Cesar Armando Laurean - A nationwide manhunt is underway for accused killer Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, wanted in the murder of pregnant missing Marine, Maria Lauterbach.
Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, a personnel clerk from Clark County, Nevada, fled the Marine base at Camp Lejeune about 4 a.m. Friday, shortly before police learned of his involvement in Maria Lauterbach’s murder.
A female ex-Marine who came forward with new information in the case of the pregnant missing Marine, Maria Lauterbach, provided details of her death that implicated Laurean.
Authorities were looking for his black Dodge quad-cab pickup with North Carolina license plate TRR-1522.
“We’ll get him one way or the other, somewhere,” Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown told reporters.
Brown said authorities had obtained physical evidence of Lauterbach’s death that also linked Cesar Laurean to the case. He would not elaborate on that evidence.
Asked how Lauterbach died, Brown would only speak “of an injury to her.”
Investigators are looking for Lauterbach’s body in a residential wooded area in Onslow County near the Camp Lejeune Marine base.
Brown said investigators learned of Lauterbach’s death around 8 a.m. Friday when a female former Marine contacted military authorities. When they went to arrest laurean, they found that he had fled hours earlier.
21-year old Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean was accused of raping Maria Lauterbach. The rape caused her pregnancy and the baby’s birth was expected to provide DNA evidence supporting her claim.
The rape case was being investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Cpl. Lauterbach was due to testify against Cpl. Cesar Laurean, but disappeared a week before her scheduled appearance.
Lauterbach’s cell phone was found on a roadside near Camp Lejeune on December 20. Her car was found January 7th in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, Brown said, and apparently had been there since December 15.
Her credit card had been used December 14th to buy a bus ticket to El Paso, Texas which was never used.
Investigators have said there was also ”suspicious activity” on Maria Lauterbach’s bank account December 24th.
Lauterbach’s ATM card was used at a Marine Federal Credit Union by a man who attempted to cover the surveillance camera with a rag while he withdrew money from her account.
Authorties believe those activities were orchestrated by Cesar Laurean to cover up Maria Lauterbach’s murder.
And that’s the latest news on Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean.
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January 11th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
If we’re lucky maybe he’ll get tasered to death during a traffic stop!
January 11th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
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January 12th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Why hasn’t anyone reported this man? Some one has to know his whereabouts… most likely this man is going to end up killing himself to avoid all the things he has to face in reality.
January 12th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
This guy is a friggin scumbag!
January 12th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Missing Marine’s Body Found Burned & Buried
(AP) - JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - Authorities detailed gruesome evidence of a pregnant Marine’s death Saturday as they excavated human remains from a fire pit where they believe a comrade she accused of rape burned and buried her body.
Investigators have found blood spatters on the ceiling and a massive amount of blood on the wall of the home of Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said.
It appeared that someone had tried to wash and paint over the blood, he said.
“I believe this is going to be a bizarre discovery today,” Brown said. “The blood splatters indicate a violent, violent attack.”
In a fire pit in the backyard of Laurean’s home, authorities found burnt human remains buried up to a foot in ashes and dirt, said Dr. Charles Garrett, the county medical examiner.
Once state investigators finish slowly scraping dirt from the site, protected by a tarp and two white tents, the remains will be sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Chapel Hill for identification using dental records.
Before fleeing Jacksonville early Friday, Brown said, Laurean left a note that said Lauterbach had “come to his residence and cut her (own) throat.”
Brown confirmed Saturday that authorities received the note from Laurean’s wife, Christina, around 8 a.m. Friday, about four hours after they suspect he fled.
Laurean wrote in the note that he had nothing to do with Lauterbach’s suicide, but that he had buried her body, the sheriff said.
Authorities have dismissed the idea that Lauterbach killed herself, pointing to the blood stains and the obvious signs of a cleanup inside Laurean’s one-story, brown brick ranch home.
Brown challenged Laurean, who has not been charged with a crime, to come forward and defend his claims of innocence.
Brown declined to say whether authorities thought Christina Laurean had a hand in Lauterbach’s disappearance.
January 12th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Missing Pregnant Marine’s Body Found
(AP) JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - Authorities issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a Marine corporal wanted in the death of a pregnant colleague, whose burnt remains were excavated from a fire pit in his backyard.
Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said investigators also recovered the remains of Lance Cpl. Maria Frances Lauterbach’s unborn child.
“The fetus was developed enough that the little hand was about the size of my thumb,” Brown said. “The little fingers were rolled up and this is consistent with what we were looking for, a pregnant lady who is the victim, Maria Lauterbach, and her unborn child.”
