Sunday, February 3, 2008

Slain Marine Laid To Rest - R.I.P. -

Vandalia, Ohio - Family and friends wept and prayed Saturday at the funeral Mass for a pregnant Marine found slain in North Carolina.

The service for Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach drew hundreds of mourners to St. Christopher Catholic Church near Dayton.

Four uniformed Marines wheeled Lauterbach's coffin down the aisle to the strains of "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory". A small silver casket bearing Lauterbach's unborn child, who she had named Gabriel, was placed next to it.

Federal authorities have said the man suspected of killing her, Marine Cpl. Cesar Lauren, has likely fled to Mexico.

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