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01-24-09, 07:56 PM
While Lauterbach news dropped from headlines, case continued
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January 24, 2009 - 7:19 PM
BY LINDELL KAY
DAILY NEWS STAFF
Editor's note: This is the final installment of the Death and Dishonor timeline which charted the Maria Lauterbach homicide investigation in real time.
A story that captured the nation's attention for two weeks began to drop from the frontpage of newspapers and 24-hour news tickers in late January 2008.
But the case continued.
Cesar Laurean, a Camp Lejeune Marine corporal indicted in the killing of a pregnant colleague who had accused him of rape, burying her charred remains in his backyard and fleeing to Mexico, was still on the run.
While speculation continued, there was no concrete news of Laurean's whereabouts.
On Jan. 26, 2008, five members of the radical Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church protested the Marine Corps in downtown Jacksonville. Eight times as many people showed up at the protest rally to show their support.
Interpol joined the manhunt on Jan. 28, 2008 - the same day Mexican authorities issued a provisional arrest warrant for Laurean.
The nation mourned with those who knew Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach on Feb. 2, 2008, as she was laid to rest with her unborn son, Gabriel.
Her mother, Mary Lauterbach and Ohio Congressman Mike Turner would soon question the Marine Corps and the Department of Defense as to why Maria Lauterbach was not better protected after she accused Laurean of rape in 2007.
Local and federal authorities continued to closely watch Laurean's wife, Christina. They also filed a blizzard of subpoenas to track Laurean's Internet use in Mexico.
On April 10, 2008, Mexican authorities arrested Laurean in the rural township of Tacambaro. He was down to the 10 pesos in his pocket and had been surviving on avocados.
Laurean continues to fight extradition.
In August, an intern in the Onslow County District Attorney's Office was accused of copying more than 6,000 pages from the Laurean case file and trying to sell them to an undercover deputy posing as a reporter at Newsweek.
In November, Laurean's wife traveled to visit with him in a Mexican jail.
Laurean's Half Moon community home, where Lauterbach's body was buried for almost three weeks, could go the highest bidder on Monday.
Wilmington law firm Brock & Scott is auctioning off 103 Meadow Trail to the highest bidder at 10 a.m. on the Onslow County Courthouse steps. The original financer, Countrywide, has placed an opening bid of $102,000.
District Attorney Dewey Hudson has said on several occasions that the case has more twists and turns than a rollercoaster at the county fair.
Where 2009 will take the story is anyone's guess.
Contact crime reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8456. Read Lindell's blog at http://onslowcrime.encblogs.com.
Ellie
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January 24, 2009 - 7:19 PM
BY LINDELL KAY
DAILY NEWS STAFF
Editor's note: This is the final installment of the Death and Dishonor timeline which charted the Maria Lauterbach homicide investigation in real time.
A story that captured the nation's attention for two weeks began to drop from the frontpage of newspapers and 24-hour news tickers in late January 2008.
But the case continued.
Cesar Laurean, a Camp Lejeune Marine corporal indicted in the killing of a pregnant colleague who had accused him of rape, burying her charred remains in his backyard and fleeing to Mexico, was still on the run.
While speculation continued, there was no concrete news of Laurean's whereabouts.
On Jan. 26, 2008, five members of the radical Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church protested the Marine Corps in downtown Jacksonville. Eight times as many people showed up at the protest rally to show their support.
Interpol joined the manhunt on Jan. 28, 2008 - the same day Mexican authorities issued a provisional arrest warrant for Laurean.
The nation mourned with those who knew Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach on Feb. 2, 2008, as she was laid to rest with her unborn son, Gabriel.
Her mother, Mary Lauterbach and Ohio Congressman Mike Turner would soon question the Marine Corps and the Department of Defense as to why Maria Lauterbach was not better protected after she accused Laurean of rape in 2007.
Local and federal authorities continued to closely watch Laurean's wife, Christina. They also filed a blizzard of subpoenas to track Laurean's Internet use in Mexico.
On April 10, 2008, Mexican authorities arrested Laurean in the rural township of Tacambaro. He was down to the 10 pesos in his pocket and had been surviving on avocados.
Laurean continues to fight extradition.
In August, an intern in the Onslow County District Attorney's Office was accused of copying more than 6,000 pages from the Laurean case file and trying to sell them to an undercover deputy posing as a reporter at Newsweek.
In November, Laurean's wife traveled to visit with him in a Mexican jail.
Laurean's Half Moon community home, where Lauterbach's body was buried for almost three weeks, could go the highest bidder on Monday.
Wilmington law firm Brock & Scott is auctioning off 103 Meadow Trail to the highest bidder at 10 a.m. on the Onslow County Courthouse steps. The original financer, Countrywide, has placed an opening bid of $102,000.
District Attorney Dewey Hudson has said on several occasions that the case has more twists and turns than a rollercoaster at the county fair.
Where 2009 will take the story is anyone's guess.
Contact crime reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8456. Read Lindell's blog at http://onslowcrime.encblogs.com.
Ellie