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12-06-08, 06:52 AM
Cesar Laurean's home up for bid
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December 5, 2008 - 7:39 PM
LINDELL KAY
Cesar Laurean's home in the Half Moon community will be up for sale on Jan. 5.
The white, one-story house at 103 Meadow Trail will be sold "to the highest bidder for cash," according to a legal notice from the law firm handling the foreclosure.
The house comes, of course, with a macabre history.
A frantic five-day search by authorities, intensified by the presence of national media, for missing pregnant Camp Lejeune Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach ended in the backyard of 103 Meadow Trail when investigators found her and her unborn child's charred remains buried beneath a fire pit on Jan. 10.
Lauterbach had accused Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean in May 2007 of raping her earlier in the year. She vanished Dec. 14, 2007. In the early morning hours of Jan. 10, Laurean left the area after giving a note to his wife, Marine Lance Cpl. Christina Laurean. The note stated that Lauterbach had killed herself and he buried her body.
However, Lauterbach was bludgeoned to death, medical examiners determined.
Laurean eluded local and federal authorities until his arrest in his native Mexico three months later. He is fighting extradition back to the U.S.
The home is owned by both Laureans who defaulted on the original loan for the home; and Brock & Scott, PLLC, is handling the foreclosure, according to a legal clerk at the Wilmington attorney's office.
The legal notice planned for publication in The Daily News in late December and early January states the home will be sold "as is where is."
Lenders are not required to give full disclosure on houses sold through auction. However, the occurrence of a homicide is a material fact that would have to be disclosed by a real estate agent to potential buyers, said Van Dupuis, the president of the Jacksonville Board of Realtors.
"Something like this doesn't happen very often, but realtors must be honest about it," he said.
Laurean's state appointed capital defender said he spoke to his client after the return to the U.S. of his wife. The Marine Corps granted Christina Laurean leave in November to visit with her husband in Mexico.
"He said he had a nice visit with his wife," Jacksonville attorney Dick McNeil said, adding that Laurean seems as frustrate as everyone else about where the legal process stands.
"No one can seem to pinpoint what is exactly is happening when," McNeil said.
Dewey Hudson, the district attorney for the 4th Prosecutorial District, which includes Onslow County, said he has not heard anything new on the Laurean case from Mexico.
"We have been really busy with other matters here," said Hudson. "I have 54 homicide cases pending."
Contact crime reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8456. Read Lindell's blog at http://onslowcrime.encblogs.com
Ellie
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December 5, 2008 - 7:39 PM
LINDELL KAY
Cesar Laurean's home in the Half Moon community will be up for sale on Jan. 5.
The white, one-story house at 103 Meadow Trail will be sold "to the highest bidder for cash," according to a legal notice from the law firm handling the foreclosure.
The house comes, of course, with a macabre history.
A frantic five-day search by authorities, intensified by the presence of national media, for missing pregnant Camp Lejeune Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach ended in the backyard of 103 Meadow Trail when investigators found her and her unborn child's charred remains buried beneath a fire pit on Jan. 10.
Lauterbach had accused Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean in May 2007 of raping her earlier in the year. She vanished Dec. 14, 2007. In the early morning hours of Jan. 10, Laurean left the area after giving a note to his wife, Marine Lance Cpl. Christina Laurean. The note stated that Lauterbach had killed herself and he buried her body.
However, Lauterbach was bludgeoned to death, medical examiners determined.
Laurean eluded local and federal authorities until his arrest in his native Mexico three months later. He is fighting extradition back to the U.S.
The home is owned by both Laureans who defaulted on the original loan for the home; and Brock & Scott, PLLC, is handling the foreclosure, according to a legal clerk at the Wilmington attorney's office.
The legal notice planned for publication in The Daily News in late December and early January states the home will be sold "as is where is."
Lenders are not required to give full disclosure on houses sold through auction. However, the occurrence of a homicide is a material fact that would have to be disclosed by a real estate agent to potential buyers, said Van Dupuis, the president of the Jacksonville Board of Realtors.
"Something like this doesn't happen very often, but realtors must be honest about it," he said.
Laurean's state appointed capital defender said he spoke to his client after the return to the U.S. of his wife. The Marine Corps granted Christina Laurean leave in November to visit with her husband in Mexico.
"He said he had a nice visit with his wife," Jacksonville attorney Dick McNeil said, adding that Laurean seems as frustrate as everyone else about where the legal process stands.
"No one can seem to pinpoint what is exactly is happening when," McNeil said.
Dewey Hudson, the district attorney for the 4th Prosecutorial District, which includes Onslow County, said he has not heard anything new on the Laurean case from Mexico.
"We have been really busy with other matters here," said Hudson. "I have 54 homicide cases pending."
Contact crime reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8456. Read Lindell's blog at http://onslowcrime.encblogs.com
Ellie