A Marine corporal accused of killing a pregnant colleague.Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson said authorities at Camp Lejeune in southeastern North Carolina advised him that the highest Mexican court had denied the appeals of Cpl. Cesar Laurean who was fighting extradition.
Laurean, 22, who has dual citizenship, was arrested in Mexico last April. He is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, 20, of Vandalia, Ohio.
Lauterbach’s charred remains were found in January 2008 buried in the backyard of Laurean’s home near Camp Lejeune, located about 125 miles southeast of Raleigh. She had accused Laurean of rape, and was pregnant when she was killed.