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Good summary of what we have been told as of today:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,323116,00.html

Excerpts:
Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach alleged in May that Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean had raped her in March and April. A pregnancy test soon after was negative, Marine Corps officials said Tuesday, but a test in June was positive. Doctors estimated the date of conception was May 14.

Corps officials said Lauterbach met with prosecutors in November and said she no longer believed Laurean was the father. She disappeared the next month.

He said she still considered both to be incidents of rape, and that Lauterbach’s regimental commander treated her allegations seriously. Her commander was intent on taking the case to an Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a grand jury proceeding.

Laurean never violated a military protective order directing him to stay away from Lauterbach, continued to report for work on time in the weeks after her disappearance and denied having any sexual contact with her, said Col. Gary Sokoloski, the judge advocate general officer for the II Marine Expeditionary Force.

“At no time did she indicate that she was threatened by Cpl. Laurean,” Sokoloski said. “When she was asked if she felt threatened by Cpl. Laurean, she said she did not feel threatened.”

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If Maria’s *getting out* note is authentic...one scenario being offered is that she met with Laurean to forgive him and/or bury the hatchet. It’s possible that he was outraged at her having caused him so much trouble and not staying around to clear his name & *snapped*. It would be even more tragic if Maria was trying to make amends and died as a result.

Don’t know - but this case is not over ‘til it’s over.