Answers sought in Lauterbach’s death

[unhappycamper]

Answers sought in Lauterbach’s death
By Mike Baker - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jan 19, 2008 16:24:03 EST

RALEIGH, N.C. — As federal agents conduct an international manhunt for a Marine wanted the bloody slaying of a pregnant colleague, a team of detectives in North Carolina is on a search of a different kind.

There are just so many questions about the death of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach that demand an answer. First among them: Why would Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean want to kill her?

“The facts are still murky,” said Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson. “There’s been a lot of twists turns, and I feel like we haven’t seen the end of it.”

Authorities think Laurean is in his native Mexico, hiding from an arrest warrant that charges him with Lauterbach’s death. Should he ever be caught and returned to North Carolina, it is Hudson who will have to explain Laurean’s motives to a jury. And so far, he said, the case he’s building is one of the most perplexing in his three decades as a prosecutor.

At first, the motive seemed obvious: Lauterbach had accused her fellow personnel clerk in the 2nd Marine Logistics Group of rape. It appeared that Laurean, a 21-year-old from Las Vegas who is married with an 18-month-old daughter, might be the father of her fetus.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/ap_missingmarinequestions_080119/

[plantwomyn]

1. Laurean's motive is odvious to any thinking person.

My question is the motive of the Marine Corp. for ignoring and covering up for a rapist. The Corp. says Laurean refused to talk about the case. The say Lauterbach's story changed, they moved her to another building, blah blah blah. Wow they even ORDERED Laurean to stay away from Lauterbach. Lauterbach moved off base to get away from this creep! If this were a civilian investigation, I would hope that things would have been different. But it is true that the military is just a reflection of the our society. Rape is still hard to prove. The victim put on trial. The instance of Sexual Misconduct, including rape, in the military is documented and unfortunately the military is NOT doing much about it.
The BS that I've seen about "Don't let your daughters go into the military" is just that, BS. Until ALL citizens can be safe to pursue their dreams, in or out of the military, this country isn't safe, PERIOD. The military profess to have a HIGHER standard of conduct. They use their code to support DADT but ignore it when heterosexual sexual misconduct is reported. The commander of Camp Lejeune was responsible to protect Lauterbach. He chose not to.