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-Lurid Crime Tales-
N.C. sheriff: Pregnant Marine is dead, comrade is main suspect
2008-01-12
Authorities on foot and all-terrain vehicles searched a residential neighborhood near Camp Lejeune today for a shallow grave holding the body of a pregnant Marine. They say the main suspect in her death is a comrade she had accused of rape.

The Onslow County sheriff says information from another woman, a former Marine, left investigators certain that 20-year-old Lance Corporal Maria Frances Lauterbach is dead. But they haven't found her remains.

Military and civilian investigators are seeking the key suspect in the death, Corporal Cesar Armando Laurean of Clark County, Nevada. Sheriff Ed Brown says the 21-year-old had declined to meet with investigators and apparently left the area without telling his lawyers where he was going.
That's an additional charge, right?
The search was focused on a wooded area not far Laurean's home. Laurean has not been charged with a crime.

Authorities say Lauterbach reported the rape in April. Brown says he doesn't know if Laurean might be the father.

The sheriff hinted Friday morning that a positive outcome was still possible. But he said that was before detectives received news of Lauterbach's death from an unidentified female witness who is a former Marine. Naval investigators say there's no indication Lauterbach sought witness protection services available from the Marines.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Truly, if anyone knows disgraceful, it's Rantburg's own Frank G. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2008-01-12 23:14  

#8  As usual, Frank G. nails the concept with the correct disgracefull example.
Posted by: Phinater Thraviger   2008-01-12 21:08  

#7  ooops, sorry guys, "lack of inaction" makes no damn sense. Kind of like "suspension of disbelief". I should've said "from lack of action".
Posted by: Broadhead6   2008-01-12 20:34  

#6  example: Ex-Marine = Murtha
Posted by: Frank G   2008-01-12 16:47  

#5  Broadhead 6, an important distinction; ex marine VS former marine.
Thanks for the clarification
Posted by: Jan    2008-01-12 14:59  

#4  Right on Procopius2k, I knew a civilian that worked w/the USAF. He caught his wife (who also worked w/the USAF) having an affair w/another GS Co-worker. They all worked in the same building - the USAF would not separate them even though the husband brought this up along w/the applicable divorce papers to his senior leaders - dumbfounding. They could've had a violence in the workplace incident from lack of inaction.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2008-01-12 11:18  

#3  There was a double homicide last year involving a love triangle and gang ties. As of last I knew three ex-Marines (I'm not using "former" in their case) are facing the needle for killing a pregnant girl and her roommate. It was pretty sordid. Google the Carrither's (sp?) murder, etc and you can see for yourself.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2008-01-12 11:16  

#2  Naval investigators say there's no indication Lauterbach sought witness protection services available from the Marines.

Lame. The individuals could have and should have been separated by distance, organization, and direct orders. Door. Horse. Barn.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-01-12 09:08  

#1  As of this morning, the burned remains of this woman have been found and a letter to the suspects wife explaining his side of the story was also found. The search for him continues.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2008-01-12 08:47  

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