Summary:
A Marine has been charged with the murder of a transgender man found dead in a hotel toilet in the Philippines, police say.

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Manila, Philippines (CNN)A U.S. Marine has been charged with murder in the death of a transgender woman who was found strangled in a Philippines hotel room over the weekend. Pfc. Scott Pemberton is in U.S. military custody. Prosecutors will ask for him to be turned over to Filipino authorities, said Harry Roque, the lawyer for the victim's family. The victim is 26-year-old Jeffrey Laude, who is also known as Jennifer. Her naked body was found with her head in a toilet in an Olongapo hotel room shortly after midnight Sunday, police said. Brisbane transgender murder-suicide shocks residents . Witnesses told police that Pemberton was with Laude at a local disco before the two checked into a hotel Saturday night, according to documents seen by CNN. "We will not accept anything less than justice," said the victim's sister Marilou Laude. The Marine is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Three other Marines from the same unit have been identified as potential witnesses, the Marine Corps Times newspaper reported, citing an internal Navy memo on the incident. They are being held.