from our sister station WNCT:
New developments this morning into the case of the pregnant missing marine from Camp Lejune -
Onslow County Sherriff Ed Brown held a news conference today at noon and declared Maria Lauterbach dead. He says her body is buried in a shallow grave off of Gumbranch Road in Jacksonville, N.C.
However, they do not have a body, and the sheriff would not answer how he’s coming to that conclusion. Authorities are combing the area.
A senior Marine she was set to testify against in sexual assault claims is now a suspect in the case. Police don’t know where he is.
The sheriff's office had previously confirmed that 20-year-old Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach bought a bus ticket to Texas on December 15th -- the day after she last had contact with her family. But they say she never used it.
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