Comments on: US Sailor Linked to Cab Driver Murder in Japan

By: Taxicab Driver Murder In Yokosuka - Dogpile Web Search

Taxicab Driver Murder In Yokosuka - Dogpile Web Search — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:07:32 +0000

[...] http://www.technorati.com/tag/taxicab [Found on Yahoo! Search] 10. US Sailor Linked to Cab Driver Murder in Japan Mar 23, 2008 … AWOL US sailor who?s credit card was found left in the taxi of a murdered cab [...]

By: American Citizen

American Citizen — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:30:51 +0000

1- I forgot my cellphone in a cab once – glad the next guy didn't kill the driver.

2- The card may not have nothing to do with the death.

3- If Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines were not overseas, the people would complain about something else American.

4- This is just someting that goes hand in hand with forward deployed troops.

By: American Citizen

American Citizen — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:27:47 +0000

I'll be the first to volunteer to leave Korea if troops are sent packing from this God forsaken place.

By: Yokosuka Sailor Suspected in Cab Driver Murder Detained

Yokosuka Sailor Suspected in Cab Driver Murder Detained — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:23:10 +0000

[...] AWOL US sailor who’s credit card was found left in the taxi of a murdered cab driver is now in the custody of US Naval [...]

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:03:15 +0000

Peter Pan, there are plenty of douchebags in the military and some even willing to kill people as is evident by murderers sitting in the Ft. Leavenworth prison right now. The military just works hard to keep its percentage of crime below the level of the general population as I have shown is true for Okinawa in prior postings.

If this AWOL soldier did kill the cabbie you have to figure this guy was already a problem soldier by missing deployment and being AWOL. It will be interesting to see how this investigation turns out because you would at least think if he would be smart enough to not leave his credit card at the scene of the crime.

By: Peter Pan

Peter Pan — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:28:40 +0000

I have my own theory, but I have nothing to support it.

Some guy killed the US Soldier and took his credit card and maxed it out. It got declined when he tried to use it in the taxi so he just killed the driver and left. If he's been missing for a while, it's not impossible.

But that's probably just the American in Japan in me wanting to believe that the people entrusted with defending us all from the evils of the world would 1) kill a cab driver over a fair, 2) be stupid enough to leave their credit card at the scene of the crime if they actually did.

But again, I have no evidence to support my theory either way.

By: mcnut

mcnut — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:41:13 +0000

he was AWOL and took the cab then tried to pay with his credit card which was probably declined because it was maxed out. the driver probably demanded money the sailor reacted with the knife and the card was the last thing on his mind when he ran away

i would say if you are gonna go AWOL dont choose Japan unless you have some serious cash put away

its to damn expensive

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:23:25 +0000

This would certainly rank as being a stupid criminal which fortunately for us most criminals are just that, stupid. I'm sure that police will be able to check for fingerprint and DNA evidence to determine if the killer is in fact the AWOL sailor. If he was stupid enough to leave his credit card and other items in the cab then he would be stupid enough leave fingerprints as well as hairs in the cab as well.

By: The Florida Masochis

The Florida Masochis — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:02:23 +0000

Criminals do dumb things(besides the crime itself) all the time. Like using envelopes or paycheck stubs with their name and address on it for a bank holdup slip.

If the serviceman committed the crime, he left the card because of carelessness. He or she wouldn't be the first murderer to do such a slipup.