( CNN ) -- 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 . 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 Fort Bragg . 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 . The two friends , female soldiers who said they were stationed with Touma in Germany , asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case . Touma is is the second female soldier from Fort Bragg 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 charred 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 . Another Marine , Lance Cpl . Kyle Alden , was charged with arson and felony accessory after the fact to first-degree murder . CNN 's Marylynn Ryan contributed to this report .
Fellow soldier Edgar Patino died at his home in Hope ##well , North Carolina . He is accused of killing Megan Lynn ##e , 23 . She was found dead on July 21 in a field near Fort Bragg , North Carolina .