A nationwide search is under way for Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, who authorities said fled Jacksonville early Friday morning after leaving his wife a note in which he admitted burying Lauterbach’s body.
January 12th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Laurean,
As I look at your picture I can see that you are a coward. Your eyes seem to quiver with fear because you just never fit in with regular society. You have few friends and took advantage of those who were shy or had introvert-like personalities to get what you wanted. You are a sick, mentally deranged, feeble coward. The longer you remain at large the more likely your conscience will be consumed with guilt and shame, convincing yourself to end your own pathetic life. Do us all a favor and save us some tax payer money and do just that. As a matter of a fact why don’t you cut your own throat and set yourself ablaze just as you claim Maria did. I hope that before the authorities get you, that someone else does and bring you to the justice you deserve.
January 13th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Cesar Laurean Spotted in Louisiana
(AP) - The key suspect in the brutal slaying of a 20-year-old pregnant Marine was spotted in Louisiana and could be headed into Texas, authorities said Sunday as federal officials said they had issued a fugitive warrant for his arrest.
Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean was seen getting on or off a Greyhound bus in Shreveport, La., Saturday night, said Shreveport police Chief Henry Whitehorn Sr.
“We’re working with the U.S. Marshal’s Service and other law enforcement agencies trying to locate him,” Whitehorn told The Associated Press.
“We don’t know if he is still in the area. We believe it may have just been a pass through. We received information he may be headed into Texas.”
January 14th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
My heart goes out to Miss Lauterbach and her family. It is such a sad, horrific situation…..
She was reported missing 3 1/2 weeks ago, why was Mr. Laurean not considered a suspect automatically? Knowing the history/reasoning , etc., officials just searched Mr. Laurean’s house on Friday? Where was his wife during all this time? Did they have Christmas at their house with blood stains still on the ceiling and walls???? I’m confused… there is definitley some underlying information that the military/investigators are withholding… it’s ashame that this had to happen and could very well have been prevented.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Cesar Armando Laurean was born in Guadalajara, Mexico according to the NCIS suspect sheet. He is probably headed back there because Mexico will not Extradite back to US if death penalty involved. A great reason to go there. The question is should we report the USMC to ICE for employing Illegal?
January 15th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I hope you read this cesar. I am a Indepentent Fugitive Recovery Agent. I do things for the Federal Govt. I find bad guys like you. I hope we cross paths. Through all my
January 16th, 2008 at 7:04 am
who is armando’s wife? why is here name being witheld and where was she during all this??
January 16th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
That is what I would like to know where is his WIFE, and why isnt she saying anything, looks like she knew a whole lot, why didnt she come forward right after this happen rather then give him time to run…..
Makes no since to me.. AND EYE FOR AND EYE, THEY NEED TO ROAST HIS ASS…JUST LIKE HE DID TO HER… MY HEART GOES OUT TO HER FAMILY, MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE ARMY, AND WAS ALSO SEXUAL ASSAULTED, HE WAS CONFICTED AND DISCHARGE HAD TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER COME TO FIND OUT THREW IT ALL HE HAD DONE THIS TO SEVERAL OTHER WOMEN, SOME WERE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, I HOPE THEY ALL BURN IN HELL
January 17th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
You are ignorant Howard…Cesar was born in Guadalajara but became a (U.S Citizen) so he is not ILLEGAL.Get your head in the game.
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
CNN: Cesar Laurean Spotted in Mexico
ZAPOPAN, Mexico (CNN) — A cousin of a man sought in the killing of a fellow Marine in North Carolina said Tuesday that he saw the suspect near Guadalajara, Mexico, a week ago.
The FBI has released this picture of fugitive Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean and a tattoo on his left arm.
Juan Antonio Ramos Ramirez said he did not know at the time of Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean’s visit to his liquor store in Zapopan that authorities were seeking his cousin on murder charges.
Onslow County, North Carolina, District Attorney Dewey Hudson said Monday that he had seen “strongly compelling evidence” compiled by federal authorities indicating that Laurean had been in Mexico for more than a week.
Hudson said he has asked through the State Department that Laurean be arrested if he is found in Mexico. But he said he had “no other option” but to take the death penalty off the table if Laurean is found there.
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Forgot to include the other highlight:
“FBI spokesman Newsom Summerlin said the bureau plans to circulate matchbooks or business cards in Mexico with Laurean’s photo.”
Sounds about as effective as our wonderful Department of Homeland Security is at stopping illegal Mexican immigrants from entering the US…
12 million illegal immigrants have crossed our borders since Bush took office and all we have to show for it are long lines at the airport to take off our shoes.
God help us all if a suicide bomber ever gets caught with a stick of dynamite up his ass.
Hate to see the kind of line that inspection will create…