Lance Corporal Maria Frances Lauterbach (November 17, 1987 – December 2007) of Vandalia, Ohio, was a United States Marine who disappeared from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on December 14, 2007. At the time of her disappearance, Lauterbach was eight months pregnant. Authorities found the remains of Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child in Corporal Cesar Armando Laurean's backyard. Laurean was extradited from Mexico in 2009 and convicted of murder in 2010.