MARION COUNTY, Fla. – The woman who met a soldier on a dating website before he was killed on their date, has been arrested on charges of felony murder, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
Lavar Watson's friends told Local 6 he was in the US Army for 3 years and served two tours in Iraq. Watson met Ashley Levelle on plentyoffish.com, a dating website, and was meeting her for a date.
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Deputies said Levelle told them she was going on a date with Watson and agreed to run an errand with Roopnarine, who works for a diagnostic lab collecting blood samples.
Levelle told deputies that Roopnarine shot Watson inside her car and forced her to help him move the body, which was found on the side of a road, the Sheriff's Office said.
Roopnarine told authorities that Levelle planned a scheme to rob Watson and shot him first.