Cesar Laurean captured

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Cesar Laurean captured <br />
Search of Jacksonville residence leads to key information <br />
April 10, 2008 - 9:17PM <br />
BY LINDELL KAY AND HEATHER GALE <br />
DAILY NEWS STAFF <br />
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Cesar Laurean, a fugitive Camp Lejeune...

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Marine killing suspect caught in Mexico <br />
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Fugitive Marine in custody in Mexico <br />
From Staff and Wire Reports <br />
CHARLOTTE - Mexican authorities and FBI special agents have fugitive U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean in custody in...

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Sheriff: Law enforcement eliminated Laurean's resources <br />
Suspect sought help, but did not find it <br />
April 11, 2008 - 2:17PM <br />
BY LINDELL KAY, HEATHER GALE AND JENNIFER HLAD <br />
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The...

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Investigators probe Laurean communication
April 11, 2008 - 11:36AM
LINDELL KAY
DAILY NEWS STAFF

Search warrants for the Jacksonville house investigators raided nearly two weeks ago looking for evidence of communication between Cesar Laurean and his wife Christina were sealed by a judge at the time the search occurred.

But Dewey Hudson, district attorney for the 4th Prosecutorial District that includes Onslow County, said law enforcement officials have information that the Laureans were communicating by computer and may have made plans to meet.

Cesar Laurean, captured Thursday evening in Mexico, has been indicted for first-degree murder in the death of pregnant Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach.

The warrants for the home and property were sealed by Onslow County Superior Court Judge Charles Henry at the time the search occurred, according to a court official.

Laurean was arrested Thursday evening wandering a street in Tacambaro, Mexico by the FBI and Mexican authorities - nearly three months after fleeing Onslow County. Authorities said they had zeroed in on his location by seizing computers at the home of Christina's sister, where she stayed for some time after her husband fled.

Prosecutors continue to say Christina Laurean was not involved in the death of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach.

Bearded, thin and chained at the wrists and ankles, Laurean spoke briefly with The Associated Press while being held at the Michoacan state Attorney General's Office in Morelia, the state capital. He appeared slightly disoriented and stared straight ahead, his eyes occasionally filling up with tears as he answered a reporter's questions in terse phrases.

"You know my name. You know who I am," Laurean said. Asked if he wanted to say anything, Laurean answered, "Proof," but wouldn't explain.

When Mexican authorities who stopped Laurean, they realized he didn't speak Spanish well and became suspicious.

Laurean told the arresting officers he had only 10 pesos - about $1 - in his pocket when arrested.

Laurean, of Las Vegas, was born in Guadalajara, but family members there have said he moved to the U.S. more than 10 years ago. He had told members of his unit that he would flee to Mexico if it appeared he would be found guilty of rape. Authorities believe he entered Mexico on a bus on Jan. 14.

Ellie

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Laurean e-mail to sheriff asks for immunity from military prosecution <br />
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BY LINDELL KAY, HEATHER GALE AND JENNIFER HLAD...

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E-mail exchange between Cesar Laurean and Sheriff Ed Brown <br />
April 12, 2008 - 7:15AM <br />
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Editor's note: The following is a copy of the e-mail sent from Capt. Rick Sutherland of the Onslow County...

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Extradition could take weeks — or years <br />
April 11, 2008 - 9:36PM <br />
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Captured Marine's Wife Refused To Help Him <br />
MORELIA, Mexico, April 11, 2008 <br />
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Laurean Web use tracked <br />
April 13, 2008 - 12:24AM <br />
LINDELL KAY AND MIKE MCHUGH <br />
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Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean fled Onslow County after a story about the disappearance of the woman he...

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Extradition could take weeks — or years <br />
April 11, 2008 - 9:36PM <br />
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DAILY NEWS STAFF <br />
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Extraditing Cesar Laurean from Mexico could take up to two years, but the prisons in Mexico are so...

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Extradition procedure under way for Laurean
Mexican judge’s recommendation just the beginning
April 14, 2008 - 11:46PM
LINDELL KAY
DAILY NEWS STAFF

Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, accused of murder in Onslow County and arrested in Mexico after a three-month manhunt, could not immediately waive extradition back to the United States even if he wanted to, officials say.

"I have heard the rumors that he will be back here in a day or two, but there is a process that will take a certain period of time," said Dewey Hudson, district attorney for the 4th Prosecutorial District, which includes Onslow County.

Laurean - indicted for the first-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach in December and accused of burying her body and that of her unborn child beneath his backyard fire pit - had his first appearance in front of a judge in Mexico over the weekend, said Capt. Rick Sutherland of the Onslow County Sheriff's Department.

The judge recommended extradition, Sutherland said, adding there are steps to be taken and "we do not know what (Laurean) will want to do."

Laurean has representation in Mexico, said Jacksonville lawyer Wally Paramore, who has been appointed as Laurean's attorney by the state's Capital Defender's Office.

He said he hoped to be in contact with Laurean through his representatives there and would then have a better idea of his client's situation.

Laurean was arrested walking to an Internet cafe, where authorities said he had been using a computer to ask for help from his family - including his wife, Christina Laurean, also a Marine, who has been ordered not to discuss the case. She refused to send money to her husband, local investigators said.

The efforts of law enforcement to eliminate Laurean's resources led to his "impoverished state" living in a tiny wooden cabin and having 10 pesos in his pocket when he was captured, authorities said.

Laurean left Onslow County on Jan. 11 after becoming the focus of the investigation into Lauterbach's disappearance, authorities said. An Internet story about Lauterbach's disappearance and an attached investigation report about Lauterbach's rape allegations were viewed on a computer in Laurean's Meadow Trail home about 4 a.m. that day, detectives learned after seizing the computer.

Laurean rode a bus into his native Mexico, according to the FBI.

Contact crime reporter Lindell Kay at lkay@freedomenc.com or 910-554-8534. Read Lindell's blog at http://onslowcrime.encblogs.com.

Ellie