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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A 20-year-old pregnant Marine who disappeared in December died from a head injury, authorities said Tuesday, formally rejecting claims by the key suspect in her death that she committed suicide.
Dr. Charles Garrett, the Onslow County medical examiner, said Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who was eight months pregnant when she vanished, died from “traumatic head injury due to blunt force trauma.”
Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, 21, a fellow personnel clerk at Camp Lejeune whom she had accused of rape, is thought to have fled after leaving a note claiming she committed suicide.
