Posted on 01/11/2008 9:43:08 AM PST by Pyro7480
January 11, 2008)--Authorities in North Carolina said late Friday morning pregnant Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach is dead.
They said shes 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.
He may have convinced her they were going to be together. Maybe she trusted him & thought she had nothing to lose.
Then there’s the other side of it where he may have used some form of coercion.
They wouldn’t have her pin number at work....they don’t THAT involved in a Marines personal finances.
That’s a good question about how he got it. I am ditsy as all heck. And I just got my new card after not having one for 2 years. That is why I had the red card and now I have the new blue ATM card that I referred to in a previous post. They sent me that little piece of paper with the new code on it and I kept messing up so I cut out the number and (CRINGE) put it in my purse pocket. I wonder if somehow her pin was near her ATM card/ID.
And I only heard it once on Nancy Grace’s show that Laurean bought large amounts of charcoal. Isn’t charcoal a natural odor eliminator?
Maybe I’m reading the headline wrong. OFFICIAL could mean a person, because it doesn’t jive with the article exactly.
You’re right. The word OFFICIAL doesn’t jive. They have the suspected weapon, it’s been sent to the lab, and it’s consistent with the wound that killed Maria. LOL. This article says the authorities won’t confirm it’s a crowbar, then it says, “the crowbar has been sent”...
I know....they need to fix the headline. But it does look like the baby was a girl. Notice that the article says baby and not fetus. *shock*
I think they meant a person from the way I’m reading it.
Sometimes, not always, you can get a negative-positive. Guess it depends on the hormone levels.
You’re right. Doing a little reading, it’s more common to get a false-negative vs. a false-positive. Also if her advocate took her in the middle of the day for her checkup, this would not be nearly as accurate as checking first thing in the morning (right out of bed).
WOW!!
There is still a 10 day gap between when Marie went missing and he buys all this stuff.
When somebody lies, there is usually a little bit of truth to the lie. Maybe she WAS buried in the woods and then brought back to the home to be burned. :(
A WITNESS????
The Fox news article doesn’t say what date the paint and shovels were bought at Lowes. I thought it was also interesting that the suspected crowbar weapon was turned in by someone who didn’t realize what they had until they saw the story about Maria’s death. IOW, one of the Laurean’s gave/loaned the crowbar to someone else instead of throwing it away. How stupid is that?
So he used her card at least 2 times in 2 different places?
But why buy a shovel to bury her the second time if you used a shovel to bury her the first time?
Something is wierd here... like maybe the burning was to throw off time of death.
OK, so I can see how the date of the paint purchases would be a good indicator of about the time Marie was killed (like JUST BEFORE!)
As far as giving away the crowbar, stupid, but maybe hopeful that it would get lost in the shuffle of borrowed tools etc.
This story is getting more and more bizarre.
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