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Search Tightens For Marine Sought In Death Of Pregnant Marine
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Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, right, the key suspect in the death of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child, was spotted last night several states away, police confirmed. (CBS/AP)
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Lance Cpl. Ryan Pennington and an unidentified person leave the memorial prayer service for slain Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach held at St. Christopher Catholic Church in Vandalia, Ohio on Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Skip Peterson)
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FBI bulletin on Cesar Armando Laurean, the U.S. Marine wanted in connection with disappearance of Maria Frances Lauterbach. (FBI.gov)
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Play CBS Video Video Marine Manhunt Intensifies A nationwide manhunt is underway for Marine Cesar Laurean, who is charged with the murder of fellow Marine Maria Lauterbach, who was eight months pregnant at the time of her death. Jeff Glor reports.
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Video Suspect's Relatives Speak The relatives of missing Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, suspected of killing a pregnant marine, tell Julie Chen about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.
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Video Missing Marine Manhunt A countrywide manhunt is on for a Marine suspected of murdering a pregnant colleague after her body was found buried in his backyard in North Carolina. Jeff Glor reports.
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Timeline Marine Murder Key dates in the case of a murdered, pregnant Marine and the search for the fellow Marine wanted by the FBI.
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Laurean is the object of a nationwide manhunt. He is wanted for murder and has been eluding police since mid-December. Maria Lauterbach was reported missing about a week before Christmas Day, and her body was recovered from a shallow grave in Onslow County, N.C.
Earlier, a medical examiner cast doubt on Laurean's claims that Lauterback had committed suicide.
Dr. Charles Garrett, the Onslow County medical examiner, said Lauterbach, who was eight months pregnant when she vanished, died from "traumatic head injury due to blunt force trauma."
Authorities recovered her burned remains, along with those of her child, over the weekend from a fire pit in the backyard of Laurean, a fellow personnel clerk at Camp Lejeune whom she had accused of rape.
The autopsy did not answer all the questions about the circumstances of Lauterbach's death, said county prosecutor Dewey Hudson. Detectives are still not sure if she gave birth before her slaying, he said.
Laurean, 21, is believed to have fled Jacksonville early Friday morning, after leaving a note in which he admitted burying Lauterbach's body. But Tuesday, officials said they think he has gone into hiding and is no longer on the run.
"We believe it's certainly possible, based on him being out there for this long, and not having any sightings, that he is getting help," said Onslow County Sheriff's Capt. Rick Sutherland. "We think we have a handle on all his contacts, but there could be someone else out there helping."
In his note, Laurean alleged that Lauterbach committed suicide by cutting her own throat. Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown has consistently rejected that idea, citing blood spatters on the ceiling and a massive amount of blood on the wall found inside Laurean's home as signs of a violent confrontation.
Officials have offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to Laurean's arrest and have posted or plan to post billboards with his picture in cities nationwide, including Columbus, Ohio, Tampa, Fla., and Las Vegas.
Authorities received reports from several witnesses Sunday who said they saw Laurean at a bus station in Shreveport, La., but Brown has said detectives have been unable to confirm their validity.
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See all 113 CommentsWhile this man is yet to be apprehended and tried, it doesn''t look good for him, tuck.
The woman died of blunt force trauma.
She was murdered in his home.
Her corpse was burned in his back yard and then buried in his back yard.
He fled.
While he still deserves a fair trial, at this point, all of these facts point more to his guilt than innocence.
Having those, coupled with forgetting most of his English and providing a simple story about a family emergency down south, should find him sympathetic ears in the illegal immigrant pipeline.
Who"s playing the race card ?
It is not a lynch mob mentality to have an opinion about a man who has obviously gone on the lam after a woman he was romantically involved in, has been beaten to death with a blunt instrument.
If I WERE on the jury, however, I would put that aside, take a fresh look at the evidence, and I know myself well enough to say that if there was a reasonable doubt about his guilt, I would vote to acquit.
A reasonable doubt, not just any doubt. No guilty man would ever be punished in UFO abductions or one-armed men are presumed to offer a shred of doubt.
tuckerndfw on the other hand would work tirelessly for Laurean"s acquittal, just as if he were being paid by the defense team. He would do anything and everything to subvert the process.
He claims that if gender were reversed in this case, his opinions about it would be the same.
This claim is completely false, and only a naive fool would be taken in by it.
- Posted by tuckerndfw at 01:15 AM : Jan 16, 2008
Look who"s talking. I"d sooner be lectured on tolerance by Louis Farrakhan.
Your hypocrisy is blatant.
Did you not say recently that it is "inherent" and "part of human nature" for people to turn to "white males" for leadership in times of crisis ?
Do you not refer to women who dare to show independence or assertiveness, as "whining Bimbos" ?
I don"t know your personal history, but you fit the profile of the aging white executive who has been downsized at work and replaced by an aggressive young female fresh out of grad school with an MBA.
If this guy killed her, and he walks because of the blatant prejudice of people like you, the blood of his future victims will be on your hands.
Don''t you get it, ice? The guy is Tucker''s relative. Now if the guy had been an Arab, or Muslim, or God forbid, a "Black" man, tuck himself would be tying the 13 loops in the noose already, and the Marines would have had him locked down even before the girl died.
