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Cesar Laurean Makes First Court Appearance in Maria Lauterbach Case

By David Lohr

One of the cases I covered before coming to Investigation Discovery was that of Cesar Armando Laurean, 21, a corporal in the Marine Corps who is the prime suspect in the 2007 murder of Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach, 20, in North Carolina. Laurean initially fled to Mexico, but was later captured in the small town of Tacambaro. Since that time, there have been several new developments in the case, including Laurean's extradition back to the United States and also his first formal court appearance. According to Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Hill, the public affairs officer for the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, the events surrounding this case began in May 2007, when Maria told one of her superiors that Laurean had sexually assaulted her on March 26, 2007...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on April 28, 2009 (boomark / email).