Husband, wife arrested for murder in drug deal gone bad in Plymouth Twp.

Plymouth Meeting, Pa. (WTXF) - A husband and wife in Plymouth Township have been arrested for murder following what police say was a drug deal gone bad.

20-year-old Austin Parkinson and 20-year-old Lana Lare, of West Norriton, were charged with First-Degree Murder and related charges in the stabbing death of 31-year-old Chad Konata, of Collingdale, Pa. Parkinson was also charged with Unsworn Falsification for lying to detectives in his initial statement.

The incident took place just after 5:45 p.m. on Monday, November 20. Police responded to a car crash in the parking lot on the 400 block of Ridge Pike, where they found the body of a man later identified as Konata in the driver's seat of a 2012 Buick sedan, which had crashed into a parked car.

Police say the victim appeared to have been stabbed multiple times. According to investigators, the defendants arranged to meet the victim to buy heroin.

Once inside the ca, Parkinson and Lara allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times and stole eight bundles, or fewer than 100 packets or doses, of heroin.

"This murder today is another casualty of the far-reaching opioid epidemic we're facing here in Montgomery County," District Attorney Kevin Steele said. "This man was murdered for about $800 worth of heroin--$800."

Bail was denied for the defendants. Their preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 1, 2017.