Edgar Patino was arrested for the murder of pregnant Fort Bragg soldier Spc. Megan Lynn Touma on Tuesday.
Patino, a fellow Army soldier at Fort Bragg, was arrested at his home in Hope Mills, North Carolina, 15 miles south of Fort Bragg.
Touma, 23, was found dead on June 21 in a hotel near Fort Bragg. She was seven months pregnant at the time.
Touma, a five-year veteran of the Army, had served with the U.S. Army Dental Activity Clinic in Bamberg, Germany, and in Fort Drum, New York, before her stint at Fort Bragg.
According to CNN, Touma and Patino had been stationed together in Germany and dated in the past. Touma's friends say that Patino proposed to Touma in Germany before she found out that he was married.
It is speculated that Patino was the father of Touma's child.
Patino is the second Fort Bragg soldier to die under suspicious circumstances since June. Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc was killed in early July. Her Fayetteville, North Carolina apartment was torched July 10 and her burned body was found nearby a few days later.
Her husband, Marine Cpl. John Wimunc was charged with arson and first degree murder in connection with the death. Lance Cpl. Kyle Alden, another Marine, was charged with arson and felony accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.
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