and in detail what’s going to happen if you fuck up. In short if ur caught doing some dumb shit in Oki. its your ass.
I did two tours on Okinawa…When ish like this happened, everybody on the island paid the price for it…lock downs sucked for us and the locals😩
Okinawa is the greatest place I’ve ever been to and if I could live anywhere, it would be there. I loved my time there, the food, the weather and most of all…the people. I will always have a special place in my heart for Okinawa.
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We’ll be happy with what ever you put out! Love your passion for telling us these stories, thank you for all that you do!!
Hi Adrian, thank you for your presentation of this case. It broke my heart. If you are going to be covering more Japanese cases, my only suggestion would be to be very mindful of language that constructs the Japanese people as the racialised ‘Other’. I am referring to you using the words “the Japanese natives” when referring to who visits the island. Further, “the Japanese natives” could also be racialised slang (and not ok to use) for the Indigenous peoples of Hokkaido, an island that makes up a part of ‘Japan’.
I love your channel. You produce such a high standard of work, I think you are a gem. 💎