Why?

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - Authorities issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a Marine corporal wanted in the death of a pregnant colleague, whose burnt remains were excavated from a fire pit in his backyard.

Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said investigators also recovered the remains of Lance Cpl. Maria Frances Lauterbach's unborn child.

"The fetus was developed enough that the little hand was about the size of my thumb," Brown said. "The little fingers were rolled up and this is consistent with what we were looking for, a pregnant lady who is the victim, Maria Lauterbach, and her unborn child."

Just ... why?

I hope he's man enough to find it within himself to come back and face justice... Leaving a note of confession to the burial gives me hope that he just might be.

"Still now, Cesar Laurean ... he's a man."

(Apologies to the Dubliners' Danny Farrell.)