Maria Lauterbach case: Marine 'spoke with lawyer'

by Kaitlin | January 17, 2008 at 04:42 pm | 851 views | 2 comments

Missing pregnant Marine was killed, sheriff says

Another development in the story of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, whose charred remains were found in Jacksonville, NC. She was eight months pregnant when she died.

The Marine accused of beating a pregnant Corps co-worker to death in December consulted an attorney the day before he vanished last week, a police affidavit shows.

Cpl. Cesar Laurean is accused of beating Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach to death and burying her corpse in a fire pit in his back yard. Lauterbach had earlier accused Laurean of rape.

Lauterbach was reported missing on December 19. Authorities say she was killed around December 15.

The affidavit accompanied a warrant to search Western Union records.

Authorities said in the affidavit that Laurean and his wife, Christina, received a transfer of money between December 10 and January 12. It gave no further details.

Laurean, who remains a fugitive, is charged with first-degree murder in the killing. The FBI has said it is likely that Laurean, a 21-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, has fled to his native country of Mexico.

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chris1234

at 17:21 on January 17th, 2008

Do we blame it on the fact that he was desensitized in Iraq, or was he nuts beforehand?

Do you feel that the government should be held responsible for what happened to the girl? I'd sure say so.

Barbara McPherson

at 18:07 on January 17th, 2008

Gosh, if the poor man was desensitized in Iraq, and that excuses raping and then beating to death someone, it's sure a good thing that the troops in the second world war were excused any exposure to bad things. Just think about how mean our fathers could have been to us. Did we do the wrong thing with the Nuremburg trials? Maybe the SS were desensitized by all those speeches and that excuses their behavior.