Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Marine fighting extradition, could delay trial

He fled to Mexico before being charged with killing pregnant fellow Marine

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina - A Marine who fled to Mexico shortly before he was charged with killing a pregnant fellow soldier is fighting extradition in a move that prosecutors said could delay or endanger the chances of him going to trial in the United States.

A North Carolina prosecutor said Monday that Cpl. Cesar Laurean, 21, is appealing to the Mexican courts, arguing that North Carolina's life-without-parole sentence for first-degree murder is barred under the countries' extradition treaty.

Laurean is charged in the slaying of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who had worked with him at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune military installation and had accused him of rape. Lauterbach was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in December.

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