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Suspect in Pregnant Marine's Killing Spotted in La.

Posted Jan 13, 08 9:24 AM CST in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – The Marine suspected in the murder of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child was spotted last night exiting a bus in Shreveport, La., and could be headed to Texas, police said today. Authorities said they believe Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean could be dangerous if "put in a corner," and are hopeful he will be apprehended soon, the AP reports.

Laurean faces murder charges, though authorities have yet to positively identify the remains of the pregnant woman and her fetus found charred in his backyard firepit yesterday. Lauterbach had also accused him of rape. Laurean is believed to have been on the lam since 4am Friday in a black Dodge pickup, and is the subject of a nationwide manhunt.

Sources: Associated Press, CNN, Daily News (Jacksonville, NC)

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This undated photo provided Friday, Jan. 11, 2008 by the Onslow County, N.C. Sheriff's office shows a black 2004 Quad Cab Dodge Pickup. Authorities believe Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, the prime...   (Associated Press)
Personnel with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations and Onslow County Sheriff's Department examine the site in the backyard of Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean in Jacksonville, N.C. on Saturday...   (Associated Press)
Personnel with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations and Onslow County Sheriff's Department examine the site in the backyard of Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean in Jacksonville, N.C. on Saturday...   (Associated Press)
The message is on the sign in front of St. Christopher Catholic Church, the home parish for the Lauterbach family, on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 in Vandalia, Ohio, the hometown of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach....   (Associated Press)
This is the home behind which investigators discovered a shallow grave containing remains believed to be those of missing Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach in Onslow County just outside of Jacksonville,...   (Associated Press)
This is the home behind which investigators discovered a shallow grave containing remains believed to be those of missing Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach in Onslow County just outside of Jacksonville,...   (Associated Press)
Mary Lauterbach of Vandalia, Ohio reported her daughter missing Dec. 19. Maria Frances Lauterbach, 20, a Marine based at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, is eight months pregnant. Mary Lauterbach was...   (Associated Press)
Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, charged with murder in the deaths of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child, was spotted last night by a member of the general public two or three states away from...   (Associated Press)
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