Suspect in Marine's death sighted on the move

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina (CNN) -- The suspect in the death of a pregnant Marine has been sighted two or three states away from North Carolina, police said Sunday.

Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean was alone and on the move when he was seen by a witness Saturday night, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown told reporters. In a written statement, the Sheriff's Office said authorities may be less than two hours behind the fugitive. When asked why Laurean wasn't arrested when he was seen on Saturday night, Brown said it was because he wasn't sighted by law enforcement. "We told the folks in the general public, don't try to detain him." Brown said police believe Laurean "could be a dangerous and violent person if he was put in a corner."

The remains of an adult and a fetus were found Saturday in a shallow grave in Laurean's backyard, North Carolina, Brown announced Saturday. Laurean has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, although authorities have not positively identified the body as hers. The body was charred, and the fetus was in the victim's abdomen, Brown said, describing the scene. The fetus was developed enough that the "little hand was about the size of my thumb. The little fingers were rolled up," he said.

Lauterbach, 20, was eight months pregnant when she disappeared from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in mid-December, not long before she was to testify at a military hearing about her rape accusation against Laurean. Lauterbach's relatives believe her pregnancy was the result of the alleged rape, said Lauterbach's uncle, Peter Steiner, a Kentucky psychiatrist.

Laurean, 21, of Nevada, is believed to have left the base at 4 a.m. Friday, and a nationwide manhunt is under way. He is believed to be driving a black Dodge pickup with North Carolina license plate TRR1522.

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i have no sympathy for him.