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Murdered Marine's ATM Card Surfaces

Posted Jan 14, 08 5:15 PM CST in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – Police recovered Maria Lauterbach's ATM card in a Durham, NC, bus station today and said her accused killer's truck was sighted in the area, CNN reports. The FBI offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Cesar Laurean, who allegedly murdered his fellow Marine last month. Lauterbach, 20, was pregnant with a child she said was Laurean's.

"I would imagine he's getting help," the sheriff of Onslow County, where the killing occurred, said of Laurean. "Even though he's committed this horrible crime, he's still got friends." Laurean is now wanted on federal as well as state charges, and the sheriff described the search as "Earthwide." The FBI said electronic billboards bearing "Wanted" posters will appear nationwide.

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This photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, shows Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean. Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, the key suspect in the brutal slaying of a 20-year-old pregnant Marine has been sighted...   (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)
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)
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