I wonder if, once push came to shove with the Article 32, Laurean told Maria that he wanted to flee with her, and that he already has his bus ticket to El Paso...and that they’d get to Mexico from there, together.
Definitely more motive for the wife with that scenario.
If that’s plausible, someone had to help her paint, plant the truck, the card, and his body. However, attorneys say they actually spoke to him just before he fled.
Now on the other hand, heard a report on the news this morning http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/13867007.html from a woman Marine in Pennsylvania, face obscured, who said Maria was definitely afraid of him and that she herself was the person who procured the last, AND CURRENT MPO (part of which is substantiated here http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/17/missing.marine/and is in DIRECT CONTRACITION to NCIS statements of her fear, here http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/16/national/main3719415.shtml?source=mostpop_story)
Yes, that interview was brought up earlier in the thread. She indicated she had been friends with him for four years. Maybe it was a mistake, but 4 years ago, he’d be in highschool. If she’s who she says she is, then there will be more explaining to do from the military side of things and the environment that Maria Lauterbach was subjected to.
Oh, I just posted before I read your post. I was wondering about that scenario too.