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Missing (Pregnant) Marine Dead, Authorities Say
KWTX ^ | 1/11/2008 | n/a

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 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.


TOPICS: Local News; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: camplejeune; laurean; marialautenbach; marine; militarywomen; missing
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To: najida
How to you bury yourself after a suicide?

Trust me, it's kinda difficult,

61 posted on 01/11/2008 10:19:51 AM PST by dearolddad (Opinions are like rectums: everybody has one.)
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To: Brilliant
Looks like we’ve redefined what a “compulsive liar” is ->

BI POLAR!!!!

A liar is a liar.

Skip the politically correct excuse.

Her “compulsive lying” might just be what got her murdered.

62 posted on 01/11/2008 10:20:08 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: ladyjane

Yeah,
makes me think of her as “The Wicked Step-mother” trying to get a stab in.


63 posted on 01/11/2008 10:20:44 AM PST by najida (Will....will.... will....Heck, will do almost anything for Butter Pecan.)
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To: najida

Missed that ... so the

STEP MOTHER is calling her a “compulsive liar”?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


64 posted on 01/11/2008 10:21:47 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: Badeye

Corporals and above are considered “NCOs” = “non-commissioned officers”. The liberals who inhabit the dying, socialist Democrat newsrooms would likely get easily confused.


65 posted on 01/11/2008 10:22:52 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: nmh

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,321989,00.html

The body of Maria Lauterbach, who vanished nearly a month ago before she was to testify in a military probe, is believed to be located in a shallow grave in coastal Onslow County, said Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown at a press conference.

Lauterbach alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a senior officer but that the investigation had gone sour, according to court documents. Authorities do not know where the suspect — Cpl. Cesar Armando Lauren, 21, is located.

“They don’t know where he is,” Brown said. “He’s gone.”
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BOL: 2004 Black Dodge Pickup - NC Tag 1522


66 posted on 01/11/2008 10:23:23 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's reward.)
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To: nmh

I think that’s the case.

Often WHO says something tells more about the situation that WHAT they say.


67 posted on 01/11/2008 10:23:46 AM PST by najida (Will....will.... will....Heck, will do almost anything for Butter Pecan.)
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To: sodpoodle

So the prime suspect is missing?

Making him even more suspect?


68 posted on 01/11/2008 10:24:49 AM PST by najida (Will....will.... will....Heck, will do almost anything for Butter Pecan.)
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To: nmh

Is the stepmother the one we have been seeing on the news? The one who was going to visit her?


69 posted on 01/11/2008 10:25:16 AM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't taunt the animal's at the zoo or they may bite YOU!)
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To: Lancey Howard

‘Corporals and above are considered “NCOs” = “non-commissioned officers”. The liberals who inhabit the dying, socialist Democrat newsrooms would likely get easily confused.’

Yep. I was an RM2 in the Navy upon discharge.


70 posted on 01/11/2008 10:26:02 AM PST by Badeye (No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
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To: Pyro7480

If they haven’t found the grave yet, how do they know it’s “shallow”.
Has the media already been out there to measure the depth or are they just adding more adjectives for the reader’s benefit?


71 posted on 01/11/2008 10:27:17 AM PST by CrappieLuck
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To: CrappieLuck

I guess shallow sounds more interesting than “dirt filled grave”.


72 posted on 01/11/2008 10:29:05 AM PST by najida (Will....will.... will....Heck, will do almost anything for Butter Pecan.)
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To: Pyro7480

http://www.wnct.com/midatlantic/nct/news/local_news.apx.-content-articles-NCT-2008-01-11-0006.html

He’s probably in Mexico by now.


73 posted on 01/11/2008 10:36:52 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: sodpoodle

So they say they know she’s in a shallow grave...but they don’t know where...and they don’t have the suspect in custody and don’t know where he is.

Huh? How do they know she’s dead and buried if they don’t have Lauren in custody? Maybe he told somebody he did it?

This is just weird.

}:-)4


74 posted on 01/11/2008 10:41:19 AM PST by Moose4 (Wasting away again in Michaelnifongville.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Lifetime, the “Men Are Scum” channel.


75 posted on 01/11/2008 10:43:46 AM PST by Doctor Raoul (Abolish the CIA, give the job to the Free Clinic who know how to stop leaks.)
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To: najida

**So the prime suspect is missing?**

Had an 8 hour start on LE. IIRC a witness (military) came forward & offered information that Maria Lauterbach had been dead since Dec 20th, buried in the County’s jurisdiction; that Cpl.Cesar Lauren was involved.

Unfortunately - the police had been unsuccessful in their attempts to question Cesar Lauren - on advice of his lawyers. He lawyered up real early.

At about the time the *friend* tipped off the police - Cesar fled.


76 posted on 01/11/2008 10:44:28 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's reward.)
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To: Pyro7480

More evidence that, women do not belong in the military PERIOD


77 posted on 01/11/2008 10:48:41 AM PST by thinking
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To: Moose4

*** Maybe he told somebody he did it?***

They have a witness (not the room-mate Durham who had been in California) but someone else in the military.

Apparently - Lauterbach had accused Lauren of rape - but then went wobbly and resumed a *friendship* with him. She did not take advantage of MWP (military witness protection) so she, sadly, did not feel threatened.


78 posted on 01/11/2008 10:49:34 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's reward.)
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To: sodpoodle

So TWO people knew she was dead and buried?

Sheesh.


79 posted on 01/11/2008 10:50:21 AM PST by najida (Will....will.... will....Heck, will do almost anything for Butter Pecan.)
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To: Pyro7480

A sergeant is an “officer”? The press conrinues its unbroken record of being a total dumbass when it comes to reporting the military.


80 posted on 01/11/2008 10:51:16 AM PST by pabianice
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