Autopsy: Lauterbach Died From Head Trauma

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Autopsy: Lauterbach Died From Head Trauma
Associated Press | January 15, 2008

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina - A 20-year-old pregnant Marine who disappeared in December died from a head injury, authorities said Tuesday, formally rejecting the claims of the key suspect in her death that she committed suicide.

Dr. Charles Garrett, the Onslow County medical examiner, said Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach died from "traumatic head injury due to blunt force trauma."

Authorities recovered her burned remains, along with those of her unborn child, over the weekend from a fire pit in the backyard of Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando 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.


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1. The girl is from the Dayton Ohio area.

Her friends, family and the entire Northern Dayton area is grieving the loss of such a precious life...one of their own.