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Washington Post
January 13, 2008
Pg. 14
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- Authorities issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a Marine corporal wanted in the death of a pregnant colleague, whose burnt remains were excavated from a fire pit in his back yard.
Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said investigators also recovered the remains of Lance Cpl. Maria Frances Lauterbach's unborn child.
A nationwide search is under way for Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, who authorities said fled Jacksonville after leaving his wife a note in which he admitted burying Lauterbach's body. Laurean said in the note that Lauterbach had "come to his residence and cut her throat," an account authorities discount, and that he had nothing to do with her suicide, the sheriff said.
Lauterbach, 20, disappeared in December, just days after meeting with military prosecutors to talk about her allegation that Laurean had raped her.
Her remains were found in a fire pit in the back yard of Laurean's house, buried under as much as a foot of ashes and dirt, said Charles Garrett, the county medical examiner.
Lauterbach, who joined the Marine Corps in 2006, and Laurean were personnel clerks in the 2nd Marine Logistics Group of the II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune. Neither had been sent to Iraq or Afghanistan.
January 13, 2008
Pg. 14
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- Authorities issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a Marine corporal wanted in the death of a pregnant colleague, whose burnt remains were excavated from a fire pit in his back yard.
Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said investigators also recovered the remains of Lance Cpl. Maria Frances Lauterbach's unborn child.
A nationwide search is under way for Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, who authorities said fled Jacksonville after leaving his wife a note in which he admitted burying Lauterbach's body. Laurean said in the note that Lauterbach had "come to his residence and cut her throat," an account authorities discount, and that he had nothing to do with her suicide, the sheriff said.
Lauterbach, 20, disappeared in December, just days after meeting with military prosecutors to talk about her allegation that Laurean had raped her.
Her remains were found in a fire pit in the back yard of Laurean's house, buried under as much as a foot of ashes and dirt, said Charles Garrett, the county medical examiner.
Lauterbach, who joined the Marine Corps in 2006, and Laurean were personnel clerks in the 2nd Marine Logistics Group of the II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune. Neither had been sent to Iraq or Afghanistan.