Plymouth Husband And Wife, Charged With Murder, In Court Friday

PLYMOUTH, PA — The Plymouth husband and wife accused of stabbing a heroin dealer to death on Ridge Pike this month will appear in court on Friday.

It will be the first court appearance in the case for Austin Parkinson, 20, and Lana Lare, 20, both of West Norriton. The preliminary hearings will determine the next judicial step in their case.

Their arrest was announced on Nov. 22. Authorities had confirmed earlier that week that a body had been found in a car in a parking lot on Ridge Pike, but the incident was enshrouded in mystery for days until the arrest of the young couple.

Both suspects are in Montgomery County Correctional Facility. Bail was denied.

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The incident occurred at around 5:45 p.m. on Monday when Parkinson and Lare arranged to buy heroin from Konata, police said.

Parkinson and Lare got into Konata's vehicle, which as parked in a strip mall lot on 410 Ridge Pike. The lot is in the Conshohocken section of the township, across the street from Outback Steakhouse.

Lare later told detectives that the plan was to rob Konata, according to an affidavit of probable cause. But once inside the vehicle, Lare said Parkinson began stabbing Konata, police said.

After Konata had been stabbed multiple times, the pair grabbed eight bundles of heroin - about $800 worth of the drug - and fled the scene, police said.

Detectives followed a trail of blood at the scene and determined that one of the suspects would require medical treatment for whatever injury had been suffered. The blood was Lare's; she suffered injuries to her hand during the scuffle and was treated at Einstein Hospital. Police traced the same vehicle from the scene of the crime to the hospital, and connected it to a driver, Eric Koenig, who had taken the pair to the scene of the crime, according to authorities.

Image via Montgomery County District Attorney's Office