Slain marine's mom on 'Today' show Tuesday
By Dave Larsen
Staff Writer Monday, January 28, 2008
Mary Lauterbach will be interviewed Tuesday on NBC's "Today." Lauterbach is the mother of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, the slain pregnant Marine from Vandalia.
Mary Lauterbach will be interviewed live on "Today" by co-anchor Matt Lauer in the show's New York City studio. Her appearance is scheduled for the 7 a.m. hour, likely around 7:30 a.m., according to "Today's" media spokeswoman. The show is broadcast in the Dayton area by WDTN-TV, Channel 2.
Maria Lauterbach, a 2006 graduate of Butler High School in Vandalia, was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., when she disappeared Dec. 14. Authorities recovered her remains, and those of her unborn child, on Jan. 12 from a fire pit in Jacksonville, N.C., where they suspect Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean burned and buried her body.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading the fugitive hunt for Laurean, who is being sought on murder charges. He is thought to be in Mexico.
Visitation for Maria Lauterbach will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at St. Christopher Church in Vandalia.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at the church at 10 a.m. Saturday, with burial following in Calvary Cemetery.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2419 or dlarsen@DaytonDailyNews.com.
That's only the 2nd time (that I have read) that Maria's baby has been referred to as a child rather than a fetus. It was probably from the same newspaper, too.
If Cesar isn't found, how long do you think that they might keep an eye on the wife? Let's say a little on down the road the wife wants to take a vacation....to Mexico. Are they going to watch her forever?
I am glad to hear this. Sad, but glad.
She needs to do this for her daughter, and for herself.
Unfortunately.
I’m sure she’d rather be doing anything else.
I wonder if NCIS has taken a statement from her.