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A North Carolina man has been charged with murdering a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier, police said Tuesday.

Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, was found dead in a hotel near her Army base.

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.

He is accused of killing Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, 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 .

Two of Touma's friends told CNN that Touma and Patino had been stationed together in Germany and dated in the past.

Touma's friends said Patino proposed to her in Germany before Touma learned, on her return to North Carolina, that Patino was still married.