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Cousin Spots Wanted Marine in Mexico

Posted Jan 22, 08 4:53 PM CST in Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – A Marine wanted for murder was spotted by his cousin near Guadalajara, Mexico, a week ago, CNN reports. Cpl. Cesar Laurean visited his cousin's liquor store and said he was "just passing by." The cousin says he didn't know about Laurean's legal troubles. Meanwhile, a North Carolina district attorney pressing for extradition had to agree to forgo the death penalty in accordance with Mexican law.

"My hands were tied,” said DA Dewey Hudson. ". It was very frustrating and disappointing." Mexico refuses to extradite suspects to the US who face capital punishment. In North Carolina, investigators are analyzing a possible murder weapon and DNA from the unborn fetus of Laurean's alleged victim, Maria Lauterbach, but lab tests are expected to take weeks.
Source: CNN

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This undated photo provided Monday, Jan. 21, 2008 by the Onslow County, N.C., Sheriff's Office shows an area of scorched earth and some concrete blocks in the backyard of the home of Cpl. Cesar Laurean...   (Associated Press)
This undated image provided by the Onslow County Sheriff%u2019s Office in Jacksonville, N.C. on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, shows Cesar Laurean. Authorities are searching for Cpl. Laurean in connection with...   (Associated Press)
Motorists drive near an electronic billboard with the picture of Cesar Laurean, a Marine wanted in the slaying of a pregnant colleague, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)   (Associated Press)
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)
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