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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A Marine corporal who has been fighting extradition from a Mexican jail will soon be returned to the U.S., where he faces charges of killing a pregnant Marine.
Cpl. Cesar Laurean will be transferred to federal law enforcement officials this week, Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson told WITN, a Jacksonville-area TV station.
The 22-year-old Marine, accused of killing 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach in December 2007, will be transferred to Texas. It’s unclear when Laurean would be returned to Onslow County, where he has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder.
Onslow authorities say Laurean killed Lauterbach, who had accused him of rape, and then burned her body. Lauterbach was in her third trimester of pregnancy when authorities uncovered her charred remains in a shallow grave in Laurean’s backyard in January 2008. Both Marines were assigned to Camp Lejeune’s 2nd Marine Logistics Group.
Laurean fled to his native Mexico and was captured by Mexican authorities in April 2008. His Jacksonville-based attorney, Dick McNeil, has said his client will plea not guilty.
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