( CNN ) -- The suspected killer of a 20-year-old pregnant Camp Lejeune Marine is in a North Carolina jail late Friday after being extradited from Mexico , law enforcement sources said . Marine Cpl . Cesar Laurean , 22 , was extradited Friday to the United States and held on a murder charge . Marine Cpl . Cesar Laurean , 22 , was arrested in Mexico in April 2008 . He has been indicted on charges that include financial card transaction fraud , obtaining property by false pretenses and first-degree murder in the death of Lance Cpl . Maria Lauterbach . Laurean , who is being held without bond , was booked into the Onslow County Detention Center about 9 p.m . ET , according to a police statement obtained by CNN . An arraignment is scheduled for Monday , the statement read . Lauterbach was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in December 2007 ; her charred body and that of her fetus were found beneath a fire pit in Laurean 's backyard near Camp Lejeune in North Carolina , where both were stationed , in January 2008 . Investigators accompanied Laurean , who fled to Mexico , back to the United States on Friday morning , two law enforcement sources said . Laurean will stand trial in Onslow County , North Carolina , for Lauterbach 's killing . North Carolina prosecutors allege Laurean killed Lauterbach on December 14 and used her ATM card 10 days later before fleeing to Mexico . He was arrested in San Juan Vina in the Mexican state of Michoacan . Because he holds dual citizenship in the United States and Mexico , he could not be immediately deported and had to go through the extradition process , authorities have said . Before Laurean 's extradition to the United States , Camp Lejeune spokesman Maj. Cliff Gilmore said the slaying suspect would go into the civilian jail in Onslow County and stand trial in a civilian court . He was listed as a deserter shortly after he disappeared following Lauterbach 's death . He remains on deserter status , but is still considered an active-duty Marine , Gilmore said . `` [ Laurean ] will be treated like any other inmate in our detention center , and he will be prosecuted by the district attorney 's office , '' Rick Sutherland , inspector general of the Onslow County Sheriff 's Office , said in a written statement . The FBI said in a news release Thursday the sheriff 's office asked for help in finding Laurean after he disappeared January 12 , 2008 . If convicted , Laurean would face a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole . Mexico 's extradition policy prohibits U.S. authorities from seeking the death penalty against fugitives it hands over . Asked by a Mexican reporter at the time of his arrest whether he killed Lauterbach , Laurean replied , `` I loved her . '' Authorities found Lauterbach 's body after Laurean 's wife , Christina , produced a note her husband had written claiming the 20-year-old woman slit her own throat during an argument , according to officials . Although a gaping 4-inch wound was found on the left side of Lauterbach 's neck , autopsy results indicated that the wound would not have been fatal and may have occurred after death . Lauterbach died from blunt-force trauma to the head , according to the autopsy . Prosecutors have said there was no evidence that Christina Laurean was involved in or aware of Lauterbach 's slaying before she gave the note to authorities . As part of the effort to apprehend Laurean , authorities had seized a computer belonging to his sister-in-law that Christina Laurean was using to communicate with her husband , a law enforcement official had told CNN . Lauterbach had accused Laurean of raping her , and it is unclear whether he was the father of her unborn child . Her relatives have said they believe he was . Laurean had denied the rape allegation and said he had had no sexual contact with Lauterbach . Mary Lauterbach , the slain woman 's mother , has said she 's unconvinced that the Marine Corps took her daughter 's rape allegation and other allegations of harassment seriously . Relatives said that Lauterbach 's car was keyed and that an anonymous person had punched her in the face . `` Those particular actions should have been taken much more seriously because the Marines were aware of them , '' she has said . In a statement issued after Lauterbach 's death , the Marine Corps said Laurean 's denial of the rape allegation `` was believed to be significant evidence . '' CNN 's Rich Phillips , Carol Cratty and Larry Shaughnessy contributed to this report .
NEW : Cpl . Cesar Laurean , 22 , booked in North Carolina jail about 9 p.m. Camp Lejeune spokesman : Laurean to be tried in civilian court in North Carolina . Laurean accused of killing Lance Cpl . Maria Lauterbach , 20 , in 2007 .