Lauterbach, age 20, disappeared in December days after she told military prosecutors that Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean (below) had raped her.

Marine wanted in slaying of woman and unborn child in North Carolina

The charred remains of a Marine Corps corporal and her unborn child were uncovered Saturday in a fire pit behind the blood-spattered home of a colleague wanted for the slaying, authorities said.

How and why do we keep seeing reports of these type of incidents?

The inside of Laurean’s house was spattered with blood that someone may have attempted to cover up with fresh paint, investigators said today.

A nationwide manhunt targeted Cesar Laurean, a Marine whose North Carolina house held the grim evidence that officials said linked him to the slayings. Laurean had disappeared Friday, and his whereabouts remained unknown last night.

This reminds me of that case where it appeared a mother of four children murdered her marine husband, Todd Sommer, using arsenic, for the insurance money. It’s a shame these young people are getting carried away like this. I feel so sorry for this young girl’s mother. And I wonder why she would accuse the young man of rape -and he was the father of her child. You’d think if she was about due to deliver the baby, that the rape occurred almost a year ago. Why did she wait so long to say something?

It’s a very odd story; and heartbreaking for the families-particularly since Laurean is married. He left a note which his wife gave to authorities, claiming that Lauterbach had come to his house and slit her own throat. If that were true, though, why didn’t he just wait and let the authorities sort it out? Something stinks.