The second bombshell was testimony from a doctor at the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa that Hazel is genetically male.
Testifying by telephone, Cmdr. Elizabeth Tipton said she examined Hazel in August and found the young woman had "androgen insensitivity syndrome." She said Hazel had the outward appearance of a woman, except she had no cervix.
"She is someone who is chromosomally a male," Tipton said. However, the condition made her resistant to testosterone and she developed female genitalia.
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During a murder trial here Tuesday, two expert witnesses wrestled with the touchy subject of what events can trigger post-traumatic stress disorder.
A forensic psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist squared off — the latter by telephone from Florida — during testimony at the court-martial of a Marine sergeant accused of murdering his 6-year-old daughter last October.
At issue was whether Sgt. Bassa Cisse, 33, was suffering from PTSD the day he struck and stepped on his daughter, Naffy, in their Kishaba Towers apartment on Camp Foster on Oct. 21.
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The Japan Coast Guard is continuing to search for four Americans reported missing Sunday near the Okinawa prefectural island of Ishigaki after their yacht encountered battering winds and crushing waves from Typhoon Jangmi, a Japanese official said Monday.
The four men were sailing from Malaysia to Okinawa aboard the 66-foot yacht Jade Princess on Sunday, when they sent out a radio distress signal at 11:06 a.m., said Takamichi Higa, Japan Coast Guard spokesman in Naha.
A jury watched five hours of taped criminal investigation videos Monday in the court-martial of Marine Sgt. Bassa Cisse, who faces a murder charge in the death of his 6-year-old daughter.
During the afternoon viewing, Cisse sat at the defense table with his head in his hands and cried along with a scene of him breaking down during the taped interview. In the interview, Cisse confessed to beating his daughter, Massey.
"I was upset," he told the Navy Criminal Investigative Service agent. "I lost it. I wasn’t controlling myself."
Young boy wanted to buy a $4 wood plaque for his mother as part of a last-minute birthday gift, but Michael’s craft store and the cashier wouldn’t accept 16 quarters as payment. “It’s store policy not to accept change,” a cashier explained, forcing an embarrassed Hayden to borrow a few bucks from his younger sister.
Marine Sgt. Bassa Cisse admits he was responsible for the death of his 6-year-old daughter a year ago when he disciplined her in their base apartment.
But he didn’t mean to kill her, he said during a hearing Friday after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of negligent homicide.
However, the prosecution contends Cisse meant to kill his daughter and the court-martial on a charge of murder will continue Monday before a jury panel.
"The evidence supports the murder charge," chief prosecutor Maj. Gregory Palmer said after the hearing. "I think he wanted to kill her."
A 27-year-old unemployed American, currently held by Japanese authorities for illegally entering a military base, was charged Thursday with stealing a car on Camp Foster, Okinawa prefectural police said Friday.
Christopher Chad Hoskins of Kitanakagusuku, who does not fall under the status of forces agreement, allegedly stole a car belonging to a Marine between 9 p.m. Aug. 26 and 7:30 a.m. Aug. 27 from a military family housing area on Camp Foster, a police spokesman said. The next day, Hoskins was detained by Camp Foster military police after a resident reported a suspicious person, a Marine spokesman said recently.
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