JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - June 8, 2009 Cesar Laurean is charged with first-degree murder in the death
of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach of Vandalia, Ohio, whose
burned body was found buried behind Laurean's house. His brief
arraignment hearing was held Monday in an Onslow County courtroom.
Prosecutors also said he won't face the death penalty if convicted.
Lauterbach was about eight months pregnant when she died, but
DNA tests revealed that Laurean wasn't the father. Lauterbach told
Navy investigators that she was raped by Laurean in 2007, though
she later recanted her claim that Laurean fathered her unborn
child.
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