Captured Marine provoked curiosity in Mexico

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Source: CNN

>>>>SAN JUAN DE LA VINA, Mexico (AP) -- People wondered about the bearded foreigner who moved into a rustic cabin weeks ago in the pine-clad mountains surrounding this picturesque village
Some thought maybe he was a drug trafficker -- something not unheard of in these parts.

It was not until Friday when they saw Cpl. Cesar Laurean's photograph in the local newspaper that they learned he was a U.S. Marine suspected of killing a pregnant colleague.

Police arrested Laurean, 21, on Thursday as he was walking along the main street in San Juan de la Vina in the municipality of Tacambaro, ending a three-month manhunt.

He is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, 20, who had accused him of rape. Lauterbach's burned remains were found in January in the backyard of his home near Camp Lejeune, a coastal North Carolina base that is home to roughly 50,000 Marines.>>>>

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/11/missing.marine.ap/index.html