Missing (Pregnant) Marine Dead, Authorities Say

KWTX ^ | 1/11/2008 | n/a

[Pyro7480]

January 11, 2008)--Authorities in North Carolina said late Friday morning pregnant Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach is dead.

They said she’s buried in a shallow grave, for which investigators are now searching.

They identified the suspect in the case as a Marine officer whom she accused of sexually assaulting her.

Police earlier were planning to interview a man who lived with her and said he would answer questions that "will shed a lot of light on the case."

Authorities said again Friday Marine Sgt. Daniel Durham isn't a suspect, but police believe he's the last person to speak with the Marine.

She disappeared Dec. 14 ahead of her expected testimony in a military investigation into her claim a senior officer had sexually assaulted her.

Court documents show the investigation went sour amid inconsistencies in the woman's story and allegations that she's bipolar and a compulsive liar.

Search warrants show she was facing a possible discharge from the service.

Lauterbach was eight months pregnant when she disappeared.

[Pyro7480]

Breaking now...

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Just terrible, all the way around.....

[cripplecreek]

They identified the suspect in the case as a Marine officer whom she accused of sexually assaulting her.

Like a plot out of a movie.

[Ramius]

They just made a couple of corrections in the presser:

The suspect is a Corporal, and he’s the same one she alleged to have attacked her. It’s wasn’t a “Marine officer” as was reported. And he’s not a Sgt either.

Dang reporters. Can’t even get the simple stuff right.

[MizSterious]

Shaky mental health, possible repercussions—wonder if this was a suicide?

[Brilliant]

“Court documents show the investigation went sour amid inconsistencies in the woman’s story and allegations that she’s bipolar and a compulsive liar.”

Apparently not sour enough to deter the perp from offing her, though.

[Brilliant]

I was going to say that it’s kind a hard to bury yourself in a shallow grave after you’ve committed suicide. Maybe not impossible, though.

[r9etb]

She disappeared Dec. 14 ahead of her expected testimony in a military investigation into her claim a senior officer had sexually assaulted her. Court documents show the investigation went sour amid inconsistencies in the woman's story and allegations that she's bipolar and a compulsive liar.

But dead.... which says that the smear, which seems to have worked for a time, was somebody's way of trying to impugn her motives.

Lesson: when the accused (the senior officer, in this case) goes ad hominem, it's worth wondering what he's trying to hide.

[MizSterious]

No, but someone who found her and panicked might have.

[org.whodat]

The suspect is a Corporal, and he’s the same one she alleged to have attacked her.

And the alleged killers name IS:___________________????

[smartin]

Doubt it’s suicide if she’s in a shallow grave.

[dforest]

Not unless she buried herself in a shollow grave.

[najida]

How to you bury yourself after a suicide?

[rineaux]

Another tragic story. Prayers for her, the baby and family.

[dforest]

Shollow=shallow

[MizSterious]

You don’t. My thinking was that someone found her, panicked, and tried to hide the body. Especially someone who knew he’d be a suspect.

[pandoraou812]

Prayers for Marie & her family

[Doctor Raoul]

A Corporal claiming he’s a Sergeant? Sure they’re not looking for Adam Kokesh?

[Abundy]

Shaky mental health, possible repercussions—wonder if this was a suicide?

Only in Arkansas...

[FishTale]

"wonder if this was a suicide?"

And she buried herself in a shallow grave?