U.S. Marine accused of murder ‘thought we were real women,’ says friend of slain transgender Filipina Aaron Favila/AP A Filipino activist lights candles at a rally in the Philippines on Thursday. ROMEO RANOCO/REUTERS Family members of Jennifer Laude attend the preliminary investigations into her death in Olongapo city on October 21. LORGINA MINGUITO/REUTERS German Marc Sueselbec cries next to the coffin of his slain fiancée. Aaron Favila/AP U.S. Marines Pfc Joseph Scott Pemberton wears a helmet as he arrives inside at the Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters north of Manila on Wednesday. The Philippine National Police CCTV footage shows the suspect and victim walk to a room at the Celzone Lodge. Previous Next Enlarge A transgender Filipina confirmed that the U.S. Marine accused of killing her friend did not know they were transgender when the women met him at a bar. Barbie Gelviro, a primary witness in the murder case, reportedly detailed what happened leading up to Jennifer Laude’s death before the Philippine Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday. Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, 19, thought we were real women, Gelviro said, according to Time. Pemberton, of New Bedford, Mass., allegedly killed Laude, 26, in a room at the Celzone Lodge in Olongapo City on Oct. 11. Jennifer Laude via Facebook Transgender activists are outraged over the [...] newsnyork/u-s-marine-accused-of-murder-thought-we-were-real-women-says-friend-of-slain-transgender-filipina/
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