[Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; November 3. Image via Getty]

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC - NOVEMBER 3: Captain Kenneth DelMazo hugs his daughter Izabella as the Marines in the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, prepare to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom November 3, 2009 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Once in Afghanistan, the unit will fall under the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade -Afghanistan. Their mission will be to support combat operations as an artillery battalion. (Photo by Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images)

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Lauterbach filed the rape charges against Laurean (pictured) in April, and according to the Washington Post, Maria was harassed so badly in the meantime by her fellow Marines that she had to move off-base. Neither Lauterbach nor Laurean was reassigned to a different base after these charges were filed, because, according to military authorities, they were on "friendly terms" and Maria was ostensibly protected by a military order issued in May and renewed three times since then.

As has been reported before 20% of female veterans who seek care from the VA hospital showed symptoms of military sexual trauma. CBS News notes that there have been "complaints from female service members that the male-dominated chain of command did not take their allegations seriously," and the reticence of the Department of Defense to get involved in the Jamie Leigh Jones rape case further implies that the U.S. military does not care about the safety of the women in its employ.

Laurean is currently still missing, and though there have been sightings of him in Louisiana, none have been confirmed. Doddering local sheriff, Ed Brown, who, when Maria first went missing, implied that she had simply run away, had this to say about Laurean when asked what the Marine was capable of: ""Based on what I saw in that grave, anything."

Urgency Of Search For Marine Questioned [Washington Post]
Possible Sighting Of Marine Murder Suspect [CBS News]
No 'Confirmed Sightings' Of Suspect In Marine's Killing [CNN]

Earlier:
Mom Of Missing, Pregnant Marine Says She Was Victim Of Sexual Assault By A Superior
What Did Missing Marine Maria Lauterbach Witness Before She Mysteriously Vanished?
DoD To Jamie Leigh Jones: You're On Your Own, Sweetie

"Sometimes we all go a little overboard at the mall," the announcer intones empathetically in one spot. "Take an honest look at your shopping habits," advises financial planner June Walbert in another ad. "Do you shop to make yourself feel better?"

Sometimes we fantasize about what women's magazines would be like if they, too, were taxpayer-supported, freed from the shackles of Maybelline ads that force them to "dumb down" their copy and run the same five life tips over and over again. This story is sort of the journalistic equivalent of a huge Ayn Rand turd in the middle of our utopian vision. We are so depressed, we probably need to buy something.

Soldiers, Beware: Mall May Be Risky
Ayn Rand [Wikipedia]