Nice wiggle.
When her alleged bipolar condition and
compulsive lying" were reported, I posted on the situation "thusly":
"If it"s true, it can"t be covered up. It is essential for a fair trial; otherwise a verdict could be overturned later. But it must be verified by a medical expert." - again quoting my post from memory.
Your immediate reaction to the same information was simply to assume its veracity, and to declare her "insane, schizo, nutsie."
And you have the unmitigated gall to question my objectivity ?
"He wouldn"t marry her and so she killed herself. Oldest story in the book."
- Posted by tuckerndfw [quoted from memory]
This guy has the legal presumption of innocence, but if he killed her, and frustrated white males manage to get him off, and he kills again, the next victims" blood will be on their hands.
Posted by meinnv at 12:49 AM : Jan 16, 2008
With whom are you debating?
The way you end a debate or discussion is you stop replying. . .
Posted by tuckerndfw at 12:54 AM : Jan 16, 2008
Excuse my politeness then.....
I didn''t want to ignore someone who was addressing me.
If you reply to me, and address me, it is only common courtesy to reply--if you were not debating me, why address me then?
I didn''t want to be considered rude.
(no reply to this comment is needed, implied or expected).
If you knew how I''''net message boards operate you wouldn''''t have asked the question.
Either you knew and are being obnozious; or, you did not know and are an imposter.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 12:34 AM : Jan 16, 2008
Do you mean obnoxious?
(obnoxious
Main Entry: ob7nox7ious
Pronunciation: db-%u02C8ndk-sh%u0259s, %u0259b-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin obnoxius, from ob in the way of, exposed to + noxa harm %u2014 more at noxious
Date: 1597
1archaic : exposed to something unpleasant or harmful %u2014used with to
2archaic : deserving of censure
3: odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive
%u2014 ob7nox7ious7ly adverb
%u2014 ob7nox7ious7ness noun )
(http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/obnoxious)
(According to my posts nothing in what I said pertains to this word)
You were the one who initially engaged me in a debate by personally addressing me. No one else addressed me. Nor am I anyone you reguarly debate with. I asked a question.
Question asked, answered, commented on.
On to the next subject...
And for me, that means just that.
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/alert/laurean_ca.htm
Until he is found we will not know the exact details of the crime; if he even wants them to be known.
"There has been a crime committed, we just don''t know what the crime is" sums it up.
[FYI: I do have other hobbies, at last count 5 of them, which I have been engaging in since this "debate"]
Since you seem (to be pretending) to be totally clueless as to how I''''net message boards operate, when you post a comment, you are engaging in a debate or discussion.
If that is not your intent, perhaps you should find a different hobby.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 11:38 PM : Jan 15, 2008
I don''t believe that message was called for.
I have been on numerous internet message boards and know quite well how they operate.
I stated my opinion/comment. You were the one who initially engaged me in a debate by personally addressing me. No one else.
I simply asked why, which I felt I had the right to ask. Question asked, answered, commented on.
On to the next subject.....
Okay, I accepted it without question.
What"s your point?"
- Posted by tuckerndfw at 11:47 PM : Jan 15, 2008
My point is, you smug sense of moral superiority is completely unjustified, as mine would be if I affected one, as you do.
You accept the "good rumors" (the ones that support this guy"s innocence) and reject the others.
You"re no better than me, the one who says "he"s guilty as hell."
That"s why you and I belong here on this forum, but not on that jury.
We"re equally flawed. At least I"m man enough to admit it.
That is my point.
- Posted by tuckerndfw at 07:00 PM : Jan 15, 2008
Who reported it ? What qualified psychologist ? When ? Where ?
Mild bipolar disorder ? Moderate ? Severe ?
Give us the details, of **** about it.
Name the doctor, his credentials, when and where he diagnosed her, and the degree of severity (mild to severe) he declared her condition to be.
Give me all that ---- or else get off your high horse and quit claiming some exalted moral superiority.
"She"s bipolar" -- that"s one of the rumors you never questioned. You accepted it sight unseen.
You claim the accused is guilty of murder. There is no factual basis for that claim. It is the product of your own imagination."
- Posted by tuckerndfw at 09:37 PM : Jan 15, 2008
You on the other hand claim that all your conclusions are based on fact, not on rumor and speculation.
Cite the expert medical testimony on the basis of which you declared Lauterbach "insane" (bipolar).
Name the doctor, his credentials, when and where he diagnosed her, and the degree of severity (mild to severe) he declared her condition to be.
Give me all that ---- or else get of your high horse and quit claiming some exalted moral superiority.
"She"s bipolar" -- that"s one of the rumors you never questioned. You accepted it sight unseen.
Posted by meinnv at 11:18 PM : Jan 15, 2008
That was the same comment I was going to make to you since you are the one complaining about my comments.
Your comments don''''t bother me at all.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 11:27 PM : Jan 15, 2008
I don''t believe I was complaining. I simply asked a question which I felt I was entitled to do so.
Question asked, answered and commented on.
On to the next subject....
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