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Lauterbach to testify Thursday
Mary Lauterbach, the mother of Maria Lauterbach, will testify before a House subcommittee Thursday, July 31, to talk about her daughter’s experience in the military leading up to her murder in December.
Mary Lauterbach will testify before the National Security and Foreign Affairs subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Thursday morning. She said she wants to talk about her daughter’s experiences after she accused a colleague of sexual assault last year.
Lauterbach, a 20-year-old Vandalia native, was discovered Jan. 11, buried beneath the fire pit in fellow Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean’s backyard near Camp Lejeune. Lauterbach, who was eight months pregnant at the time of her death, had accused Laurean of raping her in April 2007. Laurean has been charged with Lauterbach’s murder.
Turner and a colleague, Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., earlier this week introduced a bill listing issues regarding rape in the military that they would like to see the Department of Defense investigate. The bill is expected to be a first step to further action on how to better address sexual assault in the military.
Turner, a member of the subcommittee, credited a visit to Capitol Hill by Mary Lauterbach earlier this year with spurring Harman’s interest in the bill. Harman, also, is scheduled to testify before the subcommittee on Thursday.
Among the ideas Mary Lauterbach would like to push: making it easier for victims of sexual assault to transfer to another base. In the aftermath of her allegations, Maria Lauterbach often expressed a desire to transfer to another base. “Maria would be alive today if that option were available,” Mary Lauterbach said.
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