Shock update in case of Navy officer's wife found strangled to death

A US Navy officer is facing a possible court-martial after he was arrested and charged with murder in the death of his wife, who was found strangled in a Japanese hotel room last fall.

Lieutenant Commander Christopher Olsen was also charged with obstruction of justice after a preliminary hearing on Wednesday at Naval Base San Diego, according to Commander Paul Macapagal of Naval Forces .

The harrowing case involves the death of Olsen's wife, Jessica 'Jesse' Arguinzoni Olsen, 37, whose body was discovered on October 28 in a hotel room in Fukuoka - about 80 miles from Sasebo Naval Base.

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