Man Charged with Killing Pregnant Soldier

A North Carolina man has been charged with murder in the slaying of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier, police said Tuesday. Detectives arrested Edgar Patino, a fellow soldier, at his home. He is accused of killing Megan Lynn Touma, 23, who was found dead in June in a hotel near Fort Bragg. Two of Touma's friends said she and Patino had once dated.

A North Carolina man has been charged with murdering a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier, police said Tuesday. Fayetteville detectives arrested Edgar Patino, a fellow soldier, at his home in Hope Mills, North Carolina, about 15 miles south of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The victim, Megan Lynn Touma, 23, was found dead on June 21 in a hotel near Fort Bragg. She was seven-months pregnant at the time of her death, authorities said. 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.

Touma's friends said that Touma and Patino had been stationed together in Germany and dated in the past and that Patino proposed to her in Germany before Touma learned, on her return to North Carolina, that Patino was still married.