Maria Lauterbach's Body Found
Cesar Armando Laurean FUGITIVE
Cesar Armando Laurean FUGITIVE
Missing pregnant Marine, Maria Lauterbauch's body was found today. Investigators found burned human remains of a woman with a fetus in her abdomen in a shallow grave near the house of the suspect that is still eluding police, Cesar Armando Laurean.
Laurean's neighbor Richard Alander said "about 16 days ago he [Laurean] asked to borrow a shovel from me," and afterwards Alander remembered seeing a "mysterious burn pile" in the yard.
He fled early Friday after leaving his wife a note in which he admitted burying Lauterbach's body. He is believed to be driving a black 2004 extended Dodge pickup truck with North Carolina license plates.
Laurean's neighbor Richard Alander said "about 16 days ago he [Laurean] asked to borrow a shovel from me," and afterwards Alander remembered seeing a "mysterious burn pile" in the yard.
He fled early Friday after leaving his wife a note in which he admitted burying Lauterbach's body. He is believed to be driving a black 2004 extended Dodge pickup truck with North Carolina license plates.
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"The fetus was developed enough that the little hand was about the size of my thumb. The little fingers were rolled up and this is consistent with what we were looking for -- a pregnant lady who is the victim, Maria Lauterbach, and her unborn child," said Sheriff Ed Brown.
One of the things that will probably stick with me for a long time and forever is that little hand," Brown said. "That is bizarre; it is tragic and it's disgusting."
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Startling Facts
- Nationally, homicide is a leading killer of young women—pregnant or not. In 1999, homicide was the second-leading cause of death among women ages 20 to 24. It was fifth among women ages 25-34. Accidents are the top cause of death in both age groups. (Source)
- A study published in the March 2005 edition of the American Journal of Public Health found that homicide was a leading cause of death among pregnant women in the United States between 1991 and 1999.
- A 2001 study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association said 20 percent of Maryland women who died during pregnancy were murdered. Researchers found the same trend in New York from 1987-1991 and in the Chicago area from 1986-1989.
- According to the CDC, approximately 324,000 pregnant women are hurt by an intimate partner or former partner each year.
Why?
There is no typical profile and multiple factors can fuel a motive for murder. Men who kill pregnant women are most likely romantically involved with their victims and see the pregnancy and unborn child as obstacles and burdens in their lives. They may not want a child, may want to pursue an extramarital affair or may want to keep an affair secret.
"The usual reason when it involves a man is the [unborn] baby. The baby is causing a complication in his life," said Pat Brown, profiler and chief executive officer of The Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency.
"The usual reason when it involves a man is the [unborn] baby. The baby is causing a complication in his life," said Pat Brown, profiler and chief executive officer of The Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency.
"There can be an affair going on, where the husband or boyfriend are getting a lack of sexual gratification and they venture out, fall in love and feel like they have to get rid of the wife," Tod Burke, professor of criminal justice at Radford University in Virginia and a former Maryland police officer, has said in a past report. "But there really is no typical motive in cases like these. It really is situational."
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Other Notable Cases:
Sharon Tate (1969)